# Training and Finetuning Reranker Models with Sentence Transformers

DevFeed: [Training and Finetuning Reranker Models with Sentence Transformers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/training-and-finetuning-reranker-models-with-sentence-transformers-7528.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://huggingface.co/blog/train-reranker>)

Author: Tom Aarsen

Published: 2025-03-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Hugging Face - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hugging-face-blog.md>)

Topics: [sentence-transformers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sentence-transformers.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datasets.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [embedding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/embedding.md>), [evaluation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/evaluation.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/models.md>), [nlp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nlp.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [retrieval](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retrieval.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>), [sentence-transformers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sentence-transformers.md>), [training](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/training.md>), [transformers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transformers.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to fine-tune reranker models with Sentence Transformers. It covers datasets, loss functions, training arguments, evaluators, and the trainer class, and describes how Cross Encoder rerankers compare with embedding models in a two-stage retrieve-and-rerank search system.

## Source excerpt

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