diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7c4cf5d..d9c8679 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pydantic-settings~=2.13",
     "questionary~=2.1",
     "rich~=14.3",
+    "tqdm~=4.67",
     "transformers~=5.3",
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/heretic/main.py b/src/heretic/main.py
index 3723381..fcc7e3d 100644
--- a/src/heretic/main.py
+++ b/src/heretic/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 # Copyright (C) 2025-2026  Philipp Emanuel Weidmann <pew@worldwidemann.com> + contributors
 
+# ruff: noqa: E402
+
+from .progress import patch_tqdm
+
+# This patches tqdm class definitions, which must happen
+# before any other module imports tqdm.
+patch_tqdm()
+
 import logging
 import math
 import os
diff --git a/src/heretic/model.py b/src/heretic/model.py
index c2bda92..55afa26 100644
--- a/src/heretic/model.py
+++ b/src/heretic/model.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class Model:
             self.trusted_models[settings.evaluate_model] = settings.trust_remote_code
 
         for dtype in settings.dtypes:
-            print(f"* Trying dtype [bold]{dtype}[/]... ", end="")
+            print(f"* Trying dtype [bold]{dtype}[/]...")
 
             try:
                 quantization_config = self._get_quantization_config(dtype)
@@ -131,13 +131,11 @@ class Model:
             except Exception as error:
                 self.model = None  # ty:ignore[invalid-assignment]
                 empty_cache()
-                print(f"[red]Failed[/] ({error})")
+                print(f"* [red]Failed[/] ({error})")
                 continue
 
             if settings.quantization == QuantizationMethod.BNB_4BIT:
-                print("[green]Ok[/] (quantized to 4-bit precision)")
-            else:
-                print("[green]Ok[/]")
+                print("* Quantized to 4-bit precision")
 
             break
 
diff --git a/src/heretic/progress.py b/src/heretic/progress.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e32504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/heretic/progress.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) 2025-2026  Philipp Emanuel Weidmann <pew@worldwidemann.com> + contributors
+
+from typing import Any
+
+import tqdm
+import tqdm.auto
+from rich.progress import Progress
+
+
+# A class that provides the same interface as tqdm,
+# but displays progress bars using Rich.
+class TqdmShim(tqdm.tqdm):
+    def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any):
+        self.rich_progress = Progress(transient=True)
+        self.rich_progress.start()
+        self.rich_task_id = self.rich_progress.add_task(
+            kwargs.get("desc", ""),
+            total=kwargs.get("total", None),
+        )
+
+        # Chain up to the parent constructor to ensure that the internal state of the superclass
+        # is correctly initialized, which some methods that we don't override might rely on.
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def display(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any):
+        self.rich_progress.update(
+            self.rich_task_id,
+            description=self.desc,
+            total=self.total,
+            completed=self.n,
+        )
+
+    def close(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any):
+        self.rich_progress.stop()
+
+
+def patch_tqdm():
+    tqdm.tqdm = TqdmShim  # ty:ignore[invalid-assignment]
+    tqdm.auto.tqdm = TqdmShim  # ty:ignore[invalid-assignment]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 09cf60e..92d8473 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -953,6 +953,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "pydantic-settings" },
     { name = "questionary" },
     { name = "rich" },
+    { name = "tqdm" },
     { name = "transformers" },
 ]
 
@@ -961,8 +962,6 @@ research = [
     { name = "geom-median" },
     { name = "imageio" },
     { name = "matplotlib" },
-    { name = "numpy", version = "2.2.6", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
-    { name = "numpy", version = "2.3.5", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
     { name = "pacmap" },
     { name = "scikit-learn", version = "1.7.2", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
     { name = "scikit-learn", version = "1.8.0", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
@@ -983,13 +982,12 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "hf-transfer", specifier = "~=0.1" },
     { name = "huggingface-hub", specifier = "~=1.7" },
     { name = "imageio", marker = "extra == 'research'", specifier = "~=2.37" },
-    { name = "immutabledict", specifier = ">=4.3.1" },
+    { name = "immutabledict", specifier = "~=4.3" },
     { name = "kernels", specifier = "~=0.12" },
-    { name = "langdetect", specifier = ">=1.0.9" },
-    { name = "lm-eval", extras = ["hf"], specifier = "~=0.4.11" },
+    { name = "langdetect", specifier = "~=1.0" },
+    { name = "lm-eval", extras = ["hf"], specifier = "~=0.4" },
     { name = "matplotlib", marker = "extra == 'research'", specifier = "~=3.10" },
-    { name = "numpy", specifier = ">=2.2.6" },
-    { name = "numpy", marker = "extra == 'research'", specifier = "~=2.2" },
+    { name = "numpy", specifier = "~=2.2" },
     { name = "optuna", specifier = "~=4.7" },
     { name = "pacmap", marker = "extra == 'research'", specifier = "~=0.8" },
     { name = "peft", specifier = "~=0.18" },
@@ -998,6 +996,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "questionary", specifier = "~=2.1" },
     { name = "rich", specifier = "~=14.3" },
     { name = "scikit-learn", marker = "extra == 'research'", specifier = "~=1.7" },
+    { name = "tqdm", specifier = "~=4.67" },
     { name = "transformers", specifier = "~=5.3" },
 ]
 provides-extras = ["research"]