diff --git a/langchain/text_splitter.py b/langchain/text_splitter.py
index 23332f29..7c875682 100644
--- a/langchain/text_splitter.py
+++ b/langchain/text_splitter.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from typing import (
     Type,
     TypeVar,
     Union,
+    cast,
 )
 
 from langchain.docstore.document import Document
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ class TextSplitter(BaseDocumentTransformer, ABC):
         length_function: Callable[[str], int] = len,
         keep_separator: bool = False,
         add_start_index: bool = False,
-    ):
+    ) -> None:
         """Create a new TextSplitter.
 
         Args:
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ class TextSplitter(BaseDocumentTransformer, ABC):
 class CharacterTextSplitter(TextSplitter):
     """Implementation of splitting text that looks at characters."""
 
-    def __init__(self, separator: str = "\n\n", **kwargs: Any):
+    def __init__(self, separator: str = "\n\n", **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         """Create a new TextSplitter."""
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self._separator = separator
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ class Tokenizer:
 
 def split_text_on_tokens(*, text: str, tokenizer: Tokenizer) -> List[str]:
     """Split incoming text and return chunks."""
-    splits = []
+    splits: List[str] = []
     input_ids = tokenizer.encode(text)
     start_idx = 0
     cur_idx = min(start_idx + tokenizer.tokens_per_chunk, len(input_ids))
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ class TokenTextSplitter(TextSplitter):
         allowed_special: Union[Literal["all"], AbstractSet[str]] = set(),
         disallowed_special: Union[Literal["all"], Collection[str]] = "all",
         **kwargs: Any,
-    ):
+    ) -> None:
         """Create a new TextSplitter."""
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         try:
@@ -335,19 +336,28 @@ class SentenceTransformersTokenTextSplitter(TextSplitter):
         model_name: str = "sentence-transformers/all-mpnet-base-v2",
         tokens_per_chunk: Optional[int] = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
-    ):
+    ) -> None:
         """Create a new TextSplitter."""
         super().__init__(**kwargs, chunk_overlap=chunk_overlap)
-        from transformers import AutoTokenizer
+
+        try:
+            from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
+        except ImportError:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "Could not import sentence_transformer python package. "
+                "This is needed in order to for SentenceTransformersTokenTextSplitter. "
+                "Please install it with `pip install sentence-transformers`."
+            )
 
         self.model_name = model_name
-        self.tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(self.model_name)
+        self._model = SentenceTransformer(self.model_name)
+        self.tokenizer = self._model.tokenizer
         self._initialize_chunk_configuration(tokens_per_chunk=tokens_per_chunk)
 
     def _initialize_chunk_configuration(
         self, *, tokens_per_chunk: Optional[int]
     ) -> None:
-        self.maximum_tokens_per_chunk = self.tokenizer.max_len_single_sentence
+        self.maximum_tokens_per_chunk = cast(int, self._model.max_seq_length)
 
         if tokens_per_chunk is None:
             self.tokens_per_chunk = self.maximum_tokens_per_chunk
@@ -419,7 +429,7 @@ class RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter(TextSplitter):
         separators: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         keep_separator: bool = True,
         **kwargs: Any,
-    ):
+    ) -> None:
         """Create a new TextSplitter."""
         super().__init__(keep_separator=keep_separator, **kwargs)
         self._separators = separators or ["\n\n", "\n", " ", ""]
@@ -785,7 +795,7 @@ class RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter(TextSplitter):
 class NLTKTextSplitter(TextSplitter):
     """Implementation of splitting text that looks at sentences using NLTK."""
 
-    def __init__(self, separator: str = "\n\n", **kwargs: Any):
+    def __init__(self, separator: str = "\n\n", **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         """Initialize the NLTK splitter."""
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         try:
@@ -810,7 +820,7 @@ class SpacyTextSplitter(TextSplitter):
 
     def __init__(
         self, separator: str = "\n\n", pipeline: str = "en_core_web_sm", **kwargs: Any
-    ):
+    ) -> None:
         """Initialize the spacy text splitter."""
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         try:
@@ -832,7 +842,7 @@ class SpacyTextSplitter(TextSplitter):
 class PythonCodeTextSplitter(RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter):
     """Attempts to split the text along Python syntax."""
 
-    def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any):
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         """Initialize a PythonCodeTextSplitter."""
         separators = self.get_separators_for_language(Language.PYTHON)
         super().__init__(separators=separators, **kwargs)
@@ -841,7 +851,7 @@ class PythonCodeTextSplitter(RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter):
 class MarkdownTextSplitter(RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter):
     """Attempts to split the text along Markdown-formatted headings."""
 
-    def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any):
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         """Initialize a MarkdownTextSplitter."""
         separators = self.get_separators_for_language(Language.MARKDOWN)
         super().__init__(separators=separators, **kwargs)
@@ -850,7 +860,7 @@ class MarkdownTextSplitter(RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter):
 class LatexTextSplitter(RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter):
     """Attempts to split the text along Latex-formatted layout elements."""
 
-    def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any):
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         """Initialize a LatexTextSplitter."""
         separators = self.get_separators_for_language(Language.LATEX)
         super().__init__(separators=separators, **kwargs)