diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/sambanova/sambanova.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/sambanova/sambanova.py
index d182aa1dc..20f863665 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/sambanova/sambanova.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/sambanova/sambanova.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class SambaNovaInferenceAdapter(LiteLLMOpenAIMixin):
                 "json_schema": {
                     "name": name,
                     "schema": fmt,
-                    "strict": True,
+                    "strict": False,
                 },
             }
         if request.tools: