diff --git a/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc b/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc
index d4e524aeb0..6459cd2d8a 100644
Binary files a/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc and b/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc differ
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_bad_params.py b/litellm/tests/test_bad_params.py
index 9d3d65d411..b563b02af0 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_bad_params.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_bad_params.py
@@ -47,13 +47,14 @@ def test_completion_return_full_text_hf():
 def test_completion_invalid_param_cohere():
     try: 
         response = completion(model="command-nightly", messages=messages, top_p=1)
+        print(f"response: {response}")
     except Exception as e: 
         if "Unsupported parameters passed: top_p" in str(e): 
             pass
         else: 
             pytest.fail(f'An error occurred {e}')
 
-# test_completion_invalid_param_cohere()
+test_completion_invalid_param_cohere()
 
 def test_completion_function_call_cohere():
     try: 
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index cd48ab7180..b7995863dd 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ def get_optional_params(  # use the openai defaults
             optional_params["max_tokens_to_sample"] = max_tokens
     elif custom_llm_provider == "cohere":
         ## check if unsupported param passed in 
-        supported_params = ["stream", "temperature", "max_tokens", "logit_bias"]
+        supported_params = ["stream", "temperature", "max_tokens", "logit_bias", "top_p"]
         _check_valid_arg(supported_params=supported_params)
         # handle cohere params
         if stream:
@@ -1014,6 +1014,8 @@ def get_optional_params(  # use the openai defaults
             optional_params["max_tokens"] = max_tokens
         if logit_bias != {}:
             optional_params["logit_bias"] = logit_bias
+        if top_p: 
+            optional_params["p"] = top_p
     elif custom_llm_provider == "replicate":
         ## check if unsupported param passed in 
         supported_params = ["stream", "temperature", "max_tokens", "top_p", "stop", "seed"]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8fc37b24a8..eedbb81a75 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "litellm"
-version = "0.1.814"
+version = "0.1.815"
 description = "Library to easily interface with LLM API providers"
 authors = ["BerriAI"]
 license = "MIT License"