diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/providers/anthropic.md b/docs/my-website/docs/providers/anthropic.md
index 5bb47d780d..bf8f72bea1 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/providers/anthropic.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/providers/anthropic.md
@@ -223,6 +223,34 @@ assert isinstance(
 
 ```
 
+### Setting `anthropic-beta` Header in Requests
+
+Pass the the `extra_headers` param to litellm, All headers will be forwarded to Anthropic API
+
+```python
+response = completion(
+    model="anthropic/claude-3-opus-20240229",
+    messages=messages,
+    tools=tools,
+    extra_headers={"anthropic-beta": "tools-2024-05-16"},
+)
+```
+
+### Forcing Anthropic Tool Use
+
+If you want Claude to use a specific tool to answer the user’s question
+
+You can do this by specifying the tool in the `tool_choice` field like so:
+```python
+response = completion(
+    model="anthropic/claude-3-opus-20240229",
+    messages=messages,
+    tools=tools,
+    tool_choice={"type": "tool", "name": "get_weather"},
+    extra_headers={"anthropic-beta": "tools-2024-05-16"},
+)
+```
+
 
 ### Parallel Function Calling 
 
diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic.py
index 97a473a2ee..2e02ffe59f 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ class AnthropicConfig:
             "max_tokens",
             "tools",
             "tool_choice",
+            "extra_headers",
         ]
 
     def map_openai_params(self, non_default_params: dict, optional_params: dict):
@@ -504,7 +505,9 @@ class AnthropicChatCompletion(BaseLLM):
         ## Handle Tool Calling
         if "tools" in optional_params:
             _is_function_call = True
-            headers["anthropic-beta"] = "tools-2024-04-04"
+            if "anthropic-beta" not in headers:
+                # default to v1 of "anthropic-beta"
+                headers["anthropic-beta"] = "tools-2024-04-04"
 
             anthropic_tools = []
             for tool in optional_params["tools"]:
diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index d51c28f244..f4420435df 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ def completion(
     model_info = kwargs.get("model_info", None)
     proxy_server_request = kwargs.get("proxy_server_request", None)
     fallbacks = kwargs.get("fallbacks", None)
-    headers = kwargs.get("headers", None)
+    headers = kwargs.get("headers", None) or extra_headers
     num_retries = kwargs.get("num_retries", None)  ## deprecated
     max_retries = kwargs.get("max_retries", None)
     context_window_fallback_dict = kwargs.get("context_window_fallback_dict", None)
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
index 4e5d62b5f8..7ef5d93c16 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
@@ -278,7 +278,8 @@ def test_completion_claude_3_function_call():
             model="anthropic/claude-3-opus-20240229",
             messages=messages,
             tools=tools,
-            tool_choice="auto",
+            tool_choice={"type": "tool", "name": "get_weather"},
+            extra_headers={"anthropic-beta": "tools-2024-05-16"},
         )
         # Add any assertions, here to check response args
         print(response)