diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 53a3e541f3..e301bd96e1 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install opentelemetry-api==1.25.0
             pip install opentelemetry-sdk==1.25.0
             pip install opentelemetry-exporter-otlp==1.25.0
-            pip install openai==1.40.0
+            pip install openai==1.45.0
             pip install prisma==0.11.0   
             pip install "detect_secrets==1.5.0"         
             pip install "httpx==0.24.1"
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "aiodynamo==23.10.1"
             pip install "asyncio==3.4.3"
             pip install "PyGithub==1.59.1"
-            pip install "openai==1.40.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.45.0"
             # Run pytest and generate JUnit XML report
       - run:
           name: Build Docker image
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "pytest-retry==1.6.3"
             pip install "pytest-asyncio==0.21.1"
             pip install aiohttp
-            pip install "openai==1.40.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.45.0"
             python -m pip install --upgrade pip
             pip install "pydantic==2.7.1"
             pip install "pytest==7.3.1"
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "pytest-asyncio==0.21.1"
             pip install "google-cloud-aiplatform==1.43.0"
             pip install aiohttp
-            pip install "openai==1.40.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.45.0"
             python -m pip install --upgrade pip
             pip install "pydantic==2.7.1"
             pip install "pytest==7.3.1"
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 7b734cfb30..1380e652b4 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1761,13 +1761,13 @@ signedtoken = ["cryptography (>=3.0.0)", "pyjwt (>=2.0.0,<3)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openai"
-version = "1.40.1"
+version = "1.45.0"
 description = "The official Python library for the openai API"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7.1"
 files = [
-    {file = "openai-1.40.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cf5929076c6ca31c26f1ed207e9fd19eb05404cc9104f64c9d29bb0ac0c5bcd4"},
-    {file = "openai-1.40.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:cb1294ac1f8c6a1acbb07e090698eb5ad74a7a88484e77126612a4f22579673d"},
+    {file = "openai-1.45.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2f1f7b7cf90f038a9f1c24f0d26c0f1790c102ec5acd07ffd70a9b7feac1ff4e"},
+    {file = "openai-1.45.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:731207d10637335413aa3c0955f8f8df30d7636a4a0f9c381f2209d32cf8de97"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -3484,4 +3484,4 @@ proxy = ["PyJWT", "apscheduler", "backoff", "cryptography", "fastapi", "fastapi-
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<4.0, !=3.9.7"
-content-hash = "ad04b75d2f51072f1ee86bf000a236914b30b02184dcc8b3475c14cd300219f0"
+content-hash = "6795344f245df1fac99329e370f6a997bbf5010e6841c723dc5e73cf22c3885d"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a4b96c1669..19a6eda8a0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ documentation = "https://docs.litellm.ai"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.8.1,<4.0, !=3.9.7"
-openai = ">=1.40.0"
+openai = ">=1.45.0"
 python-dotenv = ">=0.2.0"
 tiktoken = ">=0.7.0"
 importlib-metadata = ">=6.8.0"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ded2d040ca..23b2252364 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # LITELLM PROXY DEPENDENCIES #
 anyio==4.4.0 # openai + http req.
-openai==1.40.0 # openai req. 
+openai==1.45.0 # openai req. 
 fastapi==0.111.0 # server dep
 backoff==2.2.1 # server dep
 pyyaml==6.0.0 # server dep