diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index aa18f0c5ad..886e121f35 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==1.67.0
+            pip install openai==1.68.2
             pip install prisma==0.11.0
             pip install "detect_secrets==1.5.0"
             pip install "httpx==0.24.1"
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ 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==1.67.0
+            pip install openai==1.68.2
             pip install prisma==0.11.0
             pip install "detect_secrets==1.5.0"
             pip install "httpx==0.24.1"
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ 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==1.67.0
+            pip install openai==1.68.2
             pip install prisma==0.11.0
             pip install "detect_secrets==1.5.0"
             pip install "httpx==0.24.1"
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ 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==1.67.0
+            pip install openai==1.68.2
             pip install prisma==0.11.0
             pip install "detect_secrets==1.5.0"
             pip install "httpx==0.24.1"
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "aiodynamo==23.10.1"
             pip install "asyncio==3.4.3"
             pip install "PyGithub==1.59.1"
-            pip install "openai==1.67.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.68.2"
       - run:
           name: Install Grype
           command: |
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "aiodynamo==23.10.1"
             pip install "asyncio==3.4.3"
             pip install "PyGithub==1.59.1"
-            pip install "openai==1.67.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.68.2"
             # Run pytest and generate JUnit XML report
       - run:
           name: Build Docker image
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "aiodynamo==23.10.1"
             pip install "asyncio==3.4.3"
             pip install "PyGithub==1.59.1"
-            pip install "openai==1.67.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.68.2"
       - run:
           name: Build Docker image
           command: docker build -t my-app:latest -f ./docker/Dockerfile.database .
@@ -2011,7 +2011,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "pytest-asyncio==0.21.1"
             pip install "google-cloud-aiplatform==1.43.0"
             pip install aiohttp
-            pip install "openai==1.67.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.68.2"
             pip install "assemblyai==0.37.0"
             python -m pip install --upgrade pip
             pip install "pydantic==2.7.1"
@@ -2287,7 +2287,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "pytest-retry==1.6.3"
             pip install "pytest-asyncio==0.21.1"
             pip install aiohttp
-            pip install "openai==1.67.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.68.2"
             python -m pip install --upgrade pip
             pip install "pydantic==2.7.1"
             pip install "pytest==7.3.1"
diff --git a/.circleci/requirements.txt b/.circleci/requirements.txt
index fc0bbb2ee2..356a9840f5 100644
--- a/.circleci/requirements.txt
+++ b/.circleci/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # used by CI/CD testing
-openai==1.67.0
+openai==1.68.2
 python-dotenv
 tiktoken
 importlib_metadata
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0683d105e4..2891171cc3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # LITELLM PROXY DEPENDENCIES #
 anyio==4.4.0 # openai + http req.
 httpx==0.27.0 # Pin Httpx dependency
-openai==1.67.0  # openai req. 
+openai==1.68.2  # openai req. 
 fastapi==0.115.5 # server dep
 backoff==2.2.1 # server dep
 pyyaml==6.0.2 # server dep