diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 854bb40f7..24d826f4f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "pytest==7.3.1"
             pip install "pytest-asyncio==0.21.1"
             pip install aiohttp
-            pip install openai
+            pip install "openai==1.40.0"
             python -m pip install --upgrade pip
             pip install "pydantic==2.7.1"
             pip install "pytest==7.3.1"