diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f3be861b8..cd7780fb8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # LITELLM PROXY DEPENDENCIES #
 litellm
-openai
+openai>=1.0.0
 fastapi
 tomli
 pydantic>=2.5
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ celery
 psutil
 mangum
 google-generativeai 
-async_generator # for ollama 
\ No newline at end of file
+async_generator # for ollama