diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 06ceebcc5b4..bf1d33c618a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ 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==1.81.0
+            pip install openai==1.99.5
             pip install prisma==0.11.0
             pip install "detect_secrets==1.5.0"
             pip install "httpx==0.24.1"
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ 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==1.81.0
+            pip install openai==1.99.5
             pip install prisma==0.11.0
             pip install "detect_secrets==1.5.0"
             pip install "httpx==0.24.1"
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ 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==1.81.0
+            pip install openai==1.99.5
             pip install prisma==0.11.0
             pip install "detect_secrets==1.5.0"
             pip install "httpx==0.24.1"
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ 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==1.81.0
+            pip install openai==1.99.5
             pip install prisma==0.11.0
             pip install "detect_secrets==1.5.0"
             pip install "httpx==0.24.1"
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "aiodynamo==23.10.1"
             pip install "asyncio==3.4.3"
             pip install "PyGithub==1.59.1"
-            pip install "openai==1.81.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.99.5"
       - run:
           name: Install dockerize
           command: |
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "aiodynamo==23.10.1"
             pip install "asyncio==3.4.3"
             pip install "PyGithub==1.59.1"
-            pip install "openai==1.81.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.99.5"
             # Run pytest and generate JUnit XML report
       - run:
           name: Install dockerize
@@ -1818,7 +1818,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "aiodynamo==23.10.1"
             pip install "asyncio==3.4.3"
             pip install "PyGithub==1.59.1"
-            pip install "openai==1.81.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.99.5"
       - run:
           name: Install dockerize
           command: |
@@ -2398,7 +2398,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "pytest-asyncio==0.21.1"
             pip install "google-cloud-aiplatform==1.43.0"
             pip install aiohttp
-            pip install "openai==1.81.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.99.5"
             pip install "assemblyai==0.37.0"
             python -m pip install --upgrade pip
             pip install "pydantic==2.10.2"
@@ -2789,7 +2789,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "pytest-retry==1.6.3"
             pip install "pytest-asyncio==0.21.1"
             pip install aiohttp
-            pip install "openai==1.81.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.99.5"
             python -m pip install --upgrade pip
             pip install "pydantic==2.10.2"
             pip install "pytest==7.3.1"
diff --git a/.circleci/requirements.txt b/.circleci/requirements.txt
index a1e5cb99416..f610e1aa56f 100644
--- a/.circleci/requirements.txt
+++ b/.circleci/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # used by CI/CD testing
-openai==1.81.0
+openai==1.99.5
 python-dotenv
 tiktoken
 importlib_metadata
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-linting.yml b/.github/workflows/test-linting.yml
index ceeedbe7e13..5a4323b3e9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-linting.yml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        pip install openai==1.81.0
+        pip install openai==1.99.5
         poetry install --with dev
-        pip install openai==1.81.0
+        pip install openai==1.99.5
 
 
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 077641b0f28..edeb27bac3f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ install-proxy-dev:
 
 # CI-compatible installations (matches GitHub workflows exactly)
 install-dev-ci:
-	pip install openai==1.81.0
+	pip install openai==1.99.5
 	poetry install --with dev
-	pip install openai==1.81.0
+	pip install openai==1.99.5
 
 install-proxy-dev-ci:
 	poetry install --with dev,proxy-dev --extras proxy
-	pip install openai==1.81.0
+	pip install openai==1.99.5
 
 install-test-deps: install-proxy-dev
 	poetry run pip install "pytest-retry==1.6.3"