diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index ce58878cae7..c523b1d191e 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==1.75.0
+            pip install openai==1.81.0
             pip install prisma==0.11.0
             pip install "detect_secrets==1.5.0"
             pip install "httpx==0.24.1"
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ 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==1.75.0
+            pip install openai==1.81.0
             pip install prisma==0.11.0
             pip install "detect_secrets==1.5.0"
             pip install "httpx==0.24.1"
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ 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==1.75.0
+            pip install openai==1.81.0
             pip install prisma==0.11.0
             pip install "detect_secrets==1.5.0"
             pip install "httpx==0.24.1"
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ 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==1.75.0
+            pip install openai==1.81.0
             pip install prisma==0.11.0
             pip install "detect_secrets==1.5.0"
             pip install "httpx==0.24.1"
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "aiodynamo==23.10.1"
             pip install "asyncio==3.4.3"
             pip install "PyGithub==1.59.1"
-            pip install "openai==1.75.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.81.0"
       - run:
           name: Install Grype
           command: |
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "aiodynamo==23.10.1"
             pip install "asyncio==3.4.3"
             pip install "PyGithub==1.59.1"
-            pip install "openai==1.75.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.81.0"
             # Run pytest and generate JUnit XML report
       - run:
           name: Build Docker image
@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "aiodynamo==23.10.1"
             pip install "asyncio==3.4.3"
             pip install "PyGithub==1.59.1"
-            pip install "openai==1.75.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.81.0"
       - run:
           name: Build Docker image
           command: docker build -t my-app:latest -f ./docker/Dockerfile.database .
@@ -2256,7 +2256,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "pytest-asyncio==0.21.1"
             pip install "google-cloud-aiplatform==1.43.0"
             pip install aiohttp
-            pip install "openai==1.75.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.81.0"
             pip install "assemblyai==0.37.0"
             python -m pip install --upgrade pip
             pip install "pydantic==2.10.2"
@@ -2644,7 +2644,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "pytest-retry==1.6.3"
             pip install "pytest-asyncio==0.21.1"
             pip install aiohttp
-            pip install "openai==1.75.0"
+            pip install "openai==1.81.0"
             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 0a08777e483..b720d15a7fd 100644
--- a/.circleci/requirements.txt
+++ b/.circleci/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # used by CI/CD testing
-openai==1.75.0
+openai==1.81.0
 python-dotenv
 tiktoken
 importlib_metadata
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-linting.yml b/.github/workflows/test-linting.yml
index c383360757d..ceeedbe7e13 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==1.75.0
+        pip install openai==1.81.0
         poetry install --with dev
-        pip install openai==1.75.0
+        pip install openai==1.81.0
 
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1db261958c4..e3aae6f90fc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # LITELLM PROXY DEPENDENCIES #
 anyio==4.5.0 # openai + http req.
 httpx==0.27.0 # Pin Httpx dependency
-openai==1.75.0  # openai req. 
+openai==1.81.0  # openai req. 
 fastapi==0.115.5 # server dep
 backoff==2.2.1 # server dep
 pyyaml==6.0.2 # server dep