diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 275343ccef6..68f9fbc8328 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "litellm"
-version = "1.98.0"
+version = "1.98.1"
 description = "Library to easily interface with LLM API providers"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10, <3.15"
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ members = ["enterprise", "litellm-proxy-extras"]
 profile = "black"
 
 [tool.commitizen]
-version = "1.98.0"
+version = "1.98.1"
 version_files = [
     "pyproject.toml:^version",
 ]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 1cc924e50fe..79561af2ed9 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -4194,7 +4194,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "litellm"
-version = "1.98.0"
+version = "1.98.1"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiohttp" },