diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4055e836..033f3789 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "openai==1.54.4",
+    "openai>=1.55.3,<2.0.0",
     "docstring_parser==0.16",
     "pydantic==2.8.2",
     "datamodel-code-generator==0.26.1",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c66fce38..a7b7cb58 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-openai==1.54.4
+openai>=1.55.3,<2.0.0
 docstring_parser==0.16
 pydantic==2.8.2
 datamodel-code-generator==0.26.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2dc7a02f..36410dfd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='agency-swarm',
-    version='0.4.0',
+    version='0.4.1',
     author='VRSEN',
     author_email='me@vrsen.ai',
     description='An opensource agent orchestration framework built on top of the latest OpenAI Assistants API.',