diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 14cd2d260..ead4293c9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ dependencies = [
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     "pillow-heif==1.1.1",
     "pyjwt==2.10.1",
-    "openai==2.6.1",
+    "openai==2.8.1",
     "typing-extensions==4.15.0",
     "itsdangerous==2.2.0",
     "ingredient-parser-nlp==2.4.0",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index c3fc55ee5..cd6683765 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ requires-dist = [
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     { name = "jinja2", specifier = "==3.1.6" },
     { name = "lxml", specifier = "==6.0.2" },
-    { name = "openai", specifier = "==2.6.1" },
+    { name = "openai", specifier = "==2.8.1" },
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     { name = "paho-mqtt", specifier = "==1.6.1" },
     { name = "pillow", specifier = "==12.0.0" },
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ wheels = [
 
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+version = "2.8.1"
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