diff --git a/models/spring-ai-ollama/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/ollama/api/OllamaApi.java b/models/spring-ai-ollama/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/ollama/api/OllamaApi.java
index 9da600a589..565c44e1d7 100644
--- a/models/spring-ai-ollama/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/ollama/api/OllamaApi.java
+++ b/models/spring-ai-ollama/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/ollama/api/OllamaApi.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public OllamaApi() {
 	 * @param baseUrl The base url of the Ollama server.
 	 */
 	public OllamaApi(String baseUrl) {
-		this(baseUrl, RestClient.builder());
+		this(baseUrl, RestClient.builder(), WebClient.builder());
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public OllamaApi(String baseUrl) {
 	 * @param baseUrl The base url of the Ollama server.
 	 * @param restClientBuilder The {@link RestClient.Builder} to use.
 	 */
-	public OllamaApi(String baseUrl, RestClient.Builder restClientBuilder) {
+	public OllamaApi(String baseUrl, RestClient.Builder restClientBuilder, WebClient.Builder webClientBuilder) {
 
 		this.responseErrorHandler = new OllamaResponseErrorHandler();
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public OllamaApi(String baseUrl, RestClient.Builder restClientBuilder) {
 
 		this.restClient = restClientBuilder.baseUrl(baseUrl).defaultHeaders(defaultHeaders).build();
 
-		this.webClient = WebClient.builder().baseUrl(baseUrl).defaultHeaders(defaultHeaders).build();
+		this.webClient = webClientBuilder.baseUrl(baseUrl).defaultHeaders(defaultHeaders).build();
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/ollama/OllamaAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/ollama/OllamaAutoConfiguration.java
index 639950a740..106f04c3e5 100644
--- a/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/ollama/OllamaAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/ollama/OllamaAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestClient;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient;
 
 /**
  * {@link AutoConfiguration Auto-configuration} for Ollama Chat Client.
@@ -61,8 +62,9 @@ public PropertiesOllamaConnectionDetails ollamaConnectionDetails(OllamaConnectio
 
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
-	public OllamaApi ollamaApi(OllamaConnectionDetails connectionDetails, RestClient.Builder restClientBuilder) {
-		return new OllamaApi(connectionDetails.getBaseUrl(), restClientBuilder);
+	public OllamaApi ollamaApi(OllamaConnectionDetails connectionDetails, RestClient.Builder restClientBuilder,
+			WebClient.Builder webClientBuilder) {
+		return new OllamaApi(connectionDetails.getBaseUrl(), restClientBuilder, webClientBuilder);
 	}
 
 	@Bean