diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0d566cb..53714e0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="chainlite",
-    version="0.1.17",
+    version="0.1.18",
     author="Sina Semnani",
     author_email="sinaj@cs.stanford.edu",
     description="A Python package that uses LangChain and LiteLLM to call large language model APIs easily",
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         "langgraph==0.0.41",
         "grandalf", # to visualize LangGraph graphs
         "langsmith==0.1.53",
-        "litellm==1.37.19",
+        "litellm==1.40.29",
         "pydantic>=2.5",
         "redis[hiredis]",
     ],