diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f27d3bbb6..f0dd39a5b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "colorama>=0.4.3",
   "tqdm>=4.67.1",
   "cohere>=5.16.0",
-  "openai>=1.45.0,<2",
+  "openai>=2.0,<3.0",
   "replicate>=0.8.3",
   "google-api-python-client>=2.0",
   "backoff>=2.1.1",
@@ -187,4 +187,4 @@ filterwarnings = [
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 source = ["./garak"]
-omit = ["tests/*"]
\ No newline at end of file
+omit = ["tests/*"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 35a84f00e..62b6190f8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ datasets>=3.0.0,<4.0
 colorama>=0.4.3
 tqdm>=4.67.1
 cohere>=5.16.0
-openai>=1.45.0,<2
+openai>=2.0,<3.0
 replicate>=0.8.3
 google-api-python-client>=2.0
 backoff>=2.1.1
diff --git a/tests/generators/test_openai.py b/tests/generators/test_openai.py
index 61f189873..d45ede5df 100644
--- a/tests/generators/test_openai.py
+++ b/tests/generators/test_openai.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def restore_env():
 
 
 def test_openai_version():
-    assert openai.__version__.split(".")[0] == "1"  # expect openai module v1.x
+    assert openai.__version__.split(".")[0] == "2"  # expect openai module v2.x
 
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("set_fake_env")