diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index d5629b4..2ec9b82 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ updates:
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "flask"
         versions: [">=3.0.0"]
+      - dependency-name: "openai"
+        versions: [">=2.0.0"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4a586a8..0fe8090 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ python-dotenv==1.0.0
 flask<3.0.0
 requests==2.31.0
 simpleaichat==0.2.2
-openai<2.0.0
+openai<1.0.0
 tiktoken==0.5.1
 google-cloud-storage==2.13.0
 google-auth==2.23.4