diff --git a/openmemory/api/app/utils/categorization.py b/openmemory/api/app/utils/categorization.py
index 60ab7602..d3554691 100644
--- a/openmemory/api/app/utils/categorization.py
+++ b/openmemory/api/app/utils/categorization.py
@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@ def get_categories_for_memory(memory: str) -> List[str]:
         ]
 
         # Let OpenAI handle the pydantic parsing directly
-        completion = openai_client.chat.completions.with_response_format(
-            response_format=MemoryCategories
-        ).create(
+        completion = openai_client.beta.chat.completions.parse(
             model="gpt-4o-mini",
             messages=messages,
+            response_format=MemoryCategories,
             temperature=0
         )
 
diff --git a/openmemory/api/requirements.txt b/openmemory/api/requirements.txt
index 286643ef..239c59b8 100644
--- a/openmemory/api/requirements.txt
+++ b/openmemory/api/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ psycopg2-binary>=2.9.0
 python-multipart>=0.0.5
 fastapi-pagination>=0.12.0
 mem0ai>=0.1.92
+openai>=1.40.0
 mcp[cli]>=1.3.0
 pytest>=7.0.0
 pytest-asyncio>=0.21.0