diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d4e81505..8c3c857f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ psutil
 fire
 fuzzywuzzy
 openai
-litellm>=1.86.2  # to support `from litellm import get_valid_models`
+litellm>=1.88.0  # to support `from litellm import get_valid_models`
 aiohttp>=3.14.0  # CVE-2026-22815, CVE-2026-34515, CVE-2026-34516, CVE-2026-34525; >=3.13.4 due to litellm==1.83.14 exact pin
 azure.identity
 pyarrow