diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 63885acbb..7db8d9dc9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Rollback to `deepgram-sdk` 3.8.0 since 3.10.1 was causing connections issues.
+
 - Changed the default `InputAudioTranscription` model to `gpt-4o-transcribe`
   for `OpenAIRealtimeBetaLLMService`.
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4e300bd91..0d1e46ed9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ neuphonic = [ "pyneuphonic~=1.5.13", "websockets~=13.1" ]
 cerebras = []
 deepseek = []
 daily = [ "daily-python~=0.15.0" ]
-deepgram = [ "deepgram-sdk~=3.10.1" ]
+deepgram = [ "deepgram-sdk~=3.8.0" ]
 elevenlabs = [ "websockets~=13.1" ]
 fal = [ "fal-client~=0.5.9" ]
 fish = [ "ormsgpack~=1.7.0", "websockets~=13.1" ]