diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5ace3aa14..ff3934b2e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed a `SimliVideoService` connection issue.
+
 - Fixed an issue in the `Runner` where, when using `SmallWebRTCTransport`, the
   `request_data` was not being passed to the `SmallWebRTCRunnerArguments` body.
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e313c789d..9354c2066 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ local-smart-turn = [ "coremltools>=8.0", "transformers", "torch>=2.5.0,<3", "tor
 local-smart-turn-v3 = [ "transformers", "onnxruntime>=1.20.1,<2" ]
 remote-smart-turn = []
 silero = [ "onnxruntime>=1.20.1,<2" ]
-simli = [ "simli-ai~=0.1.25"]
+simli = [ "simli-ai~=1.0.3"]
 soniox = [ "pipecat-ai[websockets-base]" ]
 soundfile = [ "soundfile~=0.13.1" ]
 speechmatics = [ "speechmatics-rt>=0.5.0" ]
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/simli/video.py b/src/pipecat/services/simli/video.py
index bac54f35b..e6514ca7b 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/simli/video.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/simli/video.py
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ class SimliVideoService(FrameProcessor):
                     Please use 'api_key' and 'face_id' parameters instead.
 
             use_turn_server: Whether to use TURN server for connection. Defaults to False.
+
+                .. deprecated:: 0.0.95
+                    The 'use_turn_server' parameter is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
+
             latency_interval: Latency interval setting for sending health checks to check
                 the latency to Simli Servers. Defaults to 0.
             simli_url: URL of the simli servers. Can be changed for custom deployments
@@ -135,14 +139,20 @@ class SimliVideoService(FrameProcessor):
 
             config = SimliConfig(**config_kwargs)
 
+        if use_turn_server:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "The 'use_turn_server' parameter is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.",
+                DeprecationWarning,
+                stacklevel=2,
+            )
+
         self._initialized = False
         # Add buffer time to session limits
         config.maxIdleTime += 5
         config.maxSessionLength += 5
         self._simli_client = SimliClient(
-            config,
-            use_turn_server,
-            latency_interval,
+            config=config,
+            latencyInterval=latency_interval,
             simliURL=simli_url,
         )
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index eabe03714..6dec2d8dc 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -4727,7 +4727,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "resampy", specifier = "~=0.4.3" },
     { name = "sarvamai", marker = "extra == 'sarvam'", specifier = "==0.1.21" },
     { name = "sentry-sdk", marker = "extra == 'sentry'", specifier = ">=2.28.0,<3" },
-    { name = "simli-ai", marker = "extra == 'simli'", specifier = "~=0.1.25" },
+    { name = "simli-ai", marker = "extra == 'simli'", specifier = "~=1.0.3" },
     { name = "soundfile", marker = "extra == 'soundfile'", specifier = "~=0.13.1" },
     { name = "soxr", specifier = "~=0.5.0" },
     { name = "speechmatics-rt", marker = "extra == 'speechmatics'", specifier = ">=0.5.0" },
@@ -6496,18 +6496,19 @@ wheels = [
 
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-version = "0.1.25"
+version = "1.0.3"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiortc" },
     { name = "av" },
     { name = "httpx" },
+    { name = "livekit" },
     { name = "numpy" },
     { name = "websockets" },
 ]
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/5e/d1/dc382ba529de0d2d51f35e9bfd20b41d8f5c96404a3aa24bae97a5a5e51f/simli_ai-1.0.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ffafa7540aa28833e207be8f3b199367c7f500dac1a8ba0108395bfb7d8362bc", size = 13863, upload-time = "2025-11-13T12:22:31.218Z" },
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