diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b41efdcf3..4484b7c66 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to **Pipecat** will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [0.0.79] - 2025-08-07
+
+### Changed
+
+- Changed `pipecat-ai`'s `openai` dependency to `>=1.74.0,<=1.99.1` due to a
+  breaking change in `openai` 1.99.2 ([commit](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/657f551dbe583ffb259d987dafae12c6211fba06))
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 364a22933..129208827 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyloudnorm~=0.1.1",
     "resampy~=0.4.3",
     "soxr~=0.5.0",
-    "openai>=1.74.0,<2",
+    "openai>=1.74.0,<=1.99.1",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]