diff --git a/libs/partners/openai/poetry.lock b/libs/partners/openai/poetry.lock
index 01514e263c2..0d72cde9070 100644
--- a/libs/partners/openai/poetry.lock
+++ b/libs/partners/openai/poetry.lock
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "langchain-core"
-version = "0.1.41"
+version = "0.1.42-rc.1"
 description = "Building applications with LLMs through composability"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"
@@ -1285,4 +1285,4 @@ watchmedo = ["PyYAML (>=3.10)"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"
-content-hash = "eb614f82cd8afac2e1a8afc62fc459993292a813b6f56883ef870f1c22ad87fe"
+content-hash = "413efcc031329d3ebcd60d1f61b581a92d9e7313296742427e23c18d0c8d18f8"
diff --git a/libs/partners/openai/pyproject.toml b/libs/partners/openai/pyproject.toml
index 14010ae843c..d5045f0e6af 100644
--- a/libs/partners/openai/pyproject.toml
+++ b/libs/partners/openai/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "langchain-openai"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3-rc.1"
 description = "An integration package connecting OpenAI and LangChain"
 authors = []
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"
-langchain-core = "^0.1.41"
+langchain-core = {version ="^0.1.42-rc.1", allow-prereleases=true}
 openai = "^1.10.0"
 tiktoken = ">=0.5.2,<1"