diff --git a/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/ingest.py b/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/ingest.py
index 6a33c27237b..270a597164a 100644
--- a/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/ingest.py
+++ b/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/ingest.py
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List
 
-from langchain.chains.openai_functions import create_structured_output_chain
-from langchain_community.chat_models import ChatOpenAI
 from langchain_community.document_loaders import TextLoader
-from langchain_community.embeddings.openai import OpenAIEmbeddings
 from langchain_community.graphs import Neo4jGraph
 from langchain_core.prompts import ChatPromptTemplate
 from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import BaseModel, Field
+from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI, OpenAIEmbeddings
 from langchain_text_splitters import TokenTextSplitter
 from neo4j.exceptions import ClientError
 
@@ -116,10 +114,10 @@ questions_prompt = ChatPromptTemplate.from_messages(
     ]
 )
 
-question_chain = create_structured_output_chain(Questions, llm, questions_prompt)
+question_chain = questions_prompt | llm.with_structured_output(Questions)
 
 for i, parent in enumerate(parent_documents):
-    questions = question_chain.run(parent.page_content).questions
+    questions = question_chain.invoke(parent.page_content).questions
     params = {
         "parent_id": i,
         "questions": [
diff --git a/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/main.py b/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/main.py
index 3f3b3c2b5e9..a50f7d56f54 100644
--- a/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/main.py
+++ b/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/main.py
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(  # noqa: T201
         chain.invoke(
             {"question": original_query},
-            {"configurable": {"strategy": "parent_document"}},
+            {"configurable": {"strategy": "parent_strategy"}},
         )
     )
diff --git a/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/neo4j_advanced_rag/chain.py b/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/neo4j_advanced_rag/chain.py
index bf089882fd6..1120e2fe3f0 100644
--- a/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/neo4j_advanced_rag/chain.py
+++ b/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/neo4j_advanced_rag/chain.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 from operator import itemgetter
 
-from langchain_community.chat_models import ChatOpenAI
 from langchain_core.output_parsers import StrOutputParser
 from langchain_core.prompts import ChatPromptTemplate
 from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import BaseModel
 from langchain_core.runnables import ConfigurableField, RunnableParallel
+from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI
 
 from neo4j_advanced_rag.retrievers import (
     hypothetic_question_vectorstore,
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ from neo4j_advanced_rag.retrievers import (
     typical_rag,
 )
 
+
+def format_docs(docs):
+    return "\n\n".join(doc.page_content for doc in docs)
+
+
 template = """Answer the question based only on the following context:
 {context}
 
@@ -33,7 +38,7 @@ retriever = typical_rag.as_retriever().configurable_alternatives(
 chain = (
     RunnableParallel(
         {
-            "context": itemgetter("question") | retriever,
+            "context": itemgetter("question") | retriever | format_docs,
             "question": itemgetter("question"),
         }
     )
diff --git a/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/neo4j_advanced_rag/retrievers.py b/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/neo4j_advanced_rag/retrievers.py
index aa7d9f46481..a6574e9f31a 100644
--- a/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/neo4j_advanced_rag/retrievers.py
+++ b/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/neo4j_advanced_rag/retrievers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from langchain_community.embeddings import OpenAIEmbeddings
 from langchain_community.vectorstores import Neo4jVector
+from langchain_openai import OpenAIEmbeddings
 
 # Typical RAG retriever
 
diff --git a/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/poetry.lock b/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/poetry.lock
index 2426e7197fb..3ef961f5447 100644
--- a/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/poetry.lock
+++ b/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/poetry.lock
@@ -748,17 +748,16 @@ extended-testing = ["aiosqlite (>=0.19.0,<0.20.0)", "aleph-alpha-client (>=2.15.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "langchain-core"
-version = "0.1.31"
+version = "0.1.36"
 description = "Building applications with LLMs through composability"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"
+python-versions = "<4.0,>=3.8.1"
 files = [
-    {file = "langchain_core-0.1.31-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ff028f00db8ff03565b542cea81be27426022a72c6545b54d8de66fa00948ab3"},
-    {file = "langchain_core-0.1.31.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d660cf209bb6ce61cb1c853107b091aaa809015a55dce9e0ce19b51d4c8f2a70"},
+    {file = "langchain_core-0.1.36-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:564beeb18ab13deca8daf6e6e74acab52e0b8f6202110262a4c914e4450febd2"},
+    {file = "langchain_core-0.1.36.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:aa2432370ca3d2a5d6dd14a810aa6488bf2f622ff7a0a3dc30f6e0ed9d7f5fa8"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-anyio = ">=3,<5"
 jsonpatch = ">=1.33,<2.0"
 langsmith = ">=0.1.0,<0.2.0"
 packaging = ">=23.2,<24.0"
@@ -770,6 +769,22 @@ tenacity = ">=8.1.0,<9.0.0"
 [package.extras]
 extended-testing = ["jinja2 (>=3,<4)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "langchain-openai"
+version = "0.1.1"
+description = "An integration package connecting OpenAI and LangChain"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "<4.0,>=3.8.1"
+files = [
+    {file = "langchain_openai-0.1.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5cf4df5d2550af673337eafedaeec014ba52f9a25aeb8451206ca254bed01e5c"},
+    {file = "langchain_openai-0.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d10e9a9fc4c8ea99ca98f23808ce44c7dcdd65354ac07ad10afe874ecf3401ca"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+langchain-core = ">=0.1.33,<0.2.0"
+openai = ">=1.10.0,<2.0.0"
+tiktoken = ">=0.5.2,<1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "langchain-text-splitters"
 version = "0.0.1"
@@ -1301,7 +1316,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:bf07ee2fef7014951eeb99f56f39c9bb4af143d8aa3c21b1677805985307da34"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:855fb52b0dc35af121542a76b9a84f8d1cd886ea97c84703eaa6d88e37a2ad28"},
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-    {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:a08c6f0fe150303c1c6b71ebcd7213c2858041a7e01975da3a99aed1e7a378ef"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:6c22bec3fbe2524cde73d7ada88f6566758a8f7227bfbf93a408a9d86bcc12a0"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:8d4e9c88387b0f5c7d5f281e55304de64cf7f9c0021a3525bd3b1c542da3b0e4"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:d483d2cdf104e7c9fa60c544d92981f12ad66a457afae824d146093b8c294c54"},
@@ -1922,4 +1936,4 @@ multidict = ">=4.0"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"
-content-hash = "c124756e33358c955b0be370ad1b3e52db971fcb2e2dcf45375ee8413a0b9157"
+content-hash = "bfe7292ce83c9ae2b12493f20c626c4273140c5bcda523b08632d709a844f1df"
diff --git a/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/pyproject.toml b/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/pyproject.toml
index 9e92aefdb42..18d5b3e6deb 100644
--- a/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/pyproject.toml
+++ b/templates/neo4j-advanced-rag/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ tiktoken = "^0.5.1"
 openai = "<2"
 neo4j = "^5.14.0"
 langchain-text-splitters = ">=0.0.1,<0.1"
+langchain-openai = "^0.1.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 langchain-cli = ">=0.0.21"
diff --git a/templates/neo4j-parent/neo4j_parent/chain.py b/templates/neo4j-parent/neo4j_parent/chain.py
index 404cf0e253f..8a7ee27b1f7 100644
--- a/templates/neo4j-parent/neo4j_parent/chain.py
+++ b/templates/neo4j-parent/neo4j_parent/chain.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-from langchain_community.chat_models import ChatOpenAI
-from langchain_community.embeddings import OpenAIEmbeddings
 from langchain_community.vectorstores import Neo4jVector
 from langchain_core.output_parsers import StrOutputParser
 from langchain_core.prompts import ChatPromptTemplate
 from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import BaseModel
 from langchain_core.runnables import RunnableParallel, RunnablePassthrough
+from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI, OpenAIEmbeddings
 
 retrieval_query = """
 MATCH (node)-[:HAS_PARENT]->(parent)
@@ -12,6 +11,11 @@ WITH parent, max(score) AS score // deduplicate parents
 RETURN parent.text AS text, score, {} AS metadata
 """
 
+
+def format_docs(docs):
+    return "\n\n".join(doc.page_content for doc in docs)
+
+
 vectorstore = Neo4jVector.from_existing_index(
     OpenAIEmbeddings(),
     index_name="retrieval",
@@ -31,7 +35,9 @@ prompt = ChatPromptTemplate.from_template(template)
 model = ChatOpenAI()
 
 chain = (
-    RunnableParallel({"context": retriever, "question": RunnablePassthrough()})
+    RunnableParallel(
+        {"context": retriever | format_docs, "question": RunnablePassthrough()}
+    )
     | prompt
     | model
     | StrOutputParser()
diff --git a/templates/neo4j-parent/poetry.lock b/templates/neo4j-parent/poetry.lock
index 2426e7197fb..3ef961f5447 100644
--- a/templates/neo4j-parent/poetry.lock
+++ b/templates/neo4j-parent/poetry.lock
@@ -748,17 +748,16 @@ extended-testing = ["aiosqlite (>=0.19.0,<0.20.0)", "aleph-alpha-client (>=2.15.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "langchain-core"
-version = "0.1.31"
+version = "0.1.36"
 description = "Building applications with LLMs through composability"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"
+python-versions = "<4.0,>=3.8.1"
 files = [
-    {file = "langchain_core-0.1.31-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ff028f00db8ff03565b542cea81be27426022a72c6545b54d8de66fa00948ab3"},
-    {file = "langchain_core-0.1.31.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d660cf209bb6ce61cb1c853107b091aaa809015a55dce9e0ce19b51d4c8f2a70"},
+    {file = "langchain_core-0.1.36-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:564beeb18ab13deca8daf6e6e74acab52e0b8f6202110262a4c914e4450febd2"},
+    {file = "langchain_core-0.1.36.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:aa2432370ca3d2a5d6dd14a810aa6488bf2f622ff7a0a3dc30f6e0ed9d7f5fa8"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-anyio = ">=3,<5"
 jsonpatch = ">=1.33,<2.0"
 langsmith = ">=0.1.0,<0.2.0"
 packaging = ">=23.2,<24.0"
@@ -770,6 +769,22 @@ tenacity = ">=8.1.0,<9.0.0"
 [package.extras]
 extended-testing = ["jinja2 (>=3,<4)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "langchain-openai"
+version = "0.1.1"
+description = "An integration package connecting OpenAI and LangChain"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "<4.0,>=3.8.1"
+files = [
+    {file = "langchain_openai-0.1.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5cf4df5d2550af673337eafedaeec014ba52f9a25aeb8451206ca254bed01e5c"},
+    {file = "langchain_openai-0.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d10e9a9fc4c8ea99ca98f23808ce44c7dcdd65354ac07ad10afe874ecf3401ca"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+langchain-core = ">=0.1.33,<0.2.0"
+openai = ">=1.10.0,<2.0.0"
+tiktoken = ">=0.5.2,<1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "langchain-text-splitters"
 version = "0.0.1"
@@ -1301,7 +1316,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:bf07ee2fef7014951eeb99f56f39c9bb4af143d8aa3c21b1677805985307da34"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:855fb52b0dc35af121542a76b9a84f8d1cd886ea97c84703eaa6d88e37a2ad28"},
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-    {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:a08c6f0fe150303c1c6b71ebcd7213c2858041a7e01975da3a99aed1e7a378ef"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:6c22bec3fbe2524cde73d7ada88f6566758a8f7227bfbf93a408a9d86bcc12a0"},
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@@ -1922,4 +1936,4 @@ multidict = ">=4.0"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"
-content-hash = "c124756e33358c955b0be370ad1b3e52db971fcb2e2dcf45375ee8413a0b9157"
+content-hash = "bfe7292ce83c9ae2b12493f20c626c4273140c5bcda523b08632d709a844f1df"
diff --git a/templates/neo4j-parent/pyproject.toml b/templates/neo4j-parent/pyproject.toml
index 573c24db1d4..e9c8bcd0d50 100644
--- a/templates/neo4j-parent/pyproject.toml
+++ b/templates/neo4j-parent/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ tiktoken = "^0.5.1"
 openai = "<2"
 neo4j = "^5.14.0"
 langchain-text-splitters = ">=0.0.1,<0.1"
+langchain-openai = "^0.1.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 langchain-cli = ">=0.0.21"
diff --git a/templates/neo4j-vector-memory/ingest.py b/templates/neo4j-vector-memory/ingest.py
index df4a5f2ae4f..fcdb302135f 100644
--- a/templates/neo4j-vector-memory/ingest.py
+++ b/templates/neo4j-vector-memory/ingest.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from langchain_community.document_loaders import TextLoader
-from langchain_community.embeddings.openai import OpenAIEmbeddings
 from langchain_community.vectorstores import Neo4jVector
+from langchain_openai import OpenAIEmbeddings
 from langchain_text_splitters import TokenTextSplitter
 
 txt_path = Path(__file__).parent / "dune.txt"
diff --git a/templates/neo4j-vector-memory/neo4j_vector_memory/chain.py b/templates/neo4j-vector-memory/neo4j_vector_memory/chain.py
index dfa1b9ee0c5..815fb558abc 100644
--- a/templates/neo4j-vector-memory/neo4j_vector_memory/chain.py
+++ b/templates/neo4j-vector-memory/neo4j_vector_memory/chain.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from operator import itemgetter
 
-from langchain_community.chat_models import ChatOpenAI
-from langchain_community.embeddings import OpenAIEmbeddings
 from langchain_community.vectorstores import Neo4jVector
 from langchain_core.output_parsers import StrOutputParser
 from langchain_core.prompts import (
@@ -11,6 +9,7 @@ from langchain_core.prompts import (
 )
 from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import BaseModel
 from langchain_core.runnables import RunnablePassthrough
+from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI, OpenAIEmbeddings
 
 from neo4j_vector_memory.history import get_history, save_history
 
diff --git a/templates/neo4j-vector-memory/poetry.lock b/templates/neo4j-vector-memory/poetry.lock
index 2426e7197fb..3ef961f5447 100644
--- a/templates/neo4j-vector-memory/poetry.lock
+++ b/templates/neo4j-vector-memory/poetry.lock
@@ -748,17 +748,16 @@ extended-testing = ["aiosqlite (>=0.19.0,<0.20.0)", "aleph-alpha-client (>=2.15.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "langchain-core"
-version = "0.1.31"
+version = "0.1.36"
 description = "Building applications with LLMs through composability"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"
+python-versions = "<4.0,>=3.8.1"
 files = [
-    {file = "langchain_core-0.1.31-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ff028f00db8ff03565b542cea81be27426022a72c6545b54d8de66fa00948ab3"},
-    {file = "langchain_core-0.1.31.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d660cf209bb6ce61cb1c853107b091aaa809015a55dce9e0ce19b51d4c8f2a70"},
+    {file = "langchain_core-0.1.36-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:564beeb18ab13deca8daf6e6e74acab52e0b8f6202110262a4c914e4450febd2"},
+    {file = "langchain_core-0.1.36.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:aa2432370ca3d2a5d6dd14a810aa6488bf2f622ff7a0a3dc30f6e0ed9d7f5fa8"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-anyio = ">=3,<5"
 jsonpatch = ">=1.33,<2.0"
 langsmith = ">=0.1.0,<0.2.0"
 packaging = ">=23.2,<24.0"
@@ -770,6 +769,22 @@ tenacity = ">=8.1.0,<9.0.0"
 [package.extras]
 extended-testing = ["jinja2 (>=3,<4)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "langchain-openai"
+version = "0.1.1"
+description = "An integration package connecting OpenAI and LangChain"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "<4.0,>=3.8.1"
+files = [
+    {file = "langchain_openai-0.1.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5cf4df5d2550af673337eafedaeec014ba52f9a25aeb8451206ca254bed01e5c"},
+    {file = "langchain_openai-0.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d10e9a9fc4c8ea99ca98f23808ce44c7dcdd65354ac07ad10afe874ecf3401ca"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+langchain-core = ">=0.1.33,<0.2.0"
+openai = ">=1.10.0,<2.0.0"
+tiktoken = ">=0.5.2,<1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "langchain-text-splitters"
 version = "0.0.1"
@@ -1301,7 +1316,6 @@ files = [
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-    {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:a08c6f0fe150303c1c6b71ebcd7213c2858041a7e01975da3a99aed1e7a378ef"},
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@@ -1922,4 +1936,4 @@ multidict = ">=4.0"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"
-content-hash = "c124756e33358c955b0be370ad1b3e52db971fcb2e2dcf45375ee8413a0b9157"
+content-hash = "bfe7292ce83c9ae2b12493f20c626c4273140c5bcda523b08632d709a844f1df"
diff --git a/templates/neo4j-vector-memory/pyproject.toml b/templates/neo4j-vector-memory/pyproject.toml
index d878c650701..a9aa8c2f6c7 100644
--- a/templates/neo4j-vector-memory/pyproject.toml
+++ b/templates/neo4j-vector-memory/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ tiktoken = "^0.5.1"
 openai = "<2"
 neo4j = "^5.14.0"
 langchain-text-splitters = ">=0.0.1,<0.1"
+langchain-openai = "^0.1.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 langchain-cli = ">=0.0.21"