diff --git a/autogen/oai/completion.py b/autogen/oai/completion.py
index 2fe95e8f60c..1e8740c2f04 100644
--- a/autogen/oai/completion.py
+++ b/autogen/oai/completion.py
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
     import diskcache
 
     ERROR = None
-except ImportError:
-    ERROR = ImportError(
-        "(Deprecated) The autogen.Completion class requires openai<1 and diskcache. "
-        "Please switch to autogen.OpenAIWrapper for openai>=1."
-    )
+    assert openai.__version__ < "1"
+except (AssertionError, ImportError):
     openai_Completion = object
+    # The autogen.Completion class requires openai<1
+    ERROR = AssertionError("(Deprecated) The autogen.Completion class requires openai<1 and diskcache. ")
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 if not logger.handlers:
     # Add the console handler.
diff --git a/autogen/version.py b/autogen/version.py
index 16bf2ffe042..ad7ff4d08ab 100644
--- a/autogen/version.py
+++ b/autogen/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.2.0b4"
+__version__ = "0.2.0b5"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6c2d3a07435..4dc5d4e9dd6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 __version__ = version["__version__"]
 
 install_requires = [
-    "openai==1.1.1",
+    "openai~=1.2",
     "diskcache",
     "termcolor",
     "flaml",
diff --git a/test/agentchat/contrib/test_gpt_assistant.py b/test/agentchat/contrib/test_gpt_assistant.py
index fab3fbb77db..59bad7c560e 100644
--- a/test/agentchat/contrib/test_gpt_assistant.py
+++ b/test/agentchat/contrib/test_gpt_assistant.py
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 except ImportError:
     skip_test = True
 
+config_list = autogen.config_list_from_json(
+    OAI_CONFIG_LIST, file_location=KEY_LOC, filter_dict={"api_type": ["openai"]}
+)
+
 
 def ask_ossinsight(question):
     return f"That is a good question, but I don't know the answer yet. Please ask your human  developer friend to help you. \n\n{question}"
@@ -38,7 +42,6 @@ def test_gpt_assistant_chat():
         "description": "This is an API endpoint allowing users (analysts) to input question about GitHub in text format to retrieve the realted and structured data.",
     }
 
-    config_list = autogen.config_list_from_json(OAI_CONFIG_LIST, file_location=KEY_LOC)
     analyst = GPTAssistantAgent(
         name="Open_Source_Project_Analyst",
         llm_config={"tools": [{"type": "function", "function": ossinsight_api_schema}], "config_list": config_list},
@@ -73,7 +76,6 @@ def test_get_assistant_instructions():
     and assert that the retrieved instructions match the set instructions.
     """
 
-    config_list = autogen.config_list_from_json(OAI_CONFIG_LIST, file_location=KEY_LOC)
     assistant = GPTAssistantAgent(
         "assistant",
         instructions="This is a test",
@@ -107,7 +109,6 @@ def test_gpt_assistant_instructions_overwrite():
     instructions1 = "This is a test #1"
     instructions2 = "This is a test #2"
 
-    config_list = autogen.config_list_from_json(OAI_CONFIG_LIST, file_location=KEY_LOC)
     assistant = GPTAssistantAgent(
         "assistant",
         instructions=instructions1,
@@ -144,7 +145,6 @@ def test_gpt_assistant_existing_no_instructions():
     """
     instructions = "This is a test #1"
 
-    config_list = autogen.config_list_from_json(OAI_CONFIG_LIST, file_location=KEY_LOC)
     assistant = GPTAssistantAgent(
         "assistant",
         instructions=instructions,