diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b6bd792d..64f82b9e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "async-openai"
-version = "0.41.3"
+version = "0.42.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d72db2750faea2ca5edbf6d0c50277a89dc8f75f5e6ddd695ef30f75e335019b"
+checksum = "3540b785fcd10be9458fdd8db9a63ea5bcd4b191ef557eaf2730fe0c5881c3e8"
 dependencies = [
  "async-openai-macros",
  "base64 0.22.1",
diff --git a/crates/sysknife-brain/Cargo.toml b/crates/sysknife-brain/Cargo.toml
index 2754962e..0e947bf6 100644
--- a/crates/sysknife-brain/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sysknife-brain/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ async-trait = { workspace = true }
 futures = "0.3"
 sysknife-core = { path = "../sysknife-core", version = "0.20.0" }
 sysknife-types = { path = "../sysknife-types", version = "0.20.0" }
-async-openai = { version = "0.41", features = ["chat-completion"] }
+async-openai = { version = "0.42", features = ["chat-completion"] }
 # rig-core 0.40 renamed its lib crate `rig` -> `rig_core`; alias it back to `rig`
 # so existing `use rig::...` paths keep working.
 rig = { package = "rig-core", version = "0.40.0" }
diff --git a/crates/sysknife-brain/src/providers/openai_adapter.rs b/crates/sysknife-brain/src/providers/openai_adapter.rs
index 512238cf..bfcfe0b6 100644
--- a/crates/sysknife-brain/src/providers/openai_adapter.rs
+++ b/crates/sysknife-brain/src/providers/openai_adapter.rs
@@ -732,6 +732,8 @@ mod tests {
             object: "chat.completion".into(),
             usage: None,
             service_tier: None,
+            metadata: None,
+            moderation: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -758,6 +760,8 @@ mod tests {
             object: "chat.completion".into(),
             usage: None,
             service_tier: None,
+            metadata: None,
+            moderation: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -838,6 +842,8 @@ mod tests {
             object: "chat.completion".into(),
             usage: None,
             service_tier: None,
+            metadata: None,
+            moderation: None,
         };
         assert!(from_openai_response(response).is_err());
     }
@@ -868,6 +874,8 @@ mod tests {
             object: "chat.completion".into(),
             usage: None,
             service_tier: None,
+            metadata: None,
+            moderation: None,
         };
         assert!(from_openai_response(response).is_err());
     }
@@ -906,6 +914,8 @@ mod tests {
             object: "chat.completion".into(),
             usage: None,
             service_tier: None,
+            metadata: None,
+            moderation: None,
         };
         let result = from_openai_response(response);
         assert!(result.is_err(), "malformed args must return an error");
@@ -951,6 +961,7 @@ mod tests {
                     r#type: Some("invalid_request_error".into()),
                     param: None,
                     code: Some("invalid_api_key".into()),
+                    misalignment: None,
                 },
             });
         let mapped = map_openai_error(err);
@@ -976,6 +987,7 @@ mod tests {
                     r#type: None,
                     param: None,
                     code: None,
+                    misalignment: None,
                 },
             });
         let mapped = map_openai_error(err);
@@ -995,6 +1007,7 @@ mod tests {
                     r#type: Some("rate_limit_error".into()),
                     param: None,
                     code: None,
+                    misalignment: None,
                 },
             });
         let mapped = map_openai_error(err);
@@ -1014,6 +1027,7 @@ mod tests {
                     r#type: None,
                     param: None,
                     code: None,
+                    misalignment: None,
                 },
             });
         let mapped = map_openai_error(err);