diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dfa67ae06..ac1af46b5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "palimpzest"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.5.1"
 description = "Palimpzest is a system which enables anyone to process AI-powered analytical queries simply by defining them in a declarative language"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "fastapi>=0.115.0",
     "google-genai>=1.0.0",
     "gradio>=5.26.0",
-    "litellm>=1.81.11",
+    "litellm>=1.81.11, <1.82.7",
     "numpy==2.0.2",
     "openai>=1.0",
     "pandas>=2.1.1",
diff --git a/src/palimpzest/constants.py b/src/palimpzest/constants.py
index 291bcc66e..b8b31b0fc 100644
--- a/src/palimpzest/constants.py
+++ b/src/palimpzest/constants.py
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ def get_seconds_per_output_token(self) -> float:
     def get_overall_score(self) -> float:
         return self.model_specs.get("MMLU_Pro_score", 0.0)
 
+# TODO: investigate which (if any llama3 models are still supported by TogetherAI)
 # Model.LLAMA3_2_3B = Model("together_ai/meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-Turbo") - seems to be deprecated
 Model.LLAMA3_1_8B = Model("together_ai/meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-Turbo")
 Model.LLAMA3_3_70B = Model("together_ai/meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Turbo")