diff --git a/pkg/providers/anthropic/chat.go b/pkg/providers/anthropic/chat.go
index 570b5e9c..9038666e 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/anthropic/chat.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/anthropic/chat.go
@@ -68,14 +68,11 @@ func (c *Client) Chat(ctx context.Context, request *schemas.ChatRequest) (*schem
 	chatRequest := c.createChatRequestSchema(request)
 
 	chatResponse, err := c.doChatRequest(ctx, chatRequest)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if len(chatResponse.ModelResponse.Message.Content) == 0 {
-		return nil, ErrEmptyResponse
-	}
-
 	return chatResponse, nil
 }
 
@@ -100,11 +97,11 @@ func (c *Client) doChatRequest(ctx context.Context, payload *ChatRequest) (*sche
 	}
 
 	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", string(c.config.APIKey)) // must be in lower case
-	req.Header.Set("anthropic-version", "2023-06-01")
+	req.Header.Set("anthropic-version")
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 
 	// TODO: this could leak information from messages which may not be a desired thing to have
-	c.telemetry.Logger.Debug(
+	c.tel.L().Debug(
 		"Anthropic chat request",
 		zap.String("chat_url", c.chatURL),
 		zap.Any("payload", payload),
@@ -124,21 +121,23 @@ func (c *Client) doChatRequest(ctx context.Context, payload *ChatRequest) (*sche
 	// Read the response body into a byte slice
 	bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		c.telemetry.Logger.Error("Failed to read anthropic chat response", zap.Error(err))
+		c.tel.L().Error("Failed to read anthropic chat response", zap.Error(err))
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	// Parse the response JSON
 	var anthropicResponse ChatCompletion
 
-	c.telemetry.L().Debug("Anthropic Raw Response", zap.String("resp", string(bodyBytes)))
-
 	err = json.Unmarshal(bodyBytes, &anthropicResponse)
 	if err != nil {
-		c.telemetry.Logger.Error("Failed to parse anthropic chat response", zap.Error(err))
+		c.tel.L().Error("Failed to parse anthropic chat response", zap.Error(err))
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if len(anthropicResponse.Content) == 0 {
+		return nil, ErrEmptyResponse
+	}
+
 	completion := anthropicResponse.Content[0]
 	usage := anthropicResponse.Usage
 
diff --git a/pkg/providers/anthropic/client.go b/pkg/providers/anthropic/client.go
index 1ab1f584..1af21262 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/anthropic/client.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/anthropic/client.go
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ var (
 type Client struct {
 	baseURL             string
 	chatURL             string
+	apiVersion          string
 	chatRequestTemplate *ChatRequest
 	errMapper           *ErrorMapper
 	config              *Config
 	httpClient          *http.Client
-	telemetry           *telemetry.Telemetry
+	tel                 *telemetry.Telemetry
 }
 
 // NewClient creates a new OpenAI client for the OpenAI API.
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ func NewClient(providerConfig *Config, clientConfig *clients.ClientConfig, tel *
 	c := &Client{
 		baseURL:             providerConfig.BaseURL,
 		chatURL:             chatURL,
+		apiVersion:          providerConfig.APIVersion,
 		config:              providerConfig,
 		chatRequestTemplate: NewChatRequestFromConfig(providerConfig),
 		errMapper:           NewErrorMapper(tel),
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ func NewClient(providerConfig *Config, clientConfig *clients.ClientConfig, tel *
 				MaxIdleConnsPerHost: 2,
 			},
 		},
-		telemetry: tel,
+		tel: tel,
 	}
 
 	return c, nil
diff --git a/pkg/providers/anthropic/config.go b/pkg/providers/anthropic/config.go
index 4a2711fb..0de765ac 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/anthropic/config.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/anthropic/config.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ func (p *Params) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 
 type Config struct {
 	BaseURL       string        `yaml:"baseUrl" json:"baseUrl" validate:"required"`
+	APIVersion    string        `yaml:"apiVersion" json:"apiVersion" validate:"required"`
 	ChatEndpoint  string        `yaml:"chatEndpoint" json:"chatEndpoint" validate:"required"`
 	Model         string        `yaml:"model" json:"model" validate:"required"`
 	APIKey        fields.Secret `yaml:"api_key" json:"-" validate:"required"`
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 
 	return &Config{
 		BaseURL:       "https://api.anthropic.com/v1",
+		APIVersion:    "2023-06-01",
 		ChatEndpoint:  "/messages",
 		Model:         "claude-instant-1.2",
 		DefaultParams: &defaultParams,