diff --git a/instructor/process_response.py b/instructor/process_response.py
index 16c24ad94..e7c6e1da3 100644
--- a/instructor/process_response.py
+++ b/instructor/process_response.py
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ def handle_response_model(
         elif mode == Mode.ANTHROPIC_TOOLS:
             tool_descriptions = response_model.anthropic_schema
             new_kwargs["tools"] = [tool_descriptions]
+            new_kwargs["tool_choice"] = {"type": "tool", "name": response_model.__name__}
 
             system_messages = [
                 m["content"] for m in new_kwargs["messages"] if m["role"] == "system"
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 065075475..003c15ba9 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.5.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.2 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aiohttp"
@@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.23.1"
+version = "0.26.0"
 description = "The official Python library for the anthropic API"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
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@@ -4052,4 +4066,4 @@ test-docs = ["anthropic", "cohere", "diskcache", "fastapi", "groq", "litellm", "
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "7cbfa1cf980234b7f9cfa37ecd4fd43c6aa018608da49e8f9b9b09c48f1c18ad"
+content-hash = "8edafc309c01e1c6a69aeee7c105959a180dfc1b736ee22992f96404eef60f7b"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 64fd29f9e..9345602af 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pandas = { version = "^2.2.0", optional = true }
 tabulate = { version = "^0.9.0", optional = true }
 pydantic_extra_types = { version = "^2.6.0", optional = true }
 litellm = { version = "^1.35.31", optional = true }
-anthropic = { version = "^0.23.1", optional = true }
+anthropic = { version = "^0.26.0", optional = true }
 xmltodict = { version = "^0.13.0", optional = true }
 groq = { version = "^0.4.2", optional = true }
 cohere = { version = "^5.1.8", optional = true }
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ mkdocs-minify-plugin = "^0.8.0"
 mkdocs-redirects = "^1.2.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.anthropic.dependencies]
-anthropic = "^0.23.1"
+anthropic = "^0.26.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.test-docs.dependencies]
 fastapi = "^0.109.2"
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 tabulate = "^0.9.0"
 pydantic_extra_types = "^2.6.0"
 litellm = "^1.35.31"
-anthropic = "^0.23.1"
+anthropic = "^0.26.0"
 xmltodict = "^0.13.0"
 groq = "^0.4.2"
 phonenumbers = "^8.13.33"