diff --git a/litellm-rust/Cargo.lock b/litellm-rust/Cargo.lock
index 9bffe9f9ec69..f563c18ea14c 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/litellm-rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@ version = "1.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1505bd5d3d116872e7271a6d4e16d81d0c8570876c8de68093a09ac269d8aac0"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "autocfg"
-version = "1.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f2032f911046de80f0a198e0901378627c33f59ea0ac00e363d481118bd70a53"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
 version = "0.7.9"
@@ -233,21 +227,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "futures"
-version = "0.3.32"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b147ee9d1f6d097cef9ce628cd2ee62288d963e16fb287bd9286455b241382d"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-executor",
- "futures-io",
- "futures-sink",
- "futures-task",
- "futures-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-channel"
 version = "0.3.32"
@@ -264,17 +243,6 @@ version = "0.3.32"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7e3450815272ef58cec6d564423f6e755e25379b217b0bc688e295ba24df6b1d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "futures-executor"
-version = "0.3.32"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "baf29c38818342a3b26b5b923639e7b1f4a61fc5e76102d4b1981c6dc7a7579d"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
- "futures-task",
- "futures-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-io"
 version = "0.3.32"
@@ -310,7 +278,6 @@ version = "0.3.32"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "389ca41296e6190b48053de0321d02a77f32f8a5d2461dd38762c0593805c6d6"
 dependencies = [
- "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-io",
  "futures-macro",
@@ -608,15 +575,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "indoc"
-version = "2.0.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "79cf5c93f93228cf8efb3ba362535fb11199ac548a09ce117c9b1adc3030d706"
-dependencies = [
- "rustversion",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ipnet"
 version = "2.12.0"
@@ -718,15 +676,6 @@ version = "2.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "88904434abc2901f197fe8cc55f0445e7ded921dba5911dad2e2b39b48e663c4"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "memoffset"
-version = "0.9.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "488016bfae457b036d996092f6cb448677611ce4449e970ceaf42695203f218a"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -803,29 +752,26 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyo3"
-version = "0.23.5"
+version = "0.29.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7778bffd85cf38175ac1f545509665d0b9b92a198ca7941f131f85f7a4f9a872"
+checksum = "cd274650b21d4bfc26a0a47587962c1edb425f69287324355cd040c3ea66071c"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "indoc",
  "libc",
- "memoffset",
  "once_cell",
  "portable-atomic",
  "pyo3-build-config",
  "pyo3-ffi",
  "pyo3-macros",
- "unindent",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyo3-async-runtimes"
-version = "0.23.0"
+version = "0.29.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "977dc837525cfd22919ba6a831413854beb7c99a256c03bf8624ad707e45810e"
+checksum = "b3ef68daa7316a3fac65e5e18b2203f010346de1c1c53456811a2624673ab046"
 dependencies = [
- "futures",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
  "once_cell",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "pyo3",
@@ -834,19 +780,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyo3-build-config"
-version = "0.23.5"
+version = "0.29.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "94f6cbe86ef3bf18998d9df6e0f3fc1050a8c5efa409bf712e661a4366e010fb"
+checksum = "c5e2a7d2f0d013342f295c048ad19237add5154a55b1c5a254c0ec93d4109078"
 dependencies = [
- "once_cell",
  "target-lexicon",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyo3-ffi"
-version = "0.23.5"
+version = "0.29.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e9f1b4c431c0bb1c8fb0a338709859eed0d030ff6daa34368d3b152a63dfdd8d"
+checksum = "ca85c467da1bbc8d866eea5deff9cf29ea5f7785054a17da36e65bda9c05845b"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "pyo3-build-config",
@@ -854,9 +799,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyo3-macros"
-version = "0.23.5"
+version = "0.29.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fbc2201328f63c4710f68abdf653c89d8dbc2858b88c5d88b0ff38a75288a9da"
+checksum = "9ac53762fd065daa3194dd09337a38bd793a188100fd1a9304c4ab312d901771"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "pyo3-macros-backend",
@@ -866,13 +811,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyo3-macros-backend"
-version = "0.23.5"
+version = "0.29.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fca6726ad0f3da9c9de093d6f116a93c1a38e417ed73bf138472cf4064f72028"
+checksum = "4ca3a1557399783172dc5bf39cfca835157732532cba56b71d2292161e53b362"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
- "pyo3-build-config",
  "quote",
  "syn",
 ]
@@ -1321,9 +1265,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "target-lexicon"
-version = "0.12.16"
+version = "0.13.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "61c41af27dd6d1e27b1b16b489db798443478cef1f06a660c96db617ba5de3b1"
+checksum = "adb6935a6f5c20170eeceb1a3835a49e12e19d792f6dd344ccc76a985ca5a6ca"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
@@ -1559,12 +1503,6 @@ version = "1.0.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e6e4313cd5fcd3dad5cafa179702e2b244f760991f45397d14d4ebf38247da75"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unindent"
-version = "0.2.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7264e107f553ccae879d21fbea1d6724ac785e8c3bfc762137959b5802826ef3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "untrusted"
 version = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/litellm-rust/Cargo.toml b/litellm-rust/Cargo.toml
index 5842ed5ba9bd..a3baa33e6cf8 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/litellm-rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ repository = "https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm"
 litellm-core = { path = "crates/core" }
 litellm-ai-gateway = { path = "crates/ai-gateway", default-features = false }
 axum = "0.7"
-pyo3 = "0.23.5"
-pyo3-async-runtimes = { version = "0.23.0", features = ["tokio-runtime"] }
+pyo3 = "0.29.0"
+pyo3-async-runtimes = { version = "0.29.0", features = ["tokio-runtime"] }
 rand = "0.8"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "json", "rustls-tls", "http2", "stream"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/ai-gateway/src/python/config.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/ai-gateway/src/python/config.rs
index 6ec9595469df..54b7a53bafac 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/ai-gateway/src/python/config.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/ai-gateway/src/python/config.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use crate::gil;
 /// Load the router's `model_list` from `config_path` via the Python reader.
 pub fn load_router_from_config(config_path: &str) -> CoreResult<Router> {
     gil::record_acquisition();
-    Python::with_gil(|py| {
+    Python::attach(|py| {
         let model_list = py
             .import("litellm.proxy.read_model_list")
             .and_then(|module| module.getattr("read_model_list"))
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/gil.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/gil.rs
index dc1b591735c2..e887c8ec1e3a 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/gil.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/gil.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //!
 //! A single chokepoint for releasing the GIL around blocking work. Every
 //! blocking call in the bridge goes through [`release_gil`] instead of calling
-//! `Python::allow_threads` directly, so the release count stays accurate and we
+//! `Python::detach` directly, so the release count stays accurate and we
 //! have one place to extend later (timing histograms, per-call labels, etc.).
 
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ where
     T: Send,
 {
     GIL_RELEASES.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
-    py.allow_threads(f)
+    py.detach(f)
 }
 
 /// Total GIL releases performed by the bridge so far.
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/lib.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/lib.rs
index 946a99f990c1..271864581f30 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/lib.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/lib.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ fn aocr(
         .await
         .map_err(core_error_to_pyerr)?;
 
-        Python::with_gil(|py| json_to_py(py, value))
+        Python::attach(|py| json_to_py(py, value))
     })
 }