diff --git a/models/spring-ai-azure-openai/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/azure/openai/AzureOpenAiChatModel.java b/models/spring-ai-azure-openai/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/azure/openai/AzureOpenAiChatModel.java
index 3f659671c4d..2dc34bea254 100644
--- a/models/spring-ai-azure-openai/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/azure/openai/AzureOpenAiChatModel.java
+++ b/models/spring-ai-azure-openai/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/azure/openai/AzureOpenAiChatModel.java
@@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ private ChatCompletionsResponseFormat toAzureResponseFormat(AzureOpenAiResponseF
 			var responseFormatJsonSchema = new ChatCompletionsJsonSchemaResponseFormatJsonSchema(jsonSchema.getName());
 			String jsonString = ModelOptionsUtils.toJsonString(jsonSchema.getSchema());
 			responseFormatJsonSchema.setSchema(BinaryData.fromString(jsonString));
+			responseFormatJsonSchema.setStrict(jsonSchema.getStrict());
 			return new ChatCompletionsJsonSchemaResponseFormat(responseFormatJsonSchema);
 		}
 		return new ChatCompletionsTextResponseFormat();