diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/providers/anthropic.md b/docs/my-website/docs/providers/anthropic.md
index bf8f72bea1..38be0c433a 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/providers/anthropic.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/providers/anthropic.md
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ response = completion(
     model="anthropic/claude-3-opus-20240229",
     messages=messages,
     tools=tools,
-    extra_headers={"anthropic-beta": "tools-2024-05-16"},
 )
 ```
 
@@ -247,7 +246,6 @@ response = completion(
     messages=messages,
     tools=tools,
     tool_choice={"type": "tool", "name": "get_weather"},
-    extra_headers={"anthropic-beta": "tools-2024-05-16"},
 )
 ```
 
diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic.py
index 2e02ffe59f..f14dabc03a 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic.py
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ class AnthropicChatCompletion(BaseLLM):
             _is_function_call = True
             if "anthropic-beta" not in headers:
                 # default to v1 of "anthropic-beta"
-                headers["anthropic-beta"] = "tools-2024-04-04"
+                headers["anthropic-beta"] = "tools-2024-05-16"
 
             anthropic_tools = []
             for tool in optional_params["tools"]: