diff --git a/crates/goose/src/providers/azure.rs b/crates/goose/src/providers/azure.rs
index 2856ba0c19..81e9df10a8 100644
--- a/crates/goose/src/providers/azure.rs
+++ b/crates/goose/src/providers/azure.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ impl Provider for AzureProvider {
                 ConfigKey::new("AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY", true, true, None),
                 ConfigKey::new("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT", true, false, None),
                 ConfigKey::new("AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME", true, false, None),
-                ConfigKey::new("AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION", false, false, Some("2024-10-21")),
+                ConfigKey::new("AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION", true, false, Some("2024-10-21")),
             ],
         )
     }
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/api_keys/utils.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/api_keys/utils.tsx
index 9477251266..1afe9c6c65 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/api_keys/utils.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/api_keys/utils.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export function isSecretKey(keyName: string): boolean {
     'OPENAI_BASE_PATH',
     'AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT',
     'AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME',
+    'AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION',
     'GCP_PROJECT_ID',
     'GCP_LOCATION',
   ];
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/models/hardcoded_stuff.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/models/hardcoded_stuff.tsx
index 94185b4e75..f1ef7e111c 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/models/hardcoded_stuff.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/models/hardcoded_stuff.tsx
@@ -63,7 +63,12 @@ export const required_keys = {
   Ollama: ['OLLAMA_HOST'],
   Google: ['GOOGLE_API_KEY'],
   OpenRouter: ['OPENROUTER_API_KEY'],
-  'Azure OpenAI': ['AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY', 'AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT', 'AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME'],
+  'Azure OpenAI': [
+    'AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY',
+    'AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT',
+    'AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME',
+    'AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION',
+  ],
   'GCP Vertex AI': ['GCP_PROJECT_ID', 'GCP_LOCATION'],
   'AWS Bedrock': ['AWS_PROFILE'],
 };
@@ -73,6 +78,7 @@ export const default_key_value = {
   OPENAI_BASE_PATH: 'v1/chat/completions',
   OLLAMA_HOST: 'localhost',
   GCP_LOCATION: 'us-central1',
+  AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION: '2024-10-21',
 };
 
 export const supported_providers = [
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings_v2/providers/ProviderRegistry.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings_v2/providers/ProviderRegistry.tsx
index 0dd7aa1629..0c2079e4f0 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings_v2/providers/ProviderRegistry.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings_v2/providers/ProviderRegistry.tsx
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ export const PROVIDER_REGISTRY: ProviderRegistry[] = [
           name: 'AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME',
           is_secret: false,
         },
+        {
+          name: 'AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION',
+          is_secret: false,
+          default: '2024-10-21',
+        },
       ],
     },
   },