diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 5a5a415..59e308f 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -201,17 +201,17 @@ tests-mypy = ["mypy (>=1.11.1)", "pytest-mypy-plugins"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "boto3"
-version = "1.35.96"
+version = "1.35.97"
 description = "The AWS SDK for Python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "boto3-1.35.96-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e6acb2380791b13d8fd55062d9bbc6e27c3ddb3e73cff71c4ca02e6743780c67"},
-    {file = "boto3-1.35.96.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:bace02ef2181d176cedc1f8f90c95c301bb7c555db124cf80bc193cbb52a7c64"},
+    {file = "boto3-1.35.97-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8e49416216a6e3a62c2a0c44fba4dd2852c85472e7b702516605b1363867d220"},
+    {file = "boto3-1.35.97.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7d398f66a11e67777c189d1f58c0a75d9d60f98d0ee51b8817e828930bf19e4e"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-botocore = ">=1.35.96,<1.36.0"
+botocore = ">=1.35.97,<1.36.0"
 jmespath = ">=0.7.1,<2.0.0"
 s3transfer = ">=0.10.0,<0.11.0"
 
@@ -220,13 +220,13 @@ crt = ["botocore[crt] (>=1.21.0,<2.0a0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "botocore"
-version = "1.35.96"
+version = "1.35.97"
 description = "Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "botocore-1.35.96-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b5f4cf11372aeccf87bb0b6148a020212c4c42fb5bcdebb6590bb10f6612b98e"},
-    {file = "botocore-1.35.96.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:385fd406ed14bdd624e082d3e15dd6575d490d5d7374fb02f0a798c3ca9ea802"},
+    {file = "botocore-1.35.97-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:fed4f156b1a9b8ece53738f702ba5851b8c6216b4952de326547f349cc494f14"},
+    {file = "botocore-1.35.97.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:88f2fab29192ffe2f2115d5bafbbd823ff4b6eb2774296e03ec8b5b0fe074f61"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -1179,13 +1179,13 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openai"
-version = "1.59.6"
+version = "1.59.7"
 description = "The official Python library for the openai API"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "openai-1.59.6-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b28ed44eee3d5ebe1a3ea045ee1b4b50fea36ecd50741aaa5ce5a5559c900cb6"},
-    {file = "openai-1.59.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c7670727c2f1e4473f62fea6fa51475c8bc098c9ffb47bfb9eef5be23c747934"},
+    {file = "openai-1.59.7-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cfa806556226fa96df7380ab2e29814181d56fea44738c2b0e581b462c268692"},
+    {file = "openai-1.59.7.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:043603def78c00befb857df9f0a16ee76a3af5984ba40cb7ee5e2f40db4646bf"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -1991,4 +1991,4 @@ propcache = ">=0.2.0"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "~3.11"
-content-hash = "c3aae2d736278a055e7590ae105e41a5c691ac7cdfc530007e56a4047a3f5711"
+content-hash = "00aabbcce56ea485c1a0cc2b9dd5055fb20f9638f23c773a3e79450e6390f71c"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9c3e315..d139890 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ fastapi = "^0.115.6"
 pydantic = "^2.10.4"
 uvicorn = "^0.34.0"
 cloai = "^1.0.0"
+openai = "^1.59.7"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 pytest = "^8.3.3"
diff --git a/src/cloaiservice/config.py b/src/cloaiservice/config.py
index 705d281..86baa60 100644
--- a/src/cloaiservice/config.py
+++ b/src/cloaiservice/config.py
@@ -5,26 +5,36 @@
 from os import environ
 from typing import Literal
 
+import fastapi
+import pydantic
+from fastapi import status
+
 import cloai
+from cloai.llm import bedrock as cloai_bedrock
+from openai.types import chat_model
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
 
-class AnthropicConfig(BaseModel):
-    """Anthropic client configuration."""
+class BedrockAnthropicConfig(BaseModel):
+    """Bedrock Anthropic client configuration."""
 
-    type: Literal["anthropic"]
-    model: str
-    aws_access_key: str
-    aws_secret_key: str
+    type: Literal["bedrock-anthropic"]
+    model: cloai_bedrock.ANTHROPIC_BEDROCK_MODELS
+    aws_access_key: pydantic.SecretStr = pydantic.Field(
+        ..., min_length=20, max_length=20
+    )
+    aws_secret_key: pydantic.SecretStr = pydantic.Field(
+        ..., min_length=40, max_length=40
+    )
     region: str
 
     def create_client(self) -> cloai.LargeLanguageModel:
         """Create an Anthropic client instance."""
         return cloai.LargeLanguageModel(
             client=cloai.AnthropicBedrockLlm(
-                model=self.model,  # type: ignore # don't want to need to keep literal union in sync with cloai
-                aws_access_key=self.aws_access_key,
-                aws_secret_key=self.aws_secret_key,
+                model=self.model,
+                aws_access_key=self.aws_access_key.get_secret_value(),
+                aws_secret_key=self.aws_secret_key.get_secret_value(),
                 region=self.region,
             )
         )
@@ -34,8 +44,8 @@ class OpenAIConfig(BaseModel):
     """OpenAI client configuration."""
 
     type: Literal["openai"]
-    model: str
-    api_key: str
+    model: chat_model.ChatModel | str
+    api_key: pydantic.SecretStr
     base_url: str | None = Field(default=None)
 
     def create_client(self) -> cloai.LargeLanguageModel:
@@ -43,7 +53,7 @@ def create_client(self) -> cloai.LargeLanguageModel:
         return cloai.LargeLanguageModel(
             client=cloai.OpenAiLlm(
                 model=self.model,
-                api_key=self.api_key,
+                api_key=self.api_key.get_secret_value(),
                 base_url=self.base_url,
             )
         )
@@ -53,7 +63,7 @@ class AzureConfig(BaseModel):
     """Azure client configuration."""
 
     type: Literal["azure"]
-    api_key: str
+    api_key: pydantic.SecretStr
     endpoint: str
     deployment: str
     api_version: str
@@ -62,7 +72,7 @@ def create_client(self) -> cloai.LargeLanguageModel:
         """Create an Azure client instance."""
         return cloai.LargeLanguageModel(
             client=cloai.AzureLlm(
-                api_key=self.api_key,
+                api_key=self.api_key.get_secret_value(),
                 endpoint=self.endpoint,
                 deployment=self.deployment,
                 api_version=self.api_version,
@@ -73,7 +83,7 @@ def create_client(self) -> cloai.LargeLanguageModel:
 class ClientConfig(BaseModel):
     """Configuration for all clients."""
 
-    clients: dict[str, AnthropicConfig | OpenAIConfig | AzureConfig]
+    clients: dict[str, BedrockAnthropicConfig | OpenAIConfig | AzureConfig]
 
     def create_clients(self) -> dict[str, cloai.LargeLanguageModel]:
         """Create all client instances."""