diff --git a/nanobot/providers/azure_openai_provider.py b/nanobot/providers/azure_openai_provider.py
index 25580ac..c849fd9 100644
--- a/nanobot/providers/azure_openai_provider.py
+++ b/nanobot/providers/azure_openai_provider.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class AzureOpenAIProvider(LLMProvider):
         payload: dict[str, Any] = {
             "messages": self._sanitize_empty_content(messages),
             "max_completion_tokens": max(1, max_tokens),  # Azure API 2024-10-21 uses max_completion_tokens
-            "temperature": temperature,
+            "temperature": 1,
         }
 
         if reasoning_effort: