diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 787904d0..027070dd 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.5 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "annotated-types"
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ anyio = "*"
 certifi = "*"
 httpcore = "==1.*"
 idna = "*"
+socksio = {version = "==1.*", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"socks\""}
 
 [package.extras]
 brotli = ["brotli", "brotlicffi"]
@@ -558,6 +559,23 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 six = ">=1.5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "python-socks"
+version = "2.7.1"
+description = "Proxy (SOCKS4, SOCKS5, HTTP CONNECT) client for Python"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8.0"
+files = [
+    {file = "python_socks-2.7.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2603c6454eeaeb82b464ad705be188989e8cf1a4a16f0af3c921d6dd71a49cec"},
+    {file = "python_socks-2.7.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f1a0bb603830fe81e332442eada96757b8f8dec02bd22d1d6f5c99a79704c550"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+anyio = ["anyio (>=3.3.4,<5.0.0)"]
+asyncio = ["async-timeout (>=4.0)"]
+curio = ["curio (>=1.4)"]
+trio = ["trio (>=0.24)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "requests"
 version = "2.32.4"
@@ -628,6 +646,17 @@ files = [
     {file = "sniffio-1.3.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f4324edc670a0f49750a81b895f35c3adb843cca46f0530f79fc1babb23789dc"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "socksio"
+version = "1.0.0"
+description = "Sans-I/O implementation of SOCKS4, SOCKS4A, and SOCKS5."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+files = [
+    {file = "socksio-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:95dc1f15f9b34e8d7b16f06d74b8ccf48f609af32ab33c608d08761c5dcbb1f3"},
+    {file = "socksio-1.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f88beb3da5b5c38b9890469de67d0cb0f9d494b78b106ca1845f96c10b91c4ac"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tomli"
 version = "2.2.1"
@@ -820,4 +849,4 @@ pyaudio = ["pyaudio"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "b820898bc8f521807e3f8b6d5dc0323fc0b5ff4110a82646f60865bd9738d84a"
+content-hash = "816733cae8aafbebe5feb90db763f3be11dafa9b69703642cfc8253efb56deff"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 82260013..2a6eb152 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ Repository = 'https://github.com/elevenlabs/elevenlabs-python'
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.8"
-httpx = ">=0.21.2"
+httpx = {version = "^0.28.1", extras = ["socks"]}
+python-socks = ">=2.7.1"
 pyaudio = { version = ">=0.2.14", optional = true}
 pydantic = ">= 1.9.2"
 pydantic-core = "^2.18.2"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 90ceac30..21936c46 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-httpx>=0.21.2
+httpx[socks]>=0.28.1
+python-socks>=2.7.1
 pyaudio>=0.2.14
 pydantic>= 1.9.2
 pydantic-core==2.18.2
diff --git a/src/elevenlabs/conversational_ai/conversation.py b/src/elevenlabs/conversational_ai/conversation.py
index 50ff1f25..af353f0c 100644
--- a/src/elevenlabs/conversational_ai/conversation.py
+++ b/src/elevenlabs/conversational_ai/conversation.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class Conversation:
     callback_user_transcript: Optional[Callable[[str], None]]
     callback_latency_measurement: Optional[Callable[[int], None]]
     callback_end_session: Optional[Callable]
-
+    proxy_url: Optional[str]
     _thread: Optional[threading.Thread]
     _should_stop: threading.Event
     _conversation_id: Optional[str]
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ def __init__(
         callback_user_transcript: Optional[Callable[[str], None]] = None,
         callback_latency_measurement: Optional[Callable[[int], None]] = None,
         callback_end_session: Optional[Callable] = None,
+        proxy_url: Optional[str] = None,
     ):
         """Conversational AI session.
 
@@ -295,6 +296,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.callback_user_transcript = callback_user_transcript
         self.callback_latency_measurement = callback_latency_measurement
         self.callback_end_session = callback_end_session
+        self.proxy_url = proxy_url
 
         self.client_tools.start()
 
@@ -395,7 +397,7 @@ def send_contextual_update(self, text: str):
             raise
 
     def _run(self, ws_url: str):
-        with connect(ws_url, max_size=16 * 1024 * 1024) as ws:
+        with connect(ws_url, max_size=16 * 1024 * 1024, proxy=self.proxy_url) as ws:
             self._ws = ws
             ws.send(
                 json.dumps(