AttributeError: 'OllamaLLM' object has no attribute 'bind_tools' | Using Tool Calls with OllamaLLM

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Example Code

async def get_response(self, messages, model):
        llm = OllamaLLM(model=model)
        tools = self.tools
        memory = self.memory
        agent_executor = create_react_agent(llm, tools=tools, checkpointer=memory)
        config = {"configurable": {"thread_id": "abc123"}}
        response = await agent_executor.run(messages, config)
        return response

Description

Whenever this piece of code is running, it will return with an error:

AttributeError: 'OllamaLLM' object has no attribute 'bind_tools'

System Info

langchain==0.3.8
langchain-community==0.3.7
langchain-core==0.3.21
langchain-experimental==0.3.3
langchain-ollama==0.2.0
langchain-text-splitters==0.3.2

macOS sequoia 15.1.1 | Python 3.12.5

[feijoes]

@qubit999 similar issue #20439

[qubit999]

For other readers, make sure to upgrade Ollama to the latest version!

For example on macOS check ollama --version if you get an error for the client version, make sure to upgrade Ollama server and client. Also, resolve any issues regarding environmental variables if you have any.

[muzklj]

from langchain_ollama import ChatOllama
llm = ChatOllama(model=model)