diff --git a/chat-client-python/chat_client.py b/chat-client-python/chat_client.py
index f15fe26..16bab0e 100755
--- a/chat-client-python/chat_client.py
+++ b/chat-client-python/chat_client.py
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 from importlib import metadata
 from packaging import version
 
+if version.parse(metadata.version('pydantic')) < version.parse("2.0"):
+    print("pydantic 2+ required")
+    exit(1)
+
 from chat_openapi.exceptions import ApiException
 from chat_openapi.configuration import Configuration
 from chat_openapi.api_client import ApiClient
@@ -11,9 +15,6 @@
 from chat_openapi.models.new_chat_message_request import NewChatMessageRequest
 from chat_openapi.models.background_color_enum import BackgroundColorEnum
 
-if version.parse(metadata.version('pydantic')) < version.parse("2.0"):
-    print("pydantic 2+ required")
-    exit(1)
 
 configuration = Configuration(host="http://localhost:8080")
 configuration.debug = False
diff --git a/chat-client-python/generate.sh b/chat-client-python/generate.sh
index 96b23b5..e2d3e76 100755
--- a/chat-client-python/generate.sh
+++ b/chat-client-python/generate.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-GENERATOR_VERSION=7.4.0
+GENERATOR_VERSION=7.8.0
 if [ ! -f  "openapi-generator-cli-$GENERATOR_VERSION.jar" ] ; then
   wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/openapitools/openapi-generator-cli/$GENERATOR_VERSION/openapi-generator-cli-$GENERATOR_VERSION.jar
 fi