diff --git a/llms/anthropic/adaptive_thinking_test.go b/llms/anthropic/adaptive_thinking_test.go
index 3103f1be..f808847f 100644
--- a/llms/anthropic/adaptive_thinking_test.go
+++ b/llms/anthropic/adaptive_thinking_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 // captureMessagesRequest drives a real GenerateContent call against a recording
 // server and returns the decoded outbound /v1/messages body and headers, so
 // assertions cover generateMessagesContent (thinking construction, sampling-param
-// handling, beta headers), not a hand-built payload.
+// handling, beta headers).
 func captureMessagesRequest(t *testing.T, callOpts ...llms.CallOption) (map[string]any, http.Header) {
 	t.Helper()
 
@@ -124,9 +124,11 @@ func TestAnthropic_BudgetThinkingRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	_, hasOutputConfig := payload["output_config"]
 	assert.False(t, hasOutputConfig, "budget thinking has no output_config")
 
-	// Budget thinking pins temperature to 1.0 and keeps top_p as provided.
+	// Budget thinking pins temperature to 1.0 and drops top_p — the API rejects
+	// temperature and top_p together.
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 1.0, payload["temperature"])
-	assert.EqualValues(t, 0.9, payload["top_p"])
+	_, hasTopP := payload["top_p"]
+	assert.False(t, hasTopP, "budget thinking must drop top_p")
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 4096, payload["max_tokens"]) // max(budget*2, maxTokens)
 }
 
diff --git a/llms/anthropic/anthropicllm.go b/llms/anthropic/anthropicllm.go
index bcb0e896..72da22b6 100644
--- a/llms/anthropic/anthropicllm.go
+++ b/llms/anthropic/anthropicllm.go
@@ -210,8 +210,10 @@ func generateMessagesContent(ctx context.Context, o *LLM, messages []llms.Messag
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Budget thinking pins temperature to 1.0; adaptive models reject sampling
-	// params, so omit temperature/top_p entirely for them.
+	// Thinking constrains sampling params: the API rejects temperature and top_p
+	// together, and requires temperature=1.0 with budget thinking. So pin
+	// temperature and drop top_p for budget; drop both for adaptive (which
+	// rejects sampling params outright).
 	temperature, topP, maxTokens := opts.Temperature, opts.TopP, opts.GetMaxTokens()
 	switch {
 	case thinking != nil && thinking.Type == "adaptive":
@@ -219,6 +221,7 @@ func generateMessagesContent(ctx context.Context, o *LLM, messages []llms.Messag
 		topP = nil
 	case thinking != nil && thinking.Type == "enabled" && thinking.Budget > 0:
 		temperature = getFloatPointer(1.0)
+		topP = nil
 		maxTokens = max(thinking.Budget*2, maxTokens) // 2x the budget for thinking
 	}