diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 88ca3ece..904b037e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.7.3"
+  ".": "0.7.4"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a21a1162..307c4a31 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.7.4 (2023-11-23)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.7.3...v0.7.4](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python/compare/v0.7.3...v0.7.4)
+
+### Chores
+
+* **internal:** options updates ([#248](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python/issues/248)) ([5a3b236](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python/commit/5a3b2362af3b7556babb99095df88443c56579ec))
+
 ## 0.7.3 (2023-11-21)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.7.2...v0.7.3](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python/compare/v0.7.2...v0.7.3)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2b3e16ce..2c79c9d7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "anthropic"
-version = "0.7.3"
+version = "0.7.4"
 description = "The official Python library for the anthropic API"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/anthropic/_base_client.py b/src/anthropic/_base_client.py
index a168301f..9a023ba9 100644
--- a/src/anthropic/_base_client.py
+++ b/src/anthropic/_base_client.py
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ def _request(
         self._prepare_request(request)
 
         try:
-            response = self._client.send(request, auth=self.custom_auth, stream=stream)
+            response = self._client.send(request, auth=self.custom_auth, stream=stream or options.stream or False)
             log.debug(
                 'HTTP Request: %s %s "%i %s"', request.method, request.url, response.status_code, response.reason_phrase
             )
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ async def _request(
         await self._prepare_request(request)
 
         try:
-            response = await self._client.send(request, auth=self.custom_auth, stream=stream)
+            response = await self._client.send(request, auth=self.custom_auth, stream=stream or options.stream or False)
             log.debug(
                 'HTTP Request: %s %s "%i %s"', request.method, request.url, response.status_code, response.reason_phrase
             )
@@ -1541,6 +1541,7 @@ def make_request_options(
     idempotency_key: str | None = None,
     timeout: float | httpx.Timeout | None | NotGiven = NOT_GIVEN,
     post_parser: PostParser | NotGiven = NOT_GIVEN,
+    stream: bool | None = None,
 ) -> RequestOptions:
     """Create a dict of type RequestOptions without keys of NotGiven values."""
     options: RequestOptions = {}
@@ -1562,6 +1563,9 @@ def make_request_options(
     if idempotency_key is not None:
         options["idempotency_key"] = idempotency_key
 
+    if stream is not None:
+        options["stream"] = stream
+
     if is_given(post_parser):
         # internal
         options["post_parser"] = post_parser  # type: ignore
diff --git a/src/anthropic/_models.py b/src/anthropic/_models.py
index 5b8c9601..a0e59614 100644
--- a/src/anthropic/_models.py
+++ b/src/anthropic/_models.py
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ class FinalRequestOptionsInput(TypedDict, total=False):
     params: Query
     headers: Headers
     max_retries: int
+    stream: bool | None
     timeout: float | Timeout | None
     files: HttpxRequestFiles | None
     idempotency_key: str
@@ -420,6 +421,7 @@ class FinalRequestOptions(pydantic.BaseModel):
     timeout: Union[float, Timeout, None, NotGiven] = NotGiven()
     files: Union[HttpxRequestFiles, None] = None
     idempotency_key: Union[str, None] = None
+    stream: Union[bool, None] = None
     post_parser: Union[Callable[[Any], Any], NotGiven] = NotGiven()
 
     # It should be noted that we cannot use `json` here as that would override
diff --git a/src/anthropic/_types.py b/src/anthropic/_types.py
index 7e95adbe..3f6745e1 100644
--- a/src/anthropic/_types.py
+++ b/src/anthropic/_types.py
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ async def aclose(self) -> None:
 class RequestOptions(TypedDict, total=False):
     headers: Headers
     max_retries: int
+    stream: bool
     timeout: float | Timeout | None
     params: Query
     extra_json: AnyMapping
diff --git a/src/anthropic/_version.py b/src/anthropic/_version.py
index a2a4254b..edc85094 100644
--- a/src/anthropic/_version.py
+++ b/src/anthropic/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless.
 
 __title__ = "anthropic"
-__version__ = "0.7.3"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.7.4"  # x-release-please-version