diff --git a/src/agents/models/chatcmpl_converter.py b/src/agents/models/chatcmpl_converter.py
index 613a37453..1d599e8c0 100644
--- a/src/agents/models/chatcmpl_converter.py
+++ b/src/agents/models/chatcmpl_converter.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def extract_all_content(
                         type="image_url",
                         image_url={
                             "url": casted_image_param["image_url"],
-                            "detail": casted_image_param["detail"],
+                            "detail": casted_image_param.get("detail", "auto"),
                         },
                     )
                 )