diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1cc8c9627..10a72c4fa 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "4.76.0"
+  ".": "4.76.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e68b45e8a..7ea1f7f7f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 4.76.1 (2024-12-10)
+
+Full Changelog: [v4.76.0...v4.76.1](https://github.com/openai/openai-node/compare/v4.76.0...v4.76.1)
+
+### Chores
+
+* **internal:** bump cross-spawn to v7.0.6 ([#1217](https://github.com/openai/openai-node/issues/1217)) ([c07ad29](https://github.com/openai/openai-node/commit/c07ad298d58e5aeaf816ee3de65fd59bf3fc8b66))
+* **internal:** remove unnecessary getRequestClient function ([#1215](https://github.com/openai/openai-node/issues/1215)) ([bef3925](https://github.com/openai/openai-node/commit/bef392526cd339f45c574bc476649c77be36c612))
+
 ## 4.76.0 (2024-12-05)
 
 Full Changelog: [v4.75.0...v4.76.0](https://github.com/openai/openai-node/compare/v4.75.0...v4.76.0)
diff --git a/jsr.json b/jsr.json
index 2c6820969..3fa6b07da 100644
--- a/jsr.json
+++ b/jsr.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openai/openai",
-  "version": "4.76.0",
+  "version": "4.76.1",
   "exports": "./index.ts",
   "publish": {
     "exclude": [
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fae301ee7..ddffb2c6a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "openai",
-  "version": "4.76.0",
+  "version": "4.76.1",
   "description": "The official TypeScript library for the OpenAI API",
   "author": "OpenAI <support@openai.com>",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/core.ts b/src/core.ts
index 0c8e69ffc..803496412 100644
--- a/src/core.ts
+++ b/src/core.ts
@@ -558,19 +558,13 @@ export abstract class APIClient {
     const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), ms);
 
     return (
-      this.getRequestClient()
-        // use undefined this binding; fetch errors if bound to something else in browser/cloudflare
-        .fetch.call(undefined, url, { signal: controller.signal as any, ...options })
-        .finally(() => {
-          clearTimeout(timeout);
-        })
+      // use undefined this binding; fetch errors if bound to something else in browser/cloudflare
+      this.fetch.call(undefined, url, { signal: controller.signal as any, ...options }).finally(() => {
+        clearTimeout(timeout);
+      })
     );
   }
 
-  protected getRequestClient(): RequestClient {
-    return { fetch: this.fetch };
-  }
-
   private shouldRetry(response: Response): boolean {
     // Note this is not a standard header.
     const shouldRetryHeader = response.headers.get('x-should-retry');
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index b4cc35ca9..4f8b7224e 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const VERSION = '4.76.0'; // x-release-please-version
+export const VERSION = '4.76.1'; // x-release-please-version
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e139e1fbe..f86935095 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1370,9 +1370,9 @@ create-require@^1.1.0:
   integrity sha512-dcKFX3jn0MpIaXjisoRvexIJVEKzaq7z2rZKxf+MSr9TkdmHmsU4m2lcLojrj/FHl8mk5VxMmYA+ftRkP/3oKQ==
 
 cross-spawn@^7.0.2, cross-spawn@^7.0.3:
-  version "7.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-7.0.3.tgz#f73a85b9d5d41d045551c177e2882d4ac85728a6"
-  integrity sha512-iRDPJKUPVEND7dHPO8rkbOnPpyDygcDFtWjpeWNCgy8WP2rXcxXL8TskReQl6OrB2G7+UJrags1q15Fudc7G6w==
+  version "7.0.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-7.0.6.tgz#8a58fe78f00dcd70c370451759dfbfaf03e8ee9f"
+  integrity sha512-uV2QOWP2nWzsy2aMp8aRibhi9dlzF5Hgh5SHaB9OiTGEyDTiJJyx0uy51QXdyWbtAHNua4XJzUKca3OzKUd3vA==
   dependencies:
     path-key "^3.1.0"
     shebang-command "^2.0.0"