diff --git a/internal/translator/openai/openai/responses/openai_openai-responses_request.go b/internal/translator/openai/openai/responses/openai_openai-responses_request.go
index 8bac0485..f8bcb7b1 100644
--- a/internal/translator/openai/openai/responses/openai_openai-responses_request.go
+++ b/internal/translator/openai/openai/responses/openai_openai-responses_request.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package responses
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
 	"github.com/tidwall/sjson"
@@ -189,23 +190,9 @@ func ConvertOpenAIResponsesRequestToOpenAIChatCompletions(modelName string, inpu
 	}
 
 	if reasoningEffort := root.Get("reasoning.effort"); reasoningEffort.Exists() {
-		switch reasoningEffort.String() {
-		case "none":
-			out, _ = sjson.Set(out, "reasoning_effort", "none")
-		case "auto":
-			out, _ = sjson.Set(out, "reasoning_effort", "auto")
-		case "minimal":
-			out, _ = sjson.Set(out, "reasoning_effort", "minimal")
-		case "low":
-			out, _ = sjson.Set(out, "reasoning_effort", "low")
-		case "medium":
-			out, _ = sjson.Set(out, "reasoning_effort", "medium")
-		case "high":
-			out, _ = sjson.Set(out, "reasoning_effort", "high")
-		case "xhigh":
-			out, _ = sjson.Set(out, "reasoning_effort", "xhigh")
-		default:
-			out, _ = sjson.Set(out, "reasoning_effort", "auto")
+		effort := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(reasoningEffort.String()))
+		if effort != "" {
+			out, _ = sjson.Set(out, "reasoning_effort", effort)
 		}
 	}