diff --git a/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/package.json b/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/package.json
index a6ed595e..1296aedb 100644
--- a/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/package.json
+++ b/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@mendable/firecrawl-js",
-  "version": "1.9.6",
+  "version": "1.9.7",
   "description": "JavaScript SDK for Firecrawl API",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/src/index.ts b/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/src/index.ts
index 08f7b183..2772466c 100644
--- a/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/src/index.ts
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ export interface MapResponse {
  * Defines options for extracting information from URLs.
  */
 export interface ExtractParams<LLMSchema extends zt.ZodSchema = any> {
-  prompt: string;
+  prompt?: string;
   schema?: LLMSchema;
   systemPrompt?: string;
   allowExternalLinks?: boolean;
diff --git a/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/firecrawl.py b/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/firecrawl.py
index 7ac2d2dc..e4ac2726 100644
--- a/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/firecrawl.py
+++ b/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/firecrawl.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class FirecrawlApp:
         """
         Parameters for the extract operation.
         """
-        prompt: str
+        prompt: Optional[str] = None
         schema_: Optional[Any] = pydantic.Field(None, alias='schema')
         system_prompt: Optional[str] = None
         allow_external_links: Optional[bool] = False