diff --git a/ads/aqua/common/enums.py b/ads/aqua/common/enums.py
index 37b32f337..322cf8f92 100644
--- a/ads/aqua/common/enums.py
+++ b/ads/aqua/common/enums.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class InferenceContainerTypeFamily(ExtendedEnum):
     AQUA_VLLM_LLAMA4_CONTAINER_FAMILY = "odsc-vllm-serving-llama4"
     AQUA_TGI_CONTAINER_FAMILY = "odsc-tgi-serving"
     AQUA_LLAMA_CPP_CONTAINER_FAMILY = "odsc-llama-cpp-serving"
+    AQUA_VLLM_OPENAI_CONTAINER_FAMILY = "odsc-vllm-serving-openai"
 
 
 class CustomInferenceContainerTypeFamily(ExtendedEnum):
diff --git a/ads/aqua/modeldeployment/deployment.py b/ads/aqua/modeldeployment/deployment.py
index e9b8d9080..0e38d95ed 100644
--- a/ads/aqua/modeldeployment/deployment.py
+++ b/ads/aqua/modeldeployment/deployment.py
@@ -1161,10 +1161,7 @@ def get_deployment_default_params(
                 f"{AQUA_DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER_METADATA_NAME} key is not available in the custom metadata field for model {model_id}."
             )
 
-        if (
-            container_type_key
-            and container_type_key in InferenceContainerTypeFamily.values()
-        ):
+        if container_type_key:
             deployment_config = self.get_deployment_config(model_id)
 
             instance_shape_config = deployment_config.configuration.get(