diff --git a/docs/docs/integrations/chat/perplexity.ipynb b/docs/docs/integrations/chat/perplexity.ipynb
index 4b8e151750aff..b2545aad14e0e 100644
--- a/docs/docs/integrations/chat/perplexity.ipynb
+++ b/docs/docs/integrations/chat/perplexity.ipynb
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@
    "id": "97a8ce3a",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
+    "The code provided assumes that your PPLX_API_KEY is set in your environment variables. If you would like to manually specify your API key and also choose a different model, you can use the following code:\n",
+    "\n",
+    "```python\n",
+    "chat = ChatPerplexity(temperature=0, pplx_api_key=\"YOUR_API_KEY\", model=\"llama-3.1-sonar-small-128k-online\")\n",
+    "```\n",
+    "\n",
     "You can check a list of available models [here](https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/model-cards). For reproducibility, we can set the API key dynamically by taking it as an input in this notebook."
    ]
   },
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@
    },
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "chat = ChatPerplexity(temperature=0, model=\"llama-3-sonar-small-32k-online\")"
+    "chat = ChatPerplexity(temperature=0, model=\"llama-3.1-sonar-small-128k-online\")"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -160,7 +166,7 @@
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "chat = ChatPerplexity(temperature=0, model=\"llama-3-sonar-small-32k-online\")\n",
+    "chat = ChatPerplexity(temperature=0, model=\"llama-3.1-sonar-small-128k-online\")\n",
     "prompt = ChatPromptTemplate.from_messages([(\"human\", \"Tell me a joke about {topic}\")])\n",
     "chain = prompt | chat\n",
     "response = chain.invoke({\"topic\": \"cats\"})\n",
@@ -209,7 +215,7 @@
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "chat = ChatPerplexity(temperature=0.7, model=\"llama-3-sonar-small-32k-online\")\n",
+    "chat = ChatPerplexity(temperature=0.7, model=\"llama-3.1-sonar-small-128k-online\")\n",
     "prompt = ChatPromptTemplate.from_messages(\n",
     "    [(\"human\", \"Give me a list of famous tourist attractions in Pakistan\")]\n",
     ")\n",
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/chat_models/perplexity.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/chat_models/perplexity.py
index bcb8e1acfb31b..ee93f48cbf894 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/chat_models/perplexity.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/chat_models/perplexity.py
@@ -55,20 +55,20 @@ class ChatPerplexity(BaseChatModel):
             from langchain_community.chat_models import ChatPerplexity
 
             chat = ChatPerplexity(
-                model="llama-3-sonar-small-32k-online",
+                model="llama-3.1-sonar-small-128k-online",
                 temperature=0.7,
             )
     """
 
     client: Any  #: :meta private:
-    model: str = "llama-3-sonar-small-32k-online"
+    model: str = "llama-3.1-sonar-small-128k-online"
     """Model name."""
     temperature: float = 0.7
     """What sampling temperature to use."""
     model_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = Field(default_factory=dict)
     """Holds any model parameters valid for `create` call not explicitly specified."""
     pplx_api_key: Optional[str] = Field(None, alias="api_key")
-    """Base URL path for API requests, 
+    """Base URL path for API requests,
     leave blank if not using a proxy or service emulator."""
     request_timeout: Optional[Union[float, Tuple[float, float]]] = Field(
         None, alias="timeout"