diff --git a/examples/package.json b/examples/package.json
index 9e1c7c64..01e53692 100644
--- a/examples/package.json
+++ b/examples/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@langchain/anthropic": "^0.3.5",
     "@langchain/community": "^0.3.9",
-    "@langchain/core": "^0.3.23",
+    "@langchain/core": "^0.3.24",
     "@langchain/groq": "^0.1.2",
     "@langchain/langgraph": "workspace:*",
     "@langchain/mistralai": "^0.1.1",
diff --git a/libs/langgraph/package.json b/libs/langgraph/package.json
index ce81840b..210ec387 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/package.json
+++ b/libs/langgraph/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "@jest/globals": "^29.5.0",
     "@langchain/anthropic": "^0.3.5",
     "@langchain/community": "^0.3.9",
-    "@langchain/core": "^0.3.23",
+    "@langchain/core": "^0.3.24",
     "@langchain/langgraph-checkpoint-postgres": "workspace:*",
     "@langchain/langgraph-checkpoint-sqlite": "workspace:*",
     "@langchain/openai": "^0.3.11",
diff --git a/libs/langgraph/src/pregel/messages.ts b/libs/langgraph/src/pregel/messages.ts
index 33ca5720..e9d3ce01 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/src/pregel/messages.ts
+++ b/libs/langgraph/src/pregel/messages.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ function isChatGenerationChunk(x: unknown): x is ChatGenerationChunk {
  * A callback handler that implements stream_mode=messages.
  * Collects messages from (1) chat model stream events and (2) node outputs.
  */
+// TODO: Make this import and explicitly implement the
+// CallbackHandlerPrefersStreaming interface once we drop support for core 0.2
 export class StreamMessagesHandler extends BaseCallbackHandler {
   name = "StreamMessagesHandler";
 
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ export class StreamMessagesHandler extends BaseCallbackHandler {
 
   emittedChatModelRunIds: Record<string, boolean> = {};
 
+  lc_prefer_streaming = true;
+
   constructor(streamFn: (streamChunk: StreamChunk) => void) {
     super();
     this.streamFn = streamFn;
diff --git a/libs/langgraph/src/tests/pregel.test.ts b/libs/langgraph/src/tests/pregel.test.ts
index b3cd61fb..59b08c71 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/src/tests/pregel.test.ts
+++ b/libs/langgraph/src/tests/pregel.test.ts
@@ -3087,6 +3087,44 @@ graph TD;
       });
     });
 
+    it("Supports automatic streaming with streamMode messages", async () => {
+      const llm = new FakeChatModel({
+        responses: [
+          new AIMessage({
+            id: "ai1",
+            content: "foobar",
+          }),
+        ],
+      });
+
+      const StateAnnotation = Annotation.Root({
+        question: Annotation<string>,
+        answer: Annotation<string>,
+      });
+
+      const generate = async (state: typeof StateAnnotation.State) => {
+        const response = await llm.invoke(state.question);
+        return { answer: response.content };
+      };
+
+      // Compile application and test
+      const graph = new StateGraph(StateAnnotation)
+        .addNode("generate", generate)
+        .addEdge("__start__", "generate")
+        .addEdge("generate", "__end__")
+        .compile();
+
+      const inputs = { question: "How are you?" };
+
+      const stream = await graph.stream(inputs, { streamMode: "messages" });
+
+      const aiMessageChunks = [];
+      for await (const [message] of stream) {
+        aiMessageChunks.push(message);
+      }
+      expect(aiMessageChunks.length).toBeGreaterThan(1);
+    });
+
     it("State graph packets", async () => {
       const AgentState = Annotation.Root({
         messages: Annotation({
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e3570734..ee4245de 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1599,9 +1599,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@langchain/core@npm:^0.3.23":
-  version: 0.3.23
-  resolution: "@langchain/core@npm:0.3.23"
+"@langchain/core@npm:^0.3.24":
+  version: 0.3.24
+  resolution: "@langchain/core@npm:0.3.24"
   dependencies:
     "@cfworker/json-schema": ^4.0.2
     ansi-styles: ^5.0.0
@@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@ __metadata:
     uuid: ^10.0.0
     zod: ^3.22.4
     zod-to-json-schema: ^3.22.3
-  checksum: b8cb67c2201fb44feb6136ee0ab097217a760e918d6f33e8cb0152095c960ed9102605a23227b014127f57eadaa0a8aaf62b238557c18b4ef111feb8faf360cf
+  checksum: c2986e7ed8b7b869e27d633a14cd00d6a4777004ea59f4f70e99fc6b9db4d7e87d687aa8ad84e03684ea5053ea5f4b454c44716092401dc5cf8fd1b8d5cfe9d1
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -1851,7 +1851,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@jest/globals": ^29.5.0
     "@langchain/anthropic": ^0.3.5
     "@langchain/community": ^0.3.9
-    "@langchain/core": ^0.3.23
+    "@langchain/core": ^0.3.24
     "@langchain/langgraph-checkpoint": ~0.0.13
     "@langchain/langgraph-checkpoint-postgres": "workspace:*"
     "@langchain/langgraph-checkpoint-sqlite": "workspace:*"
@@ -6649,7 +6649,7 @@ __metadata:
   dependencies:
     "@langchain/anthropic": ^0.3.5
     "@langchain/community": ^0.3.9
-    "@langchain/core": ^0.3.23
+    "@langchain/core": ^0.3.24
     "@langchain/groq": ^0.1.2
     "@langchain/langgraph": "workspace:*"
     "@langchain/mistralai": ^0.1.1