diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/memories/ZepMessageReader.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/memories/ZepMessageReader.py
index 603e41972..bac6e9f1a 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/memories/ZepMessageReader.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/memories/ZepMessageReader.py
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ class ZepMessageReaderComponent(BaseMemoryComponent):
                 "info": "Limit of search results.",
                 "advanced": True,
             },
+            "api_base_path": {
+                "display_name": "API Base Path",
+                "options": ["api/v1", "api/v2"],
+            },
         }
 
     def get_messages(self, **kwargs) -> list[Record]:
@@ -108,6 +112,7 @@ class ZepMessageReaderComponent(BaseMemoryComponent):
     def build(
         self,
         session_id: Text,
+        api_base_path: str = "api/v1",
         url: Optional[Text] = None,
         api_key: Optional[Text] = None,
         query: Optional[Text] = None,
@@ -118,12 +123,21 @@ class ZepMessageReaderComponent(BaseMemoryComponent):
         try:
             from zep_python import ZepClient
             from zep_python.langchain import ZepChatMessageHistory
+
+            # Monkeypatch API_BASE_PATH to
+            # avoid 404
+            # This is a workaround for the local Zep instance
+            # cloud Zep works with v2
+            import zep_python.zep_client
+
+            zep_python.zep_client.API_BASE_PATH = api_base_path
         except ImportError:
             raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import zep-python package. " "Please install it with `pip install zep-python`."
             )
         if url == "":
             url = None
+
         zep_client = ZepClient(api_url=url, api_key=api_key)
         memory = ZepChatMessageHistory(session_id=session_id, zep_client=zep_client)
         records = self.get_messages(
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/memories/ZepMessageWriter.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/memories/ZepMessageWriter.py
index 248dfd810..b062f66bf 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/memories/ZepMessageWriter.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/memories/ZepMessageWriter.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Optional, TYPE_CHECKING
-
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
 
 from langflow.base.memory.memory import BaseMemoryComponent
 from langflow.field_typing import Text
@@ -39,6 +38,10 @@ class ZepMessageWriterComponent(BaseMemoryComponent):
                 "display_name": "Input Record",
                 "info": "Record to write to Zep.",
             },
+            "api_base_path": {
+                "display_name": "API Base Path",
+                "options": ["api/v1", "api/v2"],
+            },
         }
 
     def add_message(
@@ -77,18 +80,27 @@ class ZepMessageWriterComponent(BaseMemoryComponent):
         self,
         input_value: Record,
         session_id: Text,
+        api_base_path: str = "api/v1",
         url: Optional[Text] = None,
         api_key: Optional[Text] = None,
     ) -> Record:
         try:
+            # Monkeypatch API_BASE_PATH to
+            # avoid 404
+            # This is a workaround for the local Zep instance
+            # cloud Zep works with v2
+            import zep_python.zep_client
             from zep_python import ZepClient
             from zep_python.langchain import ZepChatMessageHistory
+
+            zep_python.zep_client.API_BASE_PATH = api_base_path
         except ImportError:
             raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import zep-python package. " "Please install it with `pip install zep-python`."
             )
         if url == "":
             url = None
+
         zep_client = ZepClient(api_url=url, api_key=api_key)
         memory = ZepChatMessageHistory(session_id=session_id, zep_client=zep_client)
         self.add_message(**input_value.data, memory=memory)