diff --git a/config/config.yaml b/config/config.yaml
index 428f8dae4..4519288d3 100644
--- a/config/config.yaml
+++ b/config/config.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RPM: 10
 #OPENAI_API_BASE: "YOUR_AZURE_ENDPOINT"
 #OPENAI_API_KEY: "YOUR_AZURE_API_KEY"
 #OPENAI_API_VERSION: "YOUR_AZURE_API_VERSION"
-#OPENAI_API_ENGINE: "YOUR_OPENAI_API_ENGINE"
+#DEPLOYMENT_NAME: "YOUR_DEPLOYMENT_NAME"
 #DEPLOYMENT_ID: "YOUR_DEPLOYMENT_ID"
 
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diff --git a/metagpt/config.py b/metagpt/config.py
index 7ac32f4d0..96f402b38 100644
--- a/metagpt/config.py
+++ b/metagpt/config.py
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ class Config(metaclass=Singleton):
             openai.api_base = self.openai_api_base
         self.openai_api_type = self._get("OPENAI_API_TYPE")
         self.openai_api_version = self._get("OPENAI_API_VERSION")
-        self.openai_api_engine = self._get('OPENAI_API_ENGINE')
         self.openai_api_rpm = self._get("RPM", 3)
         self.openai_api_model = self._get("OPENAI_API_MODEL", "gpt-4")
         self.max_tokens_rsp = self._get("MAX_TOKENS", 2048)
+        self.deployment_name = self._get('DEPLOYMENT_NAME')
         self.deployment_id = self._get("DEPLOYMENT_ID")
 
         self.claude_api_key = self._get("Anthropic_API_KEY")
diff --git a/metagpt/provider/openai_api.py b/metagpt/provider/openai_api.py
index 11e35b114..ad9df0396 100644
--- a/metagpt/provider/openai_api.py
+++ b/metagpt/provider/openai_api.py
@@ -182,18 +182,18 @@ class OpenAIGPTAPI(BaseGPTAPI, RateLimiter):
             "n": 1,
             "stop": None,
             "temperature": 0.3,
+            "timeout": 3
         }
         if CONFIG.openai_api_type == "azure":
-            if CONFIG.openai_api_engine and CONFIG.deployment_id:
-                raise ValueError("You can only use one of the `deployment_id` or `engine` model")
-            elif not CONFIG.openai_api_engine and not CONFIG.deployment_id:
-                raise ValueError("You must specify `OPENAI_API_ENGINE` or `DEPLOYMENT_ID` parameter")
-            kwargs_mode = {"engine": CONFIG.openai_api_engine} if CONFIG.openai_api_engine \
+            if CONFIG.deployment_name and CONFIG.deployment_id:
+                raise ValueError("You can only use one of the `deployment_id` or `deployment_name` model")
+            elif not CONFIG.deployment_name and not CONFIG.deployment_id:
+                raise ValueError("You must specify `DEPLOYMENT_NAME` or `DEPLOYMENT_ID` parameter")
+            kwargs_mode = {"engine": CONFIG.deployment_name} if CONFIG.deployment_name \
                 else {"deployment_id": CONFIG.deployment_id}
         else:
             kwargs_mode = {"model": self.model}
         kwargs.update(kwargs_mode)
-        kwargs["timeout"] = 3
         return kwargs
 
     async def _achat_completion(self, messages: list[dict]) -> dict: