diff --git a/libs/aws/langchain_aws/chat_models/bedrock.py b/libs/aws/langchain_aws/chat_models/bedrock.py
index 9b0d7c8c..4c27e656 100644
--- a/libs/aws/langchain_aws/chat_models/bedrock.py
+++ b/libs/aws/langchain_aws/chat_models/bedrock.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 import re
+import warnings
 from collections import defaultdict
 from operator import itemgetter
 from typing import (
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@
     _combine_generation_info_for_llm_result,
 )
 from langchain_aws.utils import (
-    check_anthropic_tokens_dependencies,
+    anthropic_tokens_supported,
     get_num_tokens_anthropic,
     get_token_ids_anthropic,
 )
@@ -622,29 +623,25 @@ def _combine_llm_outputs(self, llm_outputs: List[Optional[dict]]) -> dict:
         return final_output
 
     def get_num_tokens(self, text: str) -> int:
-        if self._model_is_anthropic:
-            bad_deps = check_anthropic_tokens_dependencies()
+        if self._model_is_anthropic and not self.custom_get_token_ids:
+            bad_deps = anthropic_tokens_supported()
             if not bad_deps:
                 return get_num_tokens_anthropic(text)
-            else:
-                logger.debug(
-                    "Falling back to default token counting due to incompatible/missing Anthropic dependencies:"
-                )
-                for x in bad_deps:
-                    logger.debug(x)
         return super().get_num_tokens(text)
 
     def get_token_ids(self, text: str) -> List[int]:
-        if self._model_is_anthropic:
-            bad_deps = check_anthropic_tokens_dependencies()
+        if self._model_is_anthropic and not self.custom_get_token_ids:
+            bad_deps = anthropic_tokens_supported()
             if not bad_deps:
                 return get_token_ids_anthropic(text)
             else:
-                logger.debug(
-                    "Falling back to default token ids retrieval due to incompatible/missing Anthropic dependencies:"
+                warnings.warn(
+                    f"Falling back to default token method due to conflicts with the Anthropic API: {bad_deps}"
+                    f"\n\nFor Anthropic SDK versions > 0.38.0, it is recommended to provide the chat model class with a"
+                    f" custom_get_token_ids method that implements a more accurate tokenizer for Anthropic. "
+                    f"For get_num_tokens, as another alternative, you can implement your own token counter method "
+                    f"using the ChatAnthropic or AnthropicLLM classes."
                 )
-                for x in bad_deps:
-                    logger.debug(x)
         return super().get_token_ids(text)
 
     def set_system_prompt_with_tools(self, xml_tools_system_prompt: str) -> None:
diff --git a/libs/aws/langchain_aws/llms/bedrock.py b/libs/aws/langchain_aws/llms/bedrock.py
index 05bf936b..83e619ab 100644
--- a/libs/aws/langchain_aws/llms/bedrock.py
+++ b/libs/aws/langchain_aws/llms/bedrock.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 from langchain_aws.function_calling import _tools_in_params
 from langchain_aws.utils import (
-    check_anthropic_tokens_dependencies,
+    anthropic_tokens_supported,
     enforce_stop_tokens,
     get_num_tokens_anthropic,
     get_token_ids_anthropic,
@@ -1300,28 +1300,23 @@ async def _acall(
         return "".join([chunk.text for chunk in chunks])
 
     def get_num_tokens(self, text: str) -> int:
-        if self._model_is_anthropic:
-            bad_deps = check_anthropic_tokens_dependencies()
+        if self._model_is_anthropic and not self.custom_get_token_ids:
+            bad_deps = anthropic_tokens_supported()
             if not bad_deps:
                 return get_num_tokens_anthropic(text)
-            else:
-                logger.debug(
-                    "Falling back to default token counting due to incompatible/missing Anthropic dependencies:"
-                )
-                for x in bad_deps:
-                    logger.debug(x)
-
         return super().get_num_tokens(text)
 
     def get_token_ids(self, text: str) -> List[int]:
-        if self._model_is_anthropic:
-            bad_deps = check_anthropic_tokens_dependencies()
+        if self._model_is_anthropic and not self.custom_get_token_ids:
+            bad_deps = anthropic_tokens_supported()
             if not bad_deps:
                 return get_token_ids_anthropic(text)
             else:
-                logger.debug(
-                    "Falling back to default token ids retrieval due to incompatible/missing Anthropic dependencies:"
+                warnings.warn(
+                    f"Falling back to default token method due to incompatibilities with the Anthropic API: {bad_deps}"
+                    f"For anthropic versions > 0.38.0, it is recommended to provide a custom_get_token_ids "
+                    f"method to the chat model class that implements the appropriate tokenizer for Anthropic. "
+                    f"Alternately, you can implement your own token counter method using the ChatAnthropic "
+                    f"or AnthropicLLM classes."
                 )
-                for x in bad_deps:
-                    logger.debug(x)
         return super().get_token_ids(text)
diff --git a/libs/aws/langchain_aws/utils.py b/libs/aws/langchain_aws/utils.py
index af2ff78e..2d9b50dd 100644
--- a/libs/aws/langchain_aws/utils.py
+++ b/libs/aws/langchain_aws/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import re
-import sys
 from typing import Any, List
 
 from packaging import version
@@ -10,14 +9,9 @@ def enforce_stop_tokens(text: str, stop: List[str]) -> str:
     return re.split("|".join(stop), text, maxsplit=1)[0]
 
 
-def check_anthropic_tokens_dependencies() -> List[str]:
+def anthropic_tokens_supported() -> List[str]:
     """Check if we have all requirements for Anthropic count_tokens() and get_tokenizer()."""
     bad_deps = []
-
-    python_version = sys.version_info
-    if python_version > (3, 12):
-        bad_deps.append(f"Python 3.12 or earlier required, found {'.'.join(map(str, python_version[:3]))})")
-
     bad_anthropic = None
     try:
         import anthropic