diff --git a/haystack/preview/components/audio/whisper_remote.py b/haystack/preview/components/audio/whisper_remote.py
index 743efc451..3b515e867 100644
--- a/haystack/preview/components/audio/whisper_remote.py
+++ b/haystack/preview/components/audio/whisper_remote.py
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ class RemoteWhisperTranscriber:
         self.whisper_params = whisper_params or {}
 
         self.model_name = model_name
+        self.init_parameters = {
+            "api_key": self.api_key,
+            "model_name": self.model_name,
+            "api_base": self.api_base,
+            "whisper_params": self.whisper_params,
+        }
 
     @component.output_types(documents=List[Document])
     def run(self, audio_files: List[Path], whisper_params: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b3e52581e..3a64cdcba 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "jsonschema",
 
   # Preview
-  "canals==0.4.0",
+  "canals==0.5.0",
 
   # Agent events
   "events",