diff --git a/openapi_python_client/parser/properties/model_property.py b/openapi_python_client/parser/properties/model_property.py
index c7070494a..f08db52f9 100644
--- a/openapi_python_client/parser/properties/model_property.py
+++ b/openapi_python_client/parser/properties/model_property.py
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ def build(
             process_properties: Determines whether the new ModelProperty will be initialized with property data
         """
         if not config.use_path_prefixes_for_title_model_names and data.title:
-            class_string = data.title
+            # biased towards name to avoid collisions with other models and align with the practice in datamodel-codegen
+            class_string = name
         else:
             title = data.title or name
             if parent_name:
diff --git a/openapi_python_client/templates/endpoint_module.py.jinja b/openapi_python_client/templates/endpoint_module.py.jinja
index 35090614c..579574732 100644
--- a/openapi_python_client/templates/endpoint_module.py.jinja
+++ b/openapi_python_client/templates/endpoint_module.py.jinja
@@ -3,12 +3,22 @@ from typing import Any, Optional, Union, cast
 
 import httpx
 
+{% macro transform_import(original_string) -%}
+    {%- if original_string.startswith('from ...models') -%}
+        {%- set parts = original_string.split(' ') -%}
+        {%- set new_string = 'from ...models import ' + parts[3] -%}
+        {{ new_string }}
+    {%- else -%}
+        {{ original_string }}
+    {%- endif -%}
+{%- endmacro %}
+
 from ...client import AuthenticatedClient, Client
 from ...types import Response, UNSET
 from ... import errors
 
 {% for relative in endpoint.relative_imports | sort %}
-{{ relative }}
+{{ transform_import(relative) }}
 {% endfor %}
 
 {% from "endpoint_macros.py.jinja" import header_params, cookie_params, query_params,
diff --git a/openapi_python_client/templates/property_templates/model_property.py.jinja b/openapi_python_client/templates/property_templates/model_property.py.jinja
index 308b7478b..8d796c4c4 100644
--- a/openapi_python_client/templates/property_templates/model_property.py.jinja
+++ b/openapi_python_client/templates/property_templates/model_property.py.jinja
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% macro construct_function(property, source) %}
-{{ property.class_info.name }}.from_dict({{ source }})
+{{ property.class_info.name }}.model_validate({{ source }})
 {% endmacro %}
 
 {% from "property_templates/property_macros.py.jinja" import construct_template %}
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 {% macro check_type_for_construct(property, source) %}isinstance({{ source }}, dict){% endmacro %}
 
 {% macro transform(property, source, destination, declare_type=True) %}
-{% set transformed = source + ".to_dict()" %}
+{% set transformed = source + ".model_dump(mode=\"json\", by_alias=True)" %}
 {% set type_string = property.get_type_string(json=True) %}
 {% if property.required %}
 {{ destination }} = {{ transformed }}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ac668fd78..f4d1a4835 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "typing-extensions>=4.8.0,<5.0.0",
 ]
 name = "openapi-python-client"
-version = "0.24.3"
+version = "0.24.3+fork"
 description = "Generate modern Python clients from OpenAPI"
 keywords = [
     "OpenAPI",