diff --git a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
index cafa530130f..34d70434d54 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, List, Mapping, Optional, Union
 
 import httpx
 from httpx import USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT, AsyncHTTPTransport, HTTPTransport
-from httpx._types import VerifyTypes
 
 import litellm
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.logging_utils import track_llm_api_timing
diff --git a/litellm/types/llms/custom_http.py b/litellm/types/llms/custom_http.py
index 33b73928502..5eec187dd42 100644
--- a/litellm/types/llms/custom_http.py
+++ b/litellm/types/llms/custom_http.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+import ssl
 from enum import Enum
-
-import litellm
+from typing import Union
 
 
 class httpxSpecialProvider(str, Enum):
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ class httpxSpecialProvider(str, Enum):
     SecretManager = "secret_manager"
     PassThroughEndpoint = "pass_through_endpoint"
     PromptFactory = "prompt_factory"
+
+
+VerifyTypes = Union[str, bool, ssl.SSLContext]