diff --git a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/aiohttp_transport.py b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/aiohttp_transport.py
index 5d66208d885..29ef38cfa5f 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/aiohttp_transport.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/aiohttp_transport.py
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ AIOHTTP_EXC_MAP: Dict = {
     aiohttp.ServerTimeoutError: httpx.TimeoutException,
     aiohttp.ConnectionTimeoutError: httpx.ConnectTimeout,
     aiohttp.SocketTimeoutError: httpx.ReadTimeout,
-    # Asyncio cancellation - map to retryable ConnectError to trigger retry logic
-    asyncio.CancelledError: httpx.ConnectError,
     # Proxy related exceptions
     aiohttp.ClientProxyConnectionError: httpx.ProxyError,
     # SSL related exceptions
@@ -62,9 +60,10 @@ def map_aiohttp_exceptions() -> typing.Iterator[None]:
     try:
         yield
     except asyncio.CancelledError as exc:
-        # asyncio.CancelledError inherits from BaseException (not Exception) in Python 3.9+.
-        # Catch it explicitly before the Exception handler and map to a retryable
-        # ConnectError so the router can retry on alternative deployments.
+        # asyncio.CancelledError inherits from BaseException (not Exception) in Python 3.9+,
+        # so it bypasses the `except Exception` block below and must be caught explicitly.
+        # Map to ConnectError so the router treats it as a retryable connection failure
+        # and can failover to alternative deployments (e.g., during intermittent DNS issues).
         message = f"Request cancelled during DNS resolution or connection: {str(exc)}"
         raise httpx.ConnectError(message) from exc
     except Exception as exc: