diff --git a/tests/local_testing/test_router.py b/tests/local_testing/test_router.py
index c714bb4f9a7..3f6d53acc89 100644
--- a/tests/local_testing/test_router.py
+++ b/tests/local_testing/test_router.py
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ def test_router_anthropic_key_dynamic():
     os.environ["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"] = anthropic_api_key
 
 
-def test_router_timeout():
+def test_router_timeout(unroutable_api_base):
     litellm.set_verbose = True
     import logging
 
@@ -1554,6 +1554,7 @@ def test_router_timeout():
             "litellm_params": {
                 "model": "gpt-3.5-turbo",
                 "api_key": "os.environ/OPENAI_API_KEY",
+                "api_base": unroutable_api_base,
             },
         }
     ]
diff --git a/tests/local_testing/test_timeout.py b/tests/local_testing/test_timeout.py
index 217a71dec16..13cdc9ad0f8 100644
--- a/tests/local_testing/test_timeout.py
+++ b/tests/local_testing/test_timeout.py
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ async def test_httpx_timeout(model, provider, sync_mode):
     print(f"response: {response}")
 
 
-def test_timeout():
+def test_timeout(unroutable_api_base):
     # this Will Raise a timeout
     litellm.set_verbose = False
     try:
         response = litellm.completion(
             model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
+            api_base=unroutable_api_base,
             timeout=0.01,
             messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hello, write a 20 pg essay"}],
         )