diff --git a/litellm/constants.py b/litellm/constants.py
index aa7ab1d81ff..bce54e8f080 100644
--- a/litellm/constants.py
+++ b/litellm/constants.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ DEFAULT_COOLDOWN_TIME_SECONDS: Final = int(os.getenv("DEFAULT_COOLDOWN_TIME_SECO
 DEFAULT_REPLICATE_POLLING_RETRIES: Final = int(os.getenv("DEFAULT_REPLICATE_POLLING_RETRIES", 5))
 DEFAULT_REPLICATE_POLLING_DELAY_SECONDS: Final = int(os.getenv("DEFAULT_REPLICATE_POLLING_DELAY_SECONDS", 1))
 DEFAULT_IMAGE_TOKEN_COUNT: Final = int(os.getenv("DEFAULT_IMAGE_TOKEN_COUNT", 250))
-HF_CONFIG_FETCH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: Final = float(os.getenv("HF_CONFIG_FETCH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", 10))
+HF_CONFIG_FETCH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: Final = 10.0
 
 # Maximum wall-clock seconds a streaming response is allowed to run.
 # Streams exceeding this duration are terminated with a Timeout error.