diff --git a/litellm/llms/base_llm/anthropic_messages/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/base_llm/anthropic_messages/transformation.py
index 70a29e01005..d0728580076 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/base_llm/anthropic_messages/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/base_llm/anthropic_messages/transformation.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class BaseAnthropicMessagesConfig(ABC):
     def get_error_class(
         self, error_message: str, status_code: int, headers: Union[dict, httpx.Headers]
     ) -> "BaseLLMException":
+        from litellm.llms.base_llm.chat.transformation import BaseLLMException
         return BaseLLMException(
             message=error_message, status_code=status_code, headers=headers
         )