diff --git a/tests/llm_responses_api_testing/conftest.py b/tests/llm_responses_api_testing/conftest.py
index 01257cd26be..948debbf95c 100644
--- a/tests/llm_responses_api_testing/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/llm_responses_api_testing/conftest.py
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ def pytest_recording_configure(config, vcr):
     if _vcr_disabled():
         return
     vcr.register_persister(make_redis_persister())
+    # vcrpy patches httpx's transport; litellm's default AiohttpTransport
+    # routes around httpx and produces empty responses under the patched
+    # transport. Force pure-httpx transport so vcrpy can record/replay.
+    litellm.disable_aiohttp_transport = True
+    os.environ["DISABLE_AIOHTTP_TRANSPORT"] = "True"
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
diff --git a/tests/llm_translation/conftest.py b/tests/llm_translation/conftest.py
index 132ebd57ad8..2215b1c24b4 100644
--- a/tests/llm_translation/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/llm_translation/conftest.py
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ def pytest_recording_configure(config, vcr):
     if _vcr_disabled():
         return
     vcr.register_persister(make_redis_persister())
+    # vcrpy patches httpx's transport; litellm's default AiohttpTransport
+    # routes around httpx and produces empty responses under the patched
+    # transport. Force pure-httpx transport so vcrpy can record/replay.
+    litellm.disable_aiohttp_transport = True
+    os.environ["DISABLE_AIOHTTP_TRANSPORT"] = "True"
 
 
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