diff --git a/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py b/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py
index fb37dacefc5..99ffcfbf417 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py
@@ -709,6 +709,7 @@ def convert_to_anthropic_image_obj(openai_image_url: str) -> GenericImageParsing
             openai_image_url = convert_url_to_base64(url=openai_image_url)
         # Extract the media type and base64 data
         media_type, base64_data = openai_image_url.split("data:")[1].split(";base64,")
+        media_type = media_type.replace("\\/", "/")
 
         return GenericImageParsingChunk(
             type="base64",
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_prompt_factory.py b/litellm/tests/test_prompt_factory.py
index 8d079280300..3ed80f6ff3d 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_prompt_factory.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_prompt_factory.py
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ def test_convert_url_to_img():
     [
         ("data:image/jpeg;base64,1234", "image/jpeg"),
         ("data:application/pdf;base64,1234", "application/pdf"),
+        ("data:image\/jpeg;base64,1234", "image/jpeg"),
     ],
 )
 def test_base64_image_input(url, expected_media_type):