diff --git a/litellm/llms/infinity/common_utils.py b/litellm/llms/infinity/common_utils.py
index e23fe4a0d37..89bb0077768 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/infinity/common_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/infinity/common_utils.py
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ from litellm.llms.base_llm.chat.transformation import BaseLLMException
 
 
 class InfinityError(BaseLLMException):
-    def __init__(self, status_code: int, message: str, headers: dict | httpx.Headers = {}):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        status_code: int,
+        message: str,
+        headers: dict | httpx.Headers | None = None,
+    ):
         self.status_code = status_code
         self.message = message
         self.request = httpx.Request(method="POST", url="https://github.com/michaelfeil/infinity")
diff --git a/tests/llm_translation/test_infinity.py b/tests/llm_translation/test_infinity.py
index 1829113e045..199b75485a1 100644
--- a/tests/llm_translation/test_infinity.py
+++ b/tests/llm_translation/test_infinity.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
 
 
 import litellm
+from litellm.llms.infinity.common_utils import InfinityError
 
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
 
@@ -17,6 +18,14 @@ from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import HTTPHandler, AsyncHTTPHandler
 from litellm.types.utils import EmbeddingResponse, Usage
 
 
+def test_infinity_error_default_headers_are_not_shared() -> None:
+    first_error = InfinityError(status_code=500, message="first")
+    second_error = InfinityError(status_code=500, message="second")
+
+    assert first_error.headers is None
+    assert second_error.headers is None
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio()
 async def test_infinity_rerank():
     mock_response = AsyncMock()