diff --git a/litellm/constants.py b/litellm/constants.py
index e9e4edfd371..ff110ee708a 100644
--- a/litellm/constants.py
+++ b/litellm/constants.py
@@ -1572,8 +1572,8 @@ PASS_THROUGH_HEADER_PREFIX: Final = "x-pass-"
 
 BASE_MCP_ROUTE: Final = "/mcp"
 
-TRANSCRIBE_JOB_POLLING_INTERVAL_SECONDS: Final = float(os.getenv("TRANSCRIBE_JOB_POLLING_INTERVAL_SECONDS", "10"))
-TRANSCRIBE_JOB_MAX_POLLING_ATTEMPTS: Final = int(os.getenv("TRANSCRIBE_JOB_MAX_POLLING_ATTEMPTS", "720"))  # 2 hours
+TRANSCRIBE_JOB_POLLING_INTERVAL_SECONDS: Final = 10.0
+TRANSCRIBE_JOB_MAX_POLLING_ATTEMPTS: Final = 720  # 2 hours
 TRANSCRIBE_MAX_MEDIA_DURATION_SECONDS: Final = 28800  # Amazon Transcribe quota: maximum audio file length
 
 BATCH_STATUS_POLL_INTERVAL_SECONDS: Final = int(os.getenv("BATCH_STATUS_POLL_INTERVAL_SECONDS", 3600))  # 1 hour