diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/asyncify.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/asyncify.py
index bd21974029e..695312ee234 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/asyncify.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/asyncify.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def asyncify(
 
 def is_event_loop_running() -> bool:
     try:
-        _ = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        asyncio.get_running_loop()
     except RuntimeError:
         return False
     return True
diff --git a/litellm/llms/chatgpt/authenticator.py b/litellm/llms/chatgpt/authenticator.py
index 1b5850d8d42..244083e92e9 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/chatgpt/authenticator.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/chatgpt/authenticator.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from .common_utils import (
 )
 
 TOKEN_EXPIRY_SKEW_SECONDS: Final = 60
+TOKEN_REFRESH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: Final = 30
 DEVICE_CODE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: Final = 15 * 60
 DEVICE_CODE_COOLDOWN_SECONDS: Final = 5 * 60
 DEVICE_CODE_POLL_SLEEP_SECONDS: Final = 5
@@ -322,6 +323,7 @@ class Authenticator:
                     "refresh_token": refresh_token,
                     "scope": "openid profile email",
                 },
+                timeout=TOKEN_REFRESH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
             )
             resp.raise_for_status()
             data: Final = _JSON_OBJECT_ADAPTER.validate_python(resp.json())
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/chatgpt/test_chatgpt_authenticator.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/chatgpt/test_chatgpt_authenticator.py
index be54d33d18d..982d4807caf 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/chatgpt/test_chatgpt_authenticator.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/chatgpt/test_chatgpt_authenticator.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import base64
 import json
 import time
-from unittest.mock import mock_open, patch
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, mock_open, patch
 
 import pytest
 
-from litellm.llms.chatgpt.authenticator import Authenticator
+from litellm.llms.chatgpt.authenticator import (
+    TOKEN_REFRESH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+    Authenticator,
+)
 from litellm.llms.chatgpt.common_utils import GetAccessTokenError
 
 
@@ -55,6 +58,23 @@ class TestChatGPTAuthenticator:
             token = authenticator.get_access_token()
             assert token == "token-new"
 
+    def test_refresh_tokens_uses_bounded_timeout(self, authenticator):
+        client = MagicMock()
+        response = MagicMock()
+        response.json.return_value = {
+            "access_token": "token-new",
+            "id_token": "id-123",
+        }
+        client.post.return_value = response
+
+        with patch(  # test-quality-ok: requested seam for asserting timeout propagation
+            "litellm.llms.chatgpt.authenticator._get_httpx_client", return_value=client
+        ):
+            refreshed = authenticator._refresh_tokens("refresh-123")
+
+        assert refreshed["access_token"] == "token-new"
+        assert client.post.call_args.kwargs["timeout"] == TOKEN_REFRESH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
+
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_get_access_token_refuses_device_code_login_in_event_loop(self, authenticator):
         with (
@@ -97,9 +117,7 @@ class TestChatGPTAuthenticator:
         assert token == "tok"
 
     def test_get_account_id_from_id_token(self, authenticator):
-        id_token = _make_jwt(
-            {"https://api.openai.com/auth": {"chatgpt_account_id": "acct-123"}}
-        )
+        id_token = _make_jwt({"https://api.openai.com/auth": {"chatgpt_account_id": "acct-123"}})
         auth_data = json.dumps({"id_token": id_token})
 
         with (