diff --git a/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py b/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
index f4d794d94bc..13b55bff46f 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import json
 import traceback
-import uuid
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ from typing import (
     Union,
 )
 
+import fastuuid as uuid
 import httpx
 import orjson
 from fastapi import HTTPException, Request, status
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 40a1438b3fe..6375c1f2448 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import textwrap
 import threading
 import time
 import traceback
-import uuid
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from functools import lru_cache, wraps
 from importlib import resources
@@ -41,6 +40,7 @@ from os.path import abspath, dirname, join
 
 import aiohttp
 import dotenv
+import fastuuid as uuid
 import httpx
 import openai
 import tiktoken