diff --git a/litellm/__init__.py b/litellm/__init__.py
index c3a4e20bbde..a90b77fb57b 100644
--- a/litellm/__init__.py
+++ b/litellm/__init__.py
@@ -377,8 +377,7 @@ from .exceptions import (
     ServiceUnavailableError,
     OpenAIError,
     ContextWindowExceededError,
-    BudgetExceededError
-
+    BudgetExceededError, 
 )
 from .budget_manager import BudgetManager
 from .proxy.proxy_cli import run_server
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
index eec5bb6f4b1..340a3b0ae58 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ sys.path.insert(
     0, os.path.abspath("../..")
 )  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
 import pytest
+from openai.error import Timeout
 import litellm
 from litellm import embedding, completion, completion_cost
 from litellm import RateLimitError
+litellm.num_retries = 3
 
 user_message = "Write a short poem about the sky"
 messages = [{"content": user_message, "role": "user"}]
@@ -405,10 +407,11 @@ def test_completion_openai_with_optional_params():
         )
         # Add any assertions here to check the response
         print(response)
+    except Timeout as e: 
+        pass
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
 
-
 def test_completion_openai_litellm_key():
     try:
         litellm.api_key = os.environ['OPENAI_API_KEY']
diff --git a/litellm/timeout.py b/litellm/timeout.py
index 9a8cba2410a..babcc7bea00 100644
--- a/litellm/timeout.py
+++ b/litellm/timeout.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from concurrent import futures
 from inspect import iscoroutinefunction
 from functools import wraps
 from threading import Thread
-from openai.error import Timeout
+from litellm.error import Timeout
 
 
 def timeout(timeout_duration: float = 0.0, exception_to_raise=Timeout):