diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_config.py b/litellm/tests/test_config.py
index e38187e0eac..cb7a9f484d9 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_config.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ sys.path.insert(
     0, os.path.abspath("../..")
 )  # Adds the parent directory to the, system path
 import pytest, litellm
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
 from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import ProxyConfig
 from litellm.proxy.utils import encrypt_value, ProxyLogging, DualCache
 from litellm.types.router import Deployment, LiteLLM_Params, ModelInfo
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ class DBModel(BaseModel):
     model_info: dict
     litellm_params: dict
 
-    class Config:
-        protected_namespaces = ()
+    config_dict: ConfigDict = ConfigDict(protected_namespaces=())
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio