diff --git a/tests/local_testing/test_router_retries.py b/tests/local_testing/test_router_retries.py
index 1d72d5914c5..302ab50bf85 100644
--- a/tests/local_testing/test_router_retries.py
+++ b/tests/local_testing/test_router_retries.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 import asyncio
 import os
+
+DEFAULT_ANTHROPIC_MODEL = os.getenv("CI_CD_DEFAULT_ANTHROPIC_MODEL", "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001")
 import sys
 import time
 import traceback
@@ -859,7 +861,7 @@ async def test_router_timeout_model_specific_and_global():
             {
                 "model_name": "anthropic-claude",
                 "litellm_params": {
-                    "model": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929",
+                    "model": f"anthropic/{DEFAULT_ANTHROPIC_MODEL}",
                     "timeout": 1,
                 },
             }