diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_timeout.py b/litellm/tests/test_timeout.py
index c9827a72ea7..64c30e51ed1 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_timeout.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_timeout.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def test_timeout():
     litellm.set_verbose=False
     try:
         response = litellm.completion(
-            model="gpt-4",
+            model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
             timeout=0.01,
             messages=[
                 {
@@ -33,4 +33,31 @@ def test_timeout():
         pass
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"Did not raise error `openai.APITimeoutError`. Instead raised error type: {type(e)}, Error: {e}")
-test_timeout()
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+# test_timeout()
+
+
+
+def test_timeout_streaming():
+    # this Will Raise a timeout
+    litellm.set_verbose=False
+    try:
+        response = litellm.completion(
+            model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
+            messages=[
+                {
+                    "role": "user",
+                    "content": "hello, write a 20 pg essay"
+                }
+            ],
+            timeout=0.0001,
+            stream=True,
+        )
+        for chunk in response:
+            print(chunk)
+    except openai.APITimeoutError as e:
+        print("Passed: Raised correct exception. Got openai.APITimeoutError\nGood Job", e)
+        print(type(e))
+        pass
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.fail(f"Did not raise error `openai.APITimeoutError`. Instead raised error type: {type(e)}, Error: {e}")
+test_timeout_streaming()
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