diff --git a/.circleci/requirements.txt b/.circleci/requirements.txt
index f41a5291e50..8e0f1dfe7e9 100644
--- a/.circleci/requirements.txt
+++ b/.circleci/requirements.txt
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ google-cloud-iam==2.19.1
 fastapi-sso==0.16.0 
 uvloop==0.21.0
 mcp==1.10.1    # for MCP server  
-semantic_router==0.1.10 # for auto-routing with litellm
\ No newline at end of file
+semantic_router==0.1.10 # for auto-routing with litellm
+fastuuid==0.12.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/litellm/types/utils.py b/litellm/types/utils.py
index fad46a8b9f5..30d46d61c93 100644
--- a/litellm/types/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/types/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import json
 import time
-import uuid
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ from typing import (
     Union,
 )
 
+import fastuuid as uuid
 from aiohttp import FormData
 from openai._models import BaseModel as OpenAIObject
 from openai.types.audio.transcription_create_params import FileTypes  # type: ignore
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 66bdc2a4ffb..29d1a877087 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1250,6 +1250,41 @@ lz4 = ["lz4"]
 snappy = ["cramjam"]
 zstandard = ["zstandard"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fastuuid"
+version = "0.12.0"
+description = "Python bindings to Rust's UUID library."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+groups = ["main"]
+files = [
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:22a900ef0956aacf862b460e20541fdae2d7c340594fe1bd6fdcb10d5f0791a9"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:0302f5acf54dc75de30103025c5a95db06d6c2be36829043a0aa16fc170076bc"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_34_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:7946b4a310cfc2d597dcba658019d72a2851612a2cebb949d809c0e2474cf0a6"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:a1b6764dd42bf0c46c858fb5ade7b7a3d93b7a27485a7a5c184909026694cd88"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp311-cp311-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:2bced35269315d16fe0c41003f8c9d63f2ee16a59295d90922cad5e6a67d0418"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:82106e4b0a24f4f2f73c88f89dadbc1533bb808900740ca5db9bbb17d3b0c824"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_34_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:4db1bc7b8caa1d7412e1bea29b016d23a8d219131cff825b933eb3428f044dca"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:07afc8e674e67ac3d35a608c68f6809da5fab470fb4ef4469094fdb32ba36c51"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp312-cp312-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:328694a573fe9dce556b0b70c9d03776786801e028d82f0b6d9db1cb0521b4d1"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:02acaea2c955bb2035a7d8e7b3fba8bd623b03746ae278e5fa932ef54c702f9f"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_34_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:ed9f449cba8cf16cced252521aee06e633d50ec48c807683f21cc1d89e193eb0"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:0df2ea4c9db96fd8f4fa38d0e88e309b3e56f8fd03675a2f6958a5b082a0c1e4"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp313-cp313-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:7fe2407316a04ee8f06d3dbc7eae396d0a86591d92bafe2ca32fce23b1145786"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp313-cp313-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:b9b31dd488d0778c36f8279b306dc92a42f16904cba54acca71e107d65b60b0c"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp313-cp313-manylinux_2_34_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:b19361ee649365eefc717ec08005972d3d1eb9ee39908022d98e3bfa9da59e37"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp313-cp313-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:8fc66b11423e6f3e1937385f655bedd67aebe56a3dcec0cb835351cfe7d358c9"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp38-cp38-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:7b15c54d300279ab20a9cc0579ada9c9f80d1bc92997fc61fb7bf3103d7cb26b"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp38-cp38-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:458f1bc3ebbd76fdb89ad83e6b81ccd3b2a99fa6707cd3650b27606745cfb170"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp38-cp38-manylinux_2_34_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:a8f0f83fbba6dc44271a11b22e15838641b8c45612cdf541b4822a5930f6893c"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:7cfd2092253d3441f6a8c66feff3c3c009da25a5b3da82bc73737558543632be"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp39-cp39-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:9303617e887429c193d036d47d0b32b774ed3618431123e9106f610d601eb57e"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp39-cp39-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:8790221325b376e1122e95f865753ebf456a9fb8faf0dca4f9bf7a3ff620e413"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp39-cp39-manylinux_2_34_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:e4b12d3e23515e29773fa61644daa660ceb7725e05397a986c2109f512579a48"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:e41656457c34b5dcb784729537ea64c7d9bbaf7047b480c6c6a64c53379f455a"},
+    {file = "fastuuid-0.12.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d0bd4e5b35aad2826403f4411937c89e7c88857b1513fe10f696544c03e9bd8e"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "filelock"
 version = "3.16.1"
@@ -6541,4 +6576,4 @@ utils = ["numpydoc"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<4.0, !=3.9.7"
-content-hash = "17a23611c832b757244c5b5dfd3a6eadae4699602a823587ea115513bfca8e4d"
+content-hash = "f41e6359109c5c52dba2a28f301b04030d865265f408974082b390bf45568a01"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7c3f24c89c8..46b777b8f7c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Documentation = "https://docs.litellm.ai"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.8.1,<4.0, !=3.9.7"
+fastuuid = ">=0.12.0"
 httpx = ">=0.23.0"
 openai = ">=1.99.5"
 python-dotenv = ">=0.2.0"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index aab643e78d4..598c1462b8d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ backoff==2.2.1 # server dep
 pyyaml==6.0.2 # server dep
 uvicorn==0.29.0 # server dep
 gunicorn==23.0.0 # server dep
+fastuuid==0.12.0 # for uuid4
 uvloop==0.21.0 # uvicorn dep, gives us much better performance under load
 boto3==1.36.0 # aws bedrock/sagemaker calls
 redis==5.2.1 # redis caching
diff --git a/test_profile_mock_response.py.lprof b/test_profile_mock_response.py.lprof
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b99ff91148b
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