diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
index 9d67ec1a867..668ba4c4b1f 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from typing import (
     cast,
 )
 
-from .._uuid import uuid
+from litellm._uuid import uuid
 from httpx import Response
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
diff --git a/litellm/llms/bedrock/common_utils.py b/litellm/llms/bedrock/common_utils.py
index edfbca8fce6..63c366c9480 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/bedrock/common_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/bedrock/common_utils.py
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ class CommonBatchFilesUtils:
         Returns:
             Unique job name (≤ 63 characters for Bedrock compatibility)
         """
-        from ..._uuid import uuid
+        from litellm._uuid import uuid
         unique_id = str(uuid.uuid4())[:8]
         # Format: {prefix}-batch-{model}-{uuid}
         # Example: litellm-batch-claude-266c398e
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py b/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
index 3807559b35d..a662015ee28 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from typing import (
     Union,
 )
 
-from .._uuid import uuid
+from litellm._uuid import uuid
 import httpx
 import orjson
 from fastapi import HTTPException, Request, status
diff --git a/litellm/types/utils.py b/litellm/types/utils.py
index e89a98fb2e0..dcfc0f66a1d 100644
--- a/litellm/types/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/types/utils.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from typing import (
     Union,
 )
 
-from .._uuid import uuid
+from litellm._uuid import 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/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 6edb44e48d6..53a1710d685 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ from os.path import abspath, dirname, join
 
 import aiohttp
 import dotenv
-from ._uuid import uuid
+from litellm._uuid import uuid
 import httpx
 import openai
 import tiktoken