diff --git a/litellm/types/llms/openai.py b/litellm/types/llms/openai.py
index da0592e6bb2..afbc88c6cbc 100644
--- a/litellm/types/llms/openai.py
+++ b/litellm/types/llms/openai.py
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ class ChatCompletionReasoningItem(TypedDict, total=False):
     type: Required[Literal["reasoning"]]
     id: str
     encrypted_content: str | None
-    summary: list["ChatCompletionReasoningSummaryTextBlock"]
+    summary: list[ChatCompletionReasoningSummaryTextBlock]
 
 
 class WebSearchOptionsUserLocationApproximate(TypedDict, total=False):
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ class ResponsesAPIOptionalRequestParams(TypedDict, total=False):
     background: bool | None
     stream: bool | None
     temperature: float | None
-    text: Optional["ResponseText"]
+    text: ResponseText | None
     tool_choice: ToolChoice | None
     tools: list[ALL_RESPONSES_API_TOOL_PARAMS] | None
     top_p: float | None
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ class ResponsesAPIResponse(BaseLiteLLMOpenAIResponseObject):
     previous_response_id: str | None = None
     reasoning: dict[str, Any] | None = None
     status: str | None = None
-    text: Union["ResponseText", dict[str, Any]] | None = None
+    text: ResponseText | dict[str, Any] | None = None
     truncation: Literal["auto", "disabled"] | None = None
     usage: ResponseAPIUsage | None = None
     user: str | None = None
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/types/llms/test_types_llms_openai.py b/tests/test_litellm/types/llms/test_types_llms_openai.py
index 569743269a5..7ed3ad8cfdc 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/types/llms/test_types_llms_openai.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/types/llms/test_types_llms_openai.py
@@ -453,3 +453,45 @@ def test_openai_file_object_accepts_pending_status():
         status="pending",
     )
     assert file_obj.status == "pending"
+
+
+def test_typed_dicts_have_no_resolvable_quoted_forward_refs():
+    """A quoted ref inside a TypedDict is resolved against the namespace of the
+    pydantic model embedding it, not this module, so it breaks model building on
+    python < 3.12 (issue #36384)."""
+    from typing import ForwardRef, get_args
+
+    from typing_extensions import is_typeddict
+
+    import litellm.types.llms.openai as openai_types
+
+    def string_refs(annotation: object) -> tuple[str, ...]:
+        return tuple(
+            ref
+            for arg in get_args(annotation)
+            for ref in (
+                (arg,)
+                if isinstance(arg, str)
+                else (arg.__forward_arg__,)
+                if isinstance(arg, ForwardRef)
+                else string_refs(arg)
+            )
+        )
+
+    stale = tuple(
+        f"{cls.__name__}.{field} -> {ref!r}"
+        for cls in vars(openai_types).values()
+        if is_typeddict(cls) and cls.__module__ == openai_types.__name__
+        for field, annotation in cls.__annotations__.items()
+        for ref in string_refs(annotation)
+        if ref != cls.__name__ and getattr(openai_types, ref, None) is not None
+    )
+    assert not stale, f"unquote these forward refs: {stale}"
+
+
+def test_model_response_constructs_with_reasoning_items_annotation():
+    from litellm.types.utils import ModelResponse
+
+    ModelResponse().choices[0].message.reasoning_items = [
+        {"type": "reasoning", "id": "rs_1", "summary": [{"type": "summary_text", "text": "hi"}]}
+    ]