diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/core-utils/src/serde_compat.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/core-utils/src/coercion.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from litellm-rust/crates/core-utils/src/serde_compat.rs
rename to litellm-rust/crates/core-utils/src/coercion.rs
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/core-utils/src/lib.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/core-utils/src/lib.rs
index a937f55654e..3395d4a91ad 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/core-utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/core-utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod call_arguments;
+pub mod coercion;
 pub mod core_helpers;
 pub mod dot_notation_indexing;
 pub mod exception_mapping_utils;
@@ -7,6 +8,5 @@ pub mod get_provider_specific_headers;
 pub mod params;
 pub mod prompt_templates;
 pub mod secret_redaction;
-pub mod serde_compat;
 pub mod settings;
 pub mod url_utils;
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/core-utils/src/settings.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/core-utils/src/settings.rs
index 6b472295508..c60b947442f 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/core-utils/src/settings.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/core-utils/src/settings.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
-use crate::serde_compat::parse_str_bool;
+use crate::coercion::parse_str_bool;
 
 pub trait Lookup {
     fn get(&self, name: &str) -> Option<String>;
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/http/src/settings.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/http/src/settings.rs
index 1f437df225c..f41df8337d7 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/http/src/settings.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/http/src/settings.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use litellm_core_utils::{
-    serde_compat::parse_str_bool,
+    coercion::parse_str_bool,
     settings::{Layer, Lookup, merge},
 };
 
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/coercion.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/coercion.rs
index 77c8cabc22b..fcb7894dff5 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/coercion.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/coercion.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use litellm_core_utils::serde_compat::parse_str_bool;
+use litellm_core_utils::coercion::parse_str_bool;
 use pyo3::{
     exceptions::{PyAttributeError, PyRuntimeError, PyValueError},
     prelude::*,
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/secrets/src/resolver.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/secrets/src/resolver.rs
index 830e7c22cd5..acf06c0d880 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/secrets/src/resolver.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/secrets/src/resolver.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use crate::compatibility::python_manager_string;
-use litellm_core_utils::{serde_compat::parse_str_bool, settings::Lookup};
+use litellm_core_utils::{coercion::parse_str_bool, settings::Lookup};
 
 use crate::state::{LookupTarget, normalize_secret_name};
 use crate::{Error, OidcResolver, Secret, SecretManagerState, SecretValue};