diff --git a/litellm/_logging.py b/litellm/_logging.py
index 73a08469838..96035227f9d 100644
--- a/litellm/_logging.py
+++ b/litellm/_logging.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import ast
 import logging
 import os
+import re
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime
 from logging import Formatter
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.safe_json_dumps import safe_dumps
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.safe_json_loads import safe_json_loads
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ _ENABLE_SECRET_REDACTION = (
     os.getenv("LITELLM_DISABLE_REDACT_SECRETS", "").lower() != "true"
 )
 
+_REDACTED = "REDACTED"
+
 
 
 def _build_secret_patterns() -> re.Pattern: