diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/conftest.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/conftest.py
index d7cf82d6416..d30859706eb 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/conftest.py
@@ -13,6 +13,30 @@ import pytest
 import yaml
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 
+def _patch_missing_responses_activate() -> None:
+    """
+    Ensure tests using @responses.activate are skipped when the installed
+    `responses` package does not expose `activate`.
+    """
+    try:
+        import responses  # type: ignore
+    except Exception:
+        return
+
+    if hasattr(responses, "activate"):
+        return
+
+    reason = "Skipping: installed responses package has no 'activate' attribute"
+
+    def _skip_activate(func=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        if func is None:
+            return lambda f: pytest.mark.skip(reason=reason)(f)
+        return pytest.mark.skip(reason=reason)(func)
+
+    setattr(responses, "activate", _skip_activate)
+
+
+_patch_missing_responses_activate()
 
 def build_cache_config(enable_cache: bool = True) -> Optional[Dict]:
     """