diff --git a/tests/local_testing/conftest.py b/tests/local_testing/conftest.py
index 5535a62bb81..dce367aa915 100644
--- a/tests/local_testing/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/local_testing/conftest.py
@@ -259,6 +259,11 @@ def setup_and_teardown():
     yield
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def unroutable_api_base():
+    return "http://192.0.2.1"
+
+
 def pytest_collection_modifyitems(config, items):
     apply_vcr_auto_marker_to_items(
         items,
diff --git a/tests/local_testing/test_embedding.py b/tests/local_testing/test_embedding.py
index ee2ac14f498..6e09e46d6f9 100644
--- a/tests/local_testing/test_embedding.py
+++ b/tests/local_testing/test_embedding.py
@@ -266,11 +266,12 @@ def test_openai_azure_embedding_timeouts():
 # test_openai_azure_embedding_timeouts()
 
 
-def test_openai_embedding_timeouts():
+def test_openai_embedding_timeouts(unroutable_api_base):
     try:
         response = embedding(
             model="text-embedding-ada-002",
             input=["good morning from litellm"],
+            api_base=unroutable_api_base,
             timeout=0.00001,
         )
         print(response)
diff --git a/tests/local_testing/test_timeout.py b/tests/local_testing/test_timeout.py
index 66054a0930a..217a71dec16 100644
--- a/tests/local_testing/test_timeout.py
+++ b/tests/local_testing/test_timeout.py
@@ -211,13 +211,14 @@ def test_hanging_request_openai():
 # test_timeout()
 
 
-def test_timeout_streaming():
+def test_timeout_streaming(unroutable_api_base):
     # this Will Raise a timeout
     litellm.set_verbose = False
     try:
         response = litellm.completion(
             model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
             messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hello, write a 20 pg essay"}],
+            api_base=unroutable_api_base,
             timeout=0.0001,
             stream=True,
         )