diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 819d9bd3e90..3e0a5272522 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import websockets
 import websockets.exceptions
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Json
 
-from litellm._litellm_uuid import uuid
+from litellm._uuid import uuid
 from litellm.constants import (
     AIOHTTP_CONNECTOR_LIMIT,
     AIOHTTP_CONNECTOR_LIMIT_PER_HOST,
diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 0151c590e12..7c4073746ed 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ import litellm
 import litellm.litellm_core_utils
 import litellm.litellm_core_utils.exception_mapping_utils
 from litellm import get_secret_str
-from litellm._litellm_uuid import uuid
 from litellm._logging import verbose_router_logger
+from litellm._uuid import uuid
 from litellm.caching.caching import (
     DualCache,
     InMemoryCache,