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diff --git a/litellm-proxy-extras/pyproject.toml b/litellm-proxy-extras/pyproject.toml
index 909c5e7e6cd..45a6f975c78 100644
--- a/litellm-proxy-extras/pyproject.toml
+++ b/litellm-proxy-extras/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "litellm-proxy-extras"
-version = "0.4.37"
+version = "0.4.38"
 description = "Additional files for the LiteLLM Proxy. Reduces the size of the main litellm package."
 authors = ["BerriAI"]
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ requires = ["poetry-core"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.commitizen]
-version = "0.4.37"
+version = "0.4.38"
 version_files = [
     "pyproject.toml:version",
     "../requirements.txt:litellm-proxy-extras==",
diff --git a/litellm/rag/ingestion/vertex_ai_ingestion.py b/litellm/rag/ingestion/vertex_ai_ingestion.py
index 47a94185d1d..7394ec7a616 100644
--- a/litellm/rag/ingestion/vertex_ai_ingestion.py
+++ b/litellm/rag/ingestion/vertex_ai_ingestion.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Based on: https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/model-refer
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, cast
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
 from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import (