diff --git a/litellm/types/utils.py b/litellm/types/utils.py
index 89a766de05c..5d4b20bdb0d 100644
--- a/litellm/types/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/types/utils.py
@@ -1567,7 +1567,7 @@ class ImageUsage(BaseLiteLLMOpenAIResponseObject):
 from openai.types.images_response import ImagesResponse as OpenAIImageResponse
 
 
-class ImageResponse(BaseLiteLLMOpenAIResponseObject):
+class ImageResponse(OpenAIImageResponse, BaseLiteLLMOpenAIResponseObject):
     _hidden_params: dict = {}
     usage: ImageUsage
 
@@ -1609,12 +1609,7 @@ class ImageResponse(BaseLiteLLMOpenAIResponseObject):
             output_tokens=0,
             total_tokens=0,
         )
-
-        #######################
-        self.created = created
-        self.data = _data
-        self.usage = _usage
-        #######################
+        super().__init__(created=created, data=_data, usage=_usage)  # type: ignore
         self._hidden_params = hidden_params or {}
 
     def __contains__(self, key):
diff --git a/tests/image_gen_tests/base_image_generation_test.py b/tests/image_gen_tests/base_image_generation_test.py
index 7ffb2b59dea..98c00f305eb 100644
--- a/tests/image_gen_tests/base_image_generation_test.py
+++ b/tests/image_gen_tests/base_image_generation_test.py
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ class BaseImageGenTest(ABC):
 
             from openai.types.images_response import ImagesResponse
 
-            ImagesResponse.model_validate(dict(response))
+            response_dict = response.model_dump()
+            print("response usage=", response_dict.get("usage"))
+            ImagesResponse.model_validate(response_dict)
 
             for d in response.data:
                 assert isinstance(d, Image)