diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 1b2fc7f9cc..d481f6f82d 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "jsonschema==4.22.0"
             pip install "pytest-xdist==3.6.1"
             pip install "websockets==13.1.0"
+            pip install semantic_router --no-deps
             pip uninstall posthog -y
       - setup_litellm_enterprise_pip
       - save_cache:
@@ -458,6 +459,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install "pytest-cov==5.0.0"
             pip install "pytest-retry==1.6.3"
             pip install "pytest-asyncio==0.21.1"
+            pip install semantic_router --no-deps
       # Run pytest and generate JUnit XML report
       - setup_litellm_enterprise_pip
       - run: