diff --git a/litellm/llms/bedrock_httpx.py b/litellm/llms/bedrock_httpx.py
index 4e737d1d24..33d9203381 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/bedrock_httpx.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/bedrock_httpx.py
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ class BedrockLLM(BaseLLM):
 
             if response.status_code != 200:
                 raise BedrockError(
-                    status_code=response.status_code, message=response.text
+                    status_code=response.status_code, message=response.read()
                 )
 
             decoder = AWSEventStreamDecoder(model=model)
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_streaming.py b/litellm/tests/test_streaming.py
index a9540b20a1..1b0f91fe14 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_streaming.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_streaming.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ sys.path.insert(
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 load_dotenv()
+import random
+
 import litellm
 from litellm import (
     AuthenticationError,
@@ -1373,7 +1375,8 @@ async def test_bedrock_httpx_streaming(sync_mode, model):
             if complete_response.strip() == "":
                 raise Exception("Empty response received")
         print(f"completion_response: {complete_response}\n\nFinalChunk: {final_chunk}")
-    except RateLimitError:
+    except RateLimitError as e:
+        print("got rate limit error=", e)
         pass
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")