diff --git a/tests/pass_through_tests/test_assembly_ai.py b/tests/pass_through_tests/test_assembly_ai.py
index 2d01ef2c1b..31bdf24009 100644
--- a/tests/pass_through_tests/test_assembly_ai.py
+++ b/tests/pass_through_tests/test_assembly_ai.py
@@ -2,43 +2,76 @@
 This test ensures that the proxy can passthrough requests to assemblyai
 """
 
+import time
+
 import pytest
-import assemblyai as aai
+import httpx
 import aiohttp
 import asyncio
-import time
 
 TEST_MASTER_KEY = "sk-1234"
 TEST_BASE_URL = "http://0.0.0.0:4000/assemblyai"
 
 
-def test_assemblyai_basic_transcribe():
-    print("making basic transcribe request to assemblyai passthrough")
+def _transcribe_and_verify(virtual_key: str, base_url: str):
+    file_url = "https://assembly.ai/wildfires.mp3"
+    headers = {
+        "Authorization": f"Bearer {virtual_key}",
+        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+    }
+    create_payload = {
+        "audio_url": file_url,
+        "speech_models": ["universal-2"],
+    }
 
-    # Replace with your API key
-    aai.settings.api_key = f"Bearer {TEST_MASTER_KEY}"
-    aai.settings.base_url = TEST_BASE_URL
+    create_response = httpx.post(
+        url=f"{base_url}/v2/transcript",
+        headers=headers,
+        json=create_payload,
+        timeout=60.0,
+    )
+    if create_response.status_code != 200:
+        pytest.fail(
+            "Failed to create transcript request: "
+            f"status={create_response.status_code}, body={create_response.text}"
+        )
 
-    # URL of the file to transcribe
-    FILE_URL = "https://assembly.ai/wildfires.mp3"
-
-    # You can also transcribe a local file by passing in a file path
-    # FILE_URL = './path/to/file.mp3'
-
-    transcriber = aai.Transcriber()
-    transcript = transcriber.transcribe(FILE_URL)
-    print(transcript)
-    print(transcript.id)
-    if transcript.id:
-        transcript.delete_by_id(transcript.id)
-    else:
+    transcript = create_response.json()
+    transcript_id = transcript.get("id")
+    if not transcript_id:
         pytest.fail("Failed to get transcript id")
 
-    if transcript.status == aai.TranscriptStatus.error:
-        print(transcript.error)
-        pytest.fail(f"Failed to transcribe file error: {transcript.error}")
-    else:
-        print(transcript.text)
+    for _ in range(60):
+        poll_response = httpx.get(
+            url=f"{base_url}/v2/transcript/{transcript_id}",
+            headers=headers,
+            timeout=30.0,
+        )
+        if poll_response.status_code != 200:
+            pytest.fail(
+                "Failed to poll transcript status: "
+                f"status={poll_response.status_code}, body={poll_response.text}"
+            )
+        transcript = poll_response.json()
+        if transcript.get("status") in ("completed", "error"):
+            break
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+    httpx.delete(
+        url=f"{base_url}/v2/transcript/{transcript_id}",
+        headers=headers,
+        timeout=30.0,
+    )
+
+    if transcript.get("status") == "error":
+        pytest.fail(f"Failed to transcribe file error: {transcript.get('error')}")
+
+    print(transcript.get("text"))
+
+
+def test_assemblyai_basic_transcribe():
+    print("making basic transcribe request to assemblyai passthrough")
+    _transcribe_and_verify(TEST_MASTER_KEY, TEST_BASE_URL)
 
 
 async def generate_key(calling_key: str) -> str:
@@ -59,37 +92,10 @@ async def generate_key(calling_key: str) -> str:
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_assemblyai_transcribe_with_non_admin_key():
-    # Generate a non-admin key using the helper
     non_admin_key = await generate_key(TEST_MASTER_KEY)
     print(f"Generated non-admin key: {non_admin_key}")
 
-    # Use the non-admin key to transcribe
-    # Replace with your API key
-    aai.settings.api_key = f"Bearer {non_admin_key}"
-    aai.settings.base_url = TEST_BASE_URL
-
-    # URL of the file to transcribe
-    FILE_URL = "https://assembly.ai/wildfires.mp3"
-
-    # You can also transcribe a local file by passing in a file path
-    # FILE_URL = './path/to/file.mp3'
-
     request_start_time = time.time()
-
-    transcriber = aai.Transcriber()
-    transcript = transcriber.transcribe(FILE_URL)
-    print(transcript)
-    print(transcript.id)
-    if transcript.id:
-        transcript.delete_by_id(transcript.id)
-    else:
-        pytest.fail("Failed to get transcript id")
-
-    if transcript.status == aai.TranscriptStatus.error:
-        print(transcript.error)
-        pytest.fail(f"Failed to transcribe file error: {transcript.error}")
-    else:
-        print(transcript.text)
-
+    _transcribe_and_verify(non_admin_key, TEST_BASE_URL)
     request_end_time = time.time()
     print(f"Request took {request_end_time - request_start_time} seconds")