diff --git a/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py b/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py
index c78a71dba8..b49cae5f34 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from enum import Enum
 import requests, traceback
 import json, re, xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 from jinja2 import Template, exceptions, Environment, meta
-from typing import Optional, Any
+from typing import Optional, Any, List
 import imghdr, base64
 
 
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ def anthropic_messages_pt(messages: list):
     return new_messages
 
 
-def extract_between_tags(tag: str, string: str, strip: bool = False) -> list[str]:
+def extract_between_tags(tag: str, string: str, strip: bool = False) -> List[str]:
     ext_list = re.findall(f"<{tag}>(.+?)</{tag}>", string, re.DOTALL)
     if strip:
         ext_list = [e.strip() for e in ext_list]