diff --git a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/llm_http_handler.py b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/llm_http_handler.py
index 299fbfc132..63b9f28fe5 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/llm_http_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/llm_http_handler.py
@@ -9645,7 +9645,7 @@ class BaseLLMHTTPHandler:
 
         try:
             response = await async_httpx_client.get(
-                url=url, headers=headers
+                url=url, headers=headers, timeout=timeout
             )
         except Exception as e:
             raise self._handle_error(