diff --git a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai_anthropic.py b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai_anthropic.py
index adedb647a5..4acfffa5b6 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai_anthropic.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai_anthropic.py
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ def completion(
 ):
     try:
         import vertexai
+        from anthropic import AnthropicVertex
     except:
         raise VertexAIError(
             status_code=400,
@@ -162,7 +163,6 @@ def completion(
             message="""Upgrade vertex ai. Run `pip install "google-cloud-aiplatform>=1.38"`""",
         )
     try:
-        from anthropic import AnthropicVertex
 
         ## Load Config
         config = litellm.VertexAIAnthropicConfig.get_config()
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_amazing_vertex_completion.py b/litellm/tests/test_amazing_vertex_completion.py
index 4eec5c35d2..f7259be84b 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_amazing_vertex_completion.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_amazing_vertex_completion.py
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ async def get_response():
         pytest.fail(f"An error occurred - {str(e)}")
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(
+    reason="Local test. Vertex AI Quota is low. Leads to rate limit errors on ci/cd."
+)
 def test_vertex_ai_anthropic():
     load_vertex_ai_credentials()