diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 3cb581c5ce..bd3ac87670 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -30,11 +30,15 @@ class Router:
                  redis_port: Optional[int] = None,
                  redis_password: Optional[str] = None,
                  cache_responses: bool = False,
+                 num_retries: Optional[int] = None,
                  routing_strategy: Literal["simple-shuffle", "least-busy"] = "simple-shuffle") -> None:
         if model_list:
             self.set_model_list(model_list)
             self.healthy_deployments: List = self.model_list
         
+        if num_retries: 
+            litellm.num_retries = num_retries
+
         self.routing_strategy = routing_strategy
         ### HEALTH CHECK THREAD ###
         if self.routing_strategy == "least-busy":
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0d7c7bd25d..98ffb632a5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "litellm"
-version = "1.0.0.dev1"
+version = "1.0.0"
 description = "Library to easily interface with LLM API providers"
 authors = ["BerriAI"]
 license = "MIT License"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ requires = ["poetry-core"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.commitizen]
-version = "1.0.0.dev1"
+version = "1.0.0"
 version_files = [
     "pyproject.toml:^version"
 ]