diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure.py b/litellm/llms/azure.py
index 14248acf30..d99310bb5f 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/azure.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class AzureChatCompletion(BaseLLM):
     
     async def acompletion(self, api_base: str, data: dict, headers: dict, model_response: ModelResponse): 
         async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-            async with session.post(api_base, json=data, headers=headers) as response:
+            async with session.post(api_base, json=data, headers=headers, ssl=False) as response:
                 response_json = await response.json()
                 if response.status != 200:
                     raise AzureOpenAIError(status_code=response.status, message=response.text)
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class AzureChatCompletion(BaseLLM):
                           model_response: ModelResponse, 
                           model: str):
         async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-            async with session.post(api_base, json=data, headers=headers) as response:
+            async with session.post(api_base, json=data, headers=headers, ssl=False) as response:
                 # Check if the request was successful (status code 200)
                 if response.status != 200:
                     raise AzureOpenAIError(status_code=response.status, message=await response.text())
diff --git a/litellm/llms/openai.py b/litellm/llms/openai.py
index c982d01e42..3eaaea450b 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/openai.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/openai.py
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class OpenAIChatCompletion(BaseLLM):
                           model_response: ModelResponse, 
                           model: str):
         async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-            async with session.post(api_base, json=data, headers=headers) as response:
+            async with session.post(api_base, json=data, headers=headers, ssl=False) as response:
                 # Check if the request was successful (status code 200)
                 if response.status != 200:
                     raise OpenAIError(status_code=response.status, message=await response.text())