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diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index e6816cced3..e5886c8e63 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from .integrations.aispend import AISpendLogger
 from .integrations.berrispend import BerriSpendLogger
 from .integrations.supabase import Supabase
 from openai.error import OpenAIError as OriginalError
+from openai.openai_object import OpenAIObject
 from .exceptions import AuthenticationError, InvalidRequestError, RateLimitError, ServiceUnavailableError, OpenAIError
 from typing import List, Dict, Union
 ####### ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES ###################
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ class Choices:
         result = f"{{\n  'finish_reason': '{self.finish_reason}',\n  'index': {self.index},\n  'message': {self.message}\n}}"
         return result
 
-class ModelResponse:
+class ModelResponse(dict):
     def __init__(self):
         self.choices: List[Choices] = [Choices()]
         self.created: str = None
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 78e3c77422..1d143a7b1d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "litellm"
-version = "0.1.421"
+version = "0.1.422"
 description = "Library to easily interface with LLM API providers"
 authors = ["BerriAI"]
 license = "MIT License"