diff --git a/litellm/llms/huggingface_restapi.py b/litellm/llms/huggingface_restapi.py
index ec35532af5..e62c8e3350 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/huggingface_restapi.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/huggingface_restapi.py
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ def embedding(
         }
     else:
         data = {
-            "inputs": input
+            "inputs": input # type: ignore
         }
     
     ## LOGGING