diff --git a/litellm/llms/sagemaker.py b/litellm/llms/sagemaker.py
index 0e0fa8006e..6892445f08 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/sagemaker.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/sagemaker.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ from litellm.utils import ModelResponse, EmbeddingResponse, get_secret, Usage
 import sys
 from copy import deepcopy
 import httpx  # type: ignore
-import boto3
-import aioboto3
 import io
 from .prompt_templates.factory import prompt_factory, custom_prompt
 
@@ -159,6 +157,8 @@ def completion(
     logger_fn=None,
     acompletion: bool = False,
 ):
+    import boto3
+
     # pop aws_secret_access_key, aws_access_key_id, aws_region_name from kwargs, since completion calls fail with them
     aws_secret_access_key = optional_params.pop("aws_secret_access_key", None)
     aws_access_key_id = optional_params.pop("aws_access_key_id", None)
@@ -413,6 +413,10 @@ async def async_streaming(
     aws_access_key_id: Optional[str],
     aws_region_name: Optional[str],
 ):
+    """
+    Use aioboto3
+    """
+    import aioboto3
 
     session = aioboto3.Session()
 
@@ -477,6 +481,10 @@ async def async_completion(
     aws_access_key_id: Optional[str],
     aws_region_name: Optional[str],
 ):
+    """
+    Use aioboto3
+    """
+    import aioboto3
 
     session = aioboto3.Session()
 
@@ -628,6 +636,8 @@ def embedding(
     """
     Supports Huggingface Jumpstart embeddings like GPT-6B
     """
+    ### BOTO3 INIT
+    import boto3
 
     # pop aws_secret_access_key, aws_access_key_id, aws_region_name from kwargs, since completion calls fail with them
     aws_secret_access_key = optional_params.pop("aws_secret_access_key", None)
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_provider_specific_config.py b/litellm/tests/test_provider_specific_config.py
index c1d5362ec1..c20c44fb13 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_provider_specific_config.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_provider_specific_config.py
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ def test_sagemaker_default_region(mocker):
     """
     If no regions are specified in config or in environment, the default region is us-west-2
     """
-    mock_client = mocker.patch("litellm.llms.sagemaker.boto3.client")
+    mock_client = mocker.patch("boto3.client")
     try:
         response = litellm.completion(
             model="sagemaker/mock-endpoint",
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ def test_sagemaker_environment_region(mocker):
     """
     expected_region = "us-east-1"
     os.environ["AWS_REGION_NAME"] = expected_region
-    mock_client = mocker.patch("litellm.llms.sagemaker.boto3.client")
+    mock_client = mocker.patch("boto3.client")
     try:
         response = litellm.completion(
             model="sagemaker/mock-endpoint",
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ def test_sagemaker_config_region(mocker):
     part of the config file, then use that region instead of us-west-2
     """
     expected_region = "us-east-1"
-    mock_client = mocker.patch("litellm.llms.sagemaker.boto3.client")
+    mock_client = mocker.patch("boto3.client")
     try:
         response = litellm.completion(
             model="sagemaker/mock-endpoint",
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ def test_sagemaker_config_and_environment_region(mocker):
     expected_region = "us-east-1"
     unexpected_region = "us-east-2"
     os.environ["AWS_REGION_NAME"] = expected_region
-    mock_client = mocker.patch("litellm.llms.sagemaker.boto3.client")
+    mock_client = mocker.patch("boto3.client")
     try:
         response = litellm.completion(
             model="sagemaker/mock-endpoint",