diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index 57d596bf8..97d0331e3 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -1272,7 +1272,6 @@ def moderation(*args, **kwargs):
     api_key = None
     if "api_key" in kwargs:
         api_key = kwargs["api_key"]
-    
     api_key = (
                 api_key or
                 litellm.api_key or
@@ -1280,6 +1279,8 @@ def moderation(*args, **kwargs):
                 get_secret("OPENAI_API_KEY")
             )
     openai.api_key = api_key
+    openai.api_type = "open_ai"
+    openai.api_base = "https://api.openai.com/v1"
     response = openai.Moderation.create(*args, **kwargs)
     return response
 
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
index f7393f5e5..285236962 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
@@ -814,6 +814,8 @@ def test_completion_ai21():
 # test_completion_together_ai_stream()
 
 def test_moderation():
+    import openai
+    openai.api_type = "azure" 
     response = litellm.moderation(input="i'm ishaan cto of litellm")   
     print(response)
     output = response["results"][0]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 250dd863c..166287f02 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "litellm"
-version = "0.1.708"
+version = "0.1.710"
 description = "Library to easily interface with LLM API providers"
 authors = ["BerriAI"]
 license = "MIT License"