diff --git a/litellm/secret_managers/aws_secret_manager_v2.py b/litellm/secret_managers/aws_secret_manager_v2.py
index 794678c85..69add6f23 100644
--- a/litellm/secret_managers/aws_secret_manager_v2.py
+++ b/litellm/secret_managers/aws_secret_manager_v2.py
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ import httpx
 import litellm
 from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
 from litellm.llms.base_aws_llm import BaseAWSLLM
-from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import get_async_httpx_client
+from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import (
+    _get_httpx_client,
+    get_async_httpx_client,
+)
 from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.types import httpxSpecialProvider
 from litellm.proxy._types import KeyManagementSystem
 
@@ -105,19 +108,41 @@ class AWSSecretsManagerV2(BaseAWSLLM):
 
         Done for backwards compatibility with existing codebase, since get_secret is a sync function
         """
-        try:
-            loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-        except RuntimeError:
-            loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
-            asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
-        return loop.run_until_complete(
-            self.async_read_secret(
-                secret_name=secret_name,
-                optional_params=optional_params,
-                timeout=timeout,
-            )
+
+        # self._prepare_request uses these env vars, we cannot read them from AWS Secrets Manager. If we do we'd get stuck in an infinite loop
+        if secret_name in [
+            "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID",
+            "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY",
+            "AWS_REGION_NAME",
+            "AWS_REGION",
+            "AWS_BEDROCK_RUNTIME_ENDPOINT",
+        ]:
+            return os.getenv(secret_name)
+
+        endpoint_url, headers, body = self._prepare_request(
+            action="GetSecretValue",
+            secret_name=secret_name,
+            optional_params=optional_params,
         )
 
+        sync_client = _get_httpx_client(
+            params={"timeout": timeout},
+        )
+
+        try:
+            response = sync_client.post(
+                url=endpoint_url, headers=headers, data=body.decode("utf-8")
+            )
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            return response.json()["SecretString"]
+        except httpx.TimeoutException:
+            raise ValueError("Timeout error occurred")
+        except Exception as e:
+            verbose_logger.exception(
+                "Error reading secret from AWS Secrets Manager: %s", str(e)
+            )
+        return None
+
     async def async_write_secret(
         self,
         secret_name: str,
diff --git a/litellm/secret_managers/main.py b/litellm/secret_managers/main.py
index 6a3bd3d02..35274092c 100644
--- a/litellm/secret_managers/main.py
+++ b/litellm/secret_managers/main.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import json
 import os
 import sys
 import traceback
-from typing import Any, Optional, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Optional, Union
 
 import httpx
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
@@ -269,25 +269,13 @@ def get_secret(  # noqa: PLR0915
                     if isinstance(secret, str):
                         secret = secret.strip()
                 elif key_manager == KeyManagementSystem.AWS_SECRET_MANAGER.value:
-                    try:
-                        get_secret_value_response = client.get_secret_value(
-                            SecretId=secret_name
-                        )
-                        print_verbose(
-                            f"get_secret_value_response: {get_secret_value_response}"
-                        )
-                    except Exception as e:
-                        print_verbose(f"An error occurred - {str(e)}")
-                        # For a list of exceptions thrown, see
-                        # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/API_GetSecretValue.html
-                        raise e
+                    from litellm.secret_managers.aws_secret_manager_v2 import (
+                        AWSSecretsManagerV2,
+                    )
 
-                    # assume there is 1 secret per secret_name
-                    secret_dict = json.loads(get_secret_value_response["SecretString"])
-                    print_verbose(f"secret_dict: {secret_dict}")
-                    for k, v in secret_dict.items():
-                        secret = v
-                        print_verbose(f"secret: {secret}")
+                    if isinstance(client, AWSSecretsManagerV2):
+                        secret = client.sync_read_secret(secret_name=secret_name)
+                        print_verbose(f"get_secret_value_response: {secret}")
                 elif key_manager == KeyManagementSystem.GOOGLE_SECRET_MANAGER.value:
                     try:
                         secret = client.get_secret_from_google_secret_manager(