diff --git a/litellm/__init__.py b/litellm/__init__.py
index 4f72504f6..6f8d4e8df 100644
--- a/litellm/__init__.py
+++ b/litellm/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+### Hide pydantic namespace conflict warnings globally ###
+import warnings
+warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", message=".*conflict with protected namespace.*")
 ### INIT VARIABLES ###
 import threading, requests, os
 from typing import Callable, List, Optional, Dict, Union, Any, Literal