diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index d20896631..6156d9c39 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import dotenv, traceback, random, asyncio, time, contextvars
 from copy import deepcopy
 import httpx
 import litellm
-
 from ._logging import verbose_logger
 from litellm import (  # type: ignore
     client,
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
index 13c0d2f96..5ee296197 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
@@ -3427,6 +3427,8 @@ async def test_acompletion_watsonx():
         )
         # Add any assertions here to check the response
         print(response)
+    except litellm.RateLimitError as e:
+        pass
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")