diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
index 8f67e686b..6ef0c601c 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def test_completion_claude2_1():
         # print("new cost tracking")
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
-test_completion_claude2_1()
+# test_completion_claude2_1()
 
 # def test_completion_oobabooga():
 #     try:
@@ -421,7 +421,12 @@ def test_completion_openai():
         litellm.set_verbose=True
         print(f"api key: {os.environ['OPENAI_API_KEY']}")
         litellm.api_key = os.environ['OPENAI_API_KEY']
-        response = completion(model="gpt-3.5-turbo", messages=messages, max_tokens=10, request_timeout=10)
+        response = completion(
+            model="gpt-3.5-turbo", 
+            messages=messages, 
+            max_tokens=10, 
+            request_timeout=0.1
+        )
         print("This is the response object\n", response)
 
         
@@ -439,7 +444,7 @@ def test_completion_openai():
         pass
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
-# test_completion_openai()
+test_completion_openai()
 
 def test_completion_text_openai():
     try:
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_timeout.py b/litellm/tests/test_timeout.py
index b2bc43ed8..c9827a72e 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_timeout.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_timeout.py
@@ -8,24 +8,29 @@ sys.path.insert(
     0, os.path.abspath("../..")
 )  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
 import time
-from litellm import timeout
+import litellm
+import openai
+import pytest
 
 
-@timeout(10)
-def stop_after_10_s(force_timeout=60):
-    print("Stopping after 10 seconds")
-    time.sleep(10)
-    return
-
-
-start_time = time.time()
-
-try:
-    stop_after_10_s(force_timeout=1)
-except Exception as e:
-    print(e)
-    pass
-
-end_time = time.time()
-
-print(f"total time: {end_time-start_time}")
+def test_timeout():
+    # this Will Raise a timeout
+    litellm.set_verbose=False
+    try:
+        response = litellm.completion(
+            model="gpt-4",
+            timeout=0.01,
+            messages=[
+                {
+                    "role": "user",
+                    "content": "hello, write a 20 pg essay"
+                }
+            ]
+        )
+    except openai.APITimeoutError as e:
+        print("Passed: Raised correct exception. Got openai.APITimeoutError\nGood Job", e)
+        print(type(e))
+        pass
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.fail(f"Did not raise error `openai.APITimeoutError`. Instead raised error type: {type(e)}, Error: {e}")
+test_timeout()
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