diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8834eea26..4b0ae434f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,14 @@ jobs:
           name: Install Dependencies
           command: |
             python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-            python -m pip install -r .circleci/requirements.txt
-            pip install openai
-            pip install prisma            
-            pip install "httpx==0.24.1"
-
+            pip install python-dotenv
+            pip install pytest
+            pip install tiktoken
+            pip install aiohttp
+            pip install click
+            pip install jinja2
+            pip install tokenizers
+            pip install openai         
       - run:
           name: Check if litellm dir was updated or if pyproject.toml was modified
       - run:
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_python_38.py b/litellm/tests/test_python_38.py
index 0712dcaf3..077e65a3a 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_python_38.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_python_38.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ sys.path.insert(
 def test_using_litellm():
     try:
         import litellm
+
+        print("litellm imported successfully")
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(
             f"Error occurred: {e}. Installing litellm on python3.8 failed please retry"