diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index dee15b328..13fe3d973 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             cd litellm
             python -m pip install types-requests types-setuptools types-redis
-            if ! python -m mypy . --ignore-missing-imports; then
+            if ! python -m mypy . --ignore-missing-imports --explicit-package-bases; then
               echo "mypy detected errors"
               exit 1
             fi