diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index a7c75945d..cd7c72c4a 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ class Router:
         ## RELIABILITY ##
         num_retries: Optional[int] = None,
         timeout: Optional[float] = None,
-        default_litellm_params={},  # default params for Router.chat.completion.create
+        default_litellm_params: Optional[
+            dict
+        ] = None,  # default params for Router.chat.completion.create
         default_max_parallel_requests: Optional[int] = None,
         set_verbose: bool = False,
         debug_level: Literal["DEBUG", "INFO"] = "INFO",
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ class Router:
         router = Router(model_list=model_list, fallbacks=[{"azure-gpt-3.5-turbo": "openai-gpt-3.5-turbo"}])
         ```
         """
+
         if semaphore:
             self.semaphore = semaphore
         self.set_verbose = set_verbose
@@ -260,6 +263,7 @@ class Router:
         )  # dict to store aliases for router, ex. {"gpt-4": "gpt-3.5-turbo"}, all requests with gpt-4 -> get routed to gpt-3.5-turbo group
 
         # make Router.chat.completions.create compatible for openai.chat.completions.create
+        default_litellm_params = default_litellm_params or {}
         self.chat = litellm.Chat(params=default_litellm_params, router_obj=self)
 
         # default litellm args
@@ -475,6 +479,7 @@ class Router:
             )
             kwargs["model_info"] = deployment.get("model_info", {})
             data = deployment["litellm_params"].copy()
+
             model_name = data["model"]
             for k, v in self.default_litellm_params.items():
                 if (
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_router_timeout.py b/litellm/tests/test_router_timeout.py
index dff30113b..4f99d1a99 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_router_timeout.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_router_timeout.py
@@ -89,15 +89,15 @@ def test_router_timeouts():
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_router_timeouts_bedrock():
-    import openai
+    import openai, uuid
 
     # Model list for OpenAI and Anthropic models
-    model_list = [
+    _model_list = [
         {
             "model_name": "bedrock",
             "litellm_params": {
                 "model": "bedrock/anthropic.claude-instant-v1",
-                "timeout": 0.001,
+                "timeout": 0.00001,
             },
             "tpm": 80000,
         },
@@ -105,17 +105,18 @@ async def test_router_timeouts_bedrock():
 
     # Configure router
     router = Router(
-        model_list=model_list,
+        model_list=_model_list,
         routing_strategy="usage-based-routing",
         debug_level="DEBUG",
         set_verbose=True,
+        num_retries=0,
     )
 
     litellm.set_verbose = True
     try:
         response = await router.acompletion(
             model="bedrock",
-            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hello, who are u"}],
+            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": f"hello, who are u {uuid.uuid4()}"}],
         )
         print(response)
         pytest.fail("Did not raise error `openai.APITimeoutError`")