diff --git a/tests/local_testing/test_whisper.py b/tests/local_testing/test_whisper.py
index e2663a3ab..1d7b74087 100644
--- a/tests/local_testing/test_whisper.py
+++ b/tests/local_testing/test_whisper.py
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ from litellm import Router
         ),
     ],
 )
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("response_format", ["json", "vtt"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "response_format, timestamp_granularities",
+    [("json", None), ("vtt", None), ("verbose_json", ["word"])],
+)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("sync_mode", [True, False])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("timestamp_granularities", [None, ["word"], ["segment"]])
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_transcription(
     model, api_key, api_base, response_format, sync_mode, timestamp_granularities