diff --git a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
index 5ec9c79bb2..4ced0b8fba 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ from typing import Optional, Union, Mapping, Any
 # https://www.python-httpx.org/advanced/timeouts
 _DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = httpx.Timeout(timeout=5.0, connect=5.0)
 
+_DEFAULT_CONNECTION_RETRIES = 2  # retries if error connecting to api
+
 
 class AsyncHTTPHandler:
     def __init__(
@@ -12,6 +14,15 @@ class AsyncHTTPHandler:
         timeout: Optional[Union[float, httpx.Timeout]] = None,
         concurrent_limit=1000,
     ):
+        self.timeout = timeout
+        self.client = self.create_client(
+            timeout=timeout, concurrent_limit=concurrent_limit
+        )
+
+    def create_client(
+        self, timeout: Optional[Union[float, httpx.Timeout]], concurrent_limit: int
+    ) -> httpx.AsyncClient:
+
         async_proxy_mounts = None
         # Check if the HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY environment variables are set and use them accordingly.
         http_proxy = os.getenv("HTTP_PROXY", None)
@@ -39,7 +50,8 @@ class AsyncHTTPHandler:
         if timeout is None:
             timeout = _DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
         # Create a client with a connection pool
-        self.client = httpx.AsyncClient(
+
+        return httpx.AsyncClient(
             timeout=timeout,
             limits=httpx.Limits(
                 max_connections=concurrent_limit,
@@ -83,11 +95,49 @@ class AsyncHTTPHandler:
             response = await self.client.send(req, stream=stream)
             response.raise_for_status()
             return response
+        except httpx.ConnectError:
+            # Retry the request with a new session if there is a connection error
+            new_client = self.create_client(timeout=self.timeout, concurrent_limit=1)
+            for _ in range(_DEFAULT_CONNECTION_RETRIES):
+                try:
+                    return await self.single_connection_post_request(
+                        url=url,
+                        client=new_client,
+                        data=data,
+                        json=json,
+                        params=params,
+                        headers=headers,
+                        stream=stream,
+                    )
+                except httpx.ConnectError:
+                    pass
         except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
             raise e
         except Exception as e:
             raise e
 
+    async def single_connection_post_request(
+        self,
+        url: str,
+        client: httpx.AsyncClient,
+        data: Optional[Union[dict, str]] = None,  # type: ignore
+        json: Optional[dict] = None,
+        params: Optional[dict] = None,
+        headers: Optional[dict] = None,
+        stream: bool = False,
+    ):
+        """
+        Making POST request for a single connection client.
+
+        Used for retrying connection client errors.
+        """
+        req = client.build_request(
+            "POST", url, data=data, json=json, params=params, headers=headers  # type: ignore
+        )
+        response = await client.send(req, stream=stream)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        return response
+
     def __del__(self) -> None:
         try:
             asyncio.get_running_loop().create_task(self.close())