# ImportError: cannot import name 'LLM' from 'crewai'

**URL:** <https://community.crewai.com/t/importerror-cannot-import-name-llm-from-crewai/916>\
**Category:** LLMs\
**Tags:** llama-31-8b\
**Created:** [October 21, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://community.crewai.com/t/importerror-cannot-import-name-llm-from-crewai/916 "2024-10-21T08:00:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Yash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f17d59/32.png) [@Yash](https://community.crewai.com/u/Yash)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://community.crewai.com/t/importerror-cannot-import-name-llm-from-crewai/916/1 "2024-10-21T08:00:57Z")

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I am not able to import LLM from crewai, gives me the import error, i want to use the litellm as my LLM provider.

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**Author:** ![rokbenko](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.crewai.com/rokbenko/32/492_2.png) [@rokbenko](https://community.crewai.com/u/rokbenko)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://community.crewai.com/t/importerror-cannot-import-name-llm-from-crewai/916/2 "2024-10-21T08:27:43Z")

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@Yash You need to upgrade the CrewAI package.

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**Author:** ![Yash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f17d59/32.png) [@Yash](https://community.crewai.com/u/Yash)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://community.crewai.com/t/importerror-cannot-import-name-llm-from-crewai/916/3 "2024-10-21T09:10:20Z")

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@rokbenko I’m currently on crewai version 0.74.2 and still encountering the same, after upgrade

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**Author:** ![rokbenko](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.crewai.com/rokbenko/32/492_2.png) [@rokbenko](https://community.crewai.com/u/rokbenko)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://community.crewai.com/t/importerror-cannot-import-name-llm-from-crewai/916/4 "2024-10-21T09:29:16Z")

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@Yash Try to close and open your IDE. Sometimes this helps in my experience.

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**Author:** ![Yash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f17d59/32.png) [@Yash](https://community.crewai.com/u/Yash)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 9:35am UTC](https://community.crewai.com/t/importerror-cannot-import-name-llm-from-crewai/916/5 "2024-10-21T09:35:29Z")

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Thanks, it worked for me

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**Author:** ![rokbenko](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.crewai.com/rokbenko/32/492_2.png) [@rokbenko](https://community.crewai.com/u/rokbenko)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://community.crewai.com/t/importerror-cannot-import-name-llm-from-crewai/916/6 "2024-10-21T10:55:49Z")

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@Yash I would be happy if you mark my previous answer as a solution by clicking the “Solution” button. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Yash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f17d59/32.png) [@Yash](https://community.crewai.com/u/Yash)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://community.crewai.com/t/importerror-cannot-import-name-llm-from-crewai/916/7 "2024-10-21T11:07:20Z")

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I am not getting the solution button on you reply

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/crewai/original/1X/ecda97e72f77c7100e0a761444b1c991925cc789.png) [@system](https://community.crewai.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 8:01am UTC](https://community.crewai.com/t/importerror-cannot-import-name-llm-from-crewai/916/8 "2024-11-20T08:01:17Z")

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