diff --git a/src/backend/tests/unit/components/test_all_modules_importable.py b/src/backend/tests/unit/components/test_all_modules_importable.py
index 951ac8f312..e8b041b10c 100644
--- a/src/backend/tests/unit/components/test_all_modules_importable.py
+++ b/src/backend/tests/unit/components/test_all_modules_importable.py
@@ -410,6 +410,12 @@ class TestDirectModuleImports:
                         "altk",
                         "langchain_ibm",
                         "ibm_watsonx_ai",
+                        # litellm has no 3.14-compatible release, so it is gated to
+                        # python_version<'3.14'. Its absence surfaces transitively
+                        # via crewai (``from crewai import Agent`` -> litellm) and
+                        # via toolguard (the policies components import it directly).
+                        "litellm",
+                        "toolguard",
                     ]
                 ):
                     return ("skipped", modname, "missing optional dependency")