diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/sambanova/config.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/sambanova/config.py
index f76262914..6b31af2f0 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/sambanova/config.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/sambanova/config.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, SecretStr
 
 from llama_stack.schema_utils import json_schema_type
 
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ class SambaNovaImplConfig(BaseModel):
         default="https://api.sambanova.ai/v1",
         description="The URL for the SambaNova AI server",
     )
-    api_key: Optional[str] = Field(
+    api_key: Optional[SecretStr] = Field(
         default=None,
         description="The SambaNova cloud API Key",
     )
 
     @classmethod
-    def sample_run_config(cls, **kwargs) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    def sample_run_config(cls, api_key: str = "${env.SAMBANOVA_API_KEY}", **kwargs) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         return {
             "url": "https://api.sambanova.ai/v1",
-            "api_key": "${env.SAMBANOVA_API_KEY}",
+            "api_key": api_key,
         }
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/sambanova/sambanova.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/sambanova/sambanova.py
index 68d959504..d7387c9ba 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/sambanova/sambanova.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/sambanova/sambanova.py
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ from llama_stack.apis.inference import (
     ToolResponseMessage,
     UserMessage,
 )
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.models.llama.datatypes import BuiltinTool
-from llama_stack.providers.remote.inference.sambanova.config import SambaNovaImplConfig
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.litellm_openai_mixin import LiteLLMOpenAIMixin
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.openai_compat import (
     convert_tooldef_to_openai_tool,
@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@ from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.openai_compat import (
 )
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.prompt_adapter import convert_image_content_to_url
 
+from .config import SambaNovaImplConfig
 from .models import MODEL_ENTRIES
 
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="inference")
+
 
 async def convert_message_to_openai_dict_with_b64_images(
     message: Message | Dict,
@@ -172,13 +175,25 @@ class SambaNovaInferenceAdapter(LiteLLMOpenAIMixin):
     _config: SambaNovaImplConfig
 
     def __init__(self, config: SambaNovaImplConfig):
+        self.config = config
         LiteLLMOpenAIMixin.__init__(
             self,
             model_entries=MODEL_ENTRIES,
-            api_key_from_config=config.api_key,
+            api_key_from_config=self.config.api_key,
             provider_data_api_key_field="sambanova_api_key",
         )
-        self.config = config
+
+    def _get_api_key(self) -> str:
+        config_api_key = self.config.api_key if self.config.api_key else None
+        if config_api_key:
+            return config_api_key.get_secret_value()
+        else:
+            provider_data = self.get_request_provider_data()
+            if provider_data is None or not provider_data.sambanova_api_key:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    'Pass Sambanova API Key in the header X-LlamaStack-Provider-Data as { "sambanova_api_key": <your api key> }'
+                )
+            return provider_data.sambanova_api_key
 
     async def _get_params(self, request: ChatCompletionRequest) -> dict:
         input_dict = {}
@@ -220,7 +235,7 @@ class SambaNovaInferenceAdapter(LiteLLMOpenAIMixin):
         if provider_data and getattr(provider_data, key_field, None):
             api_key = getattr(provider_data, key_field)
         else:
-            api_key = self.api_key_from_config
+            api_key = self._get_api_key()
 
         return {
             "model": request.model,
diff --git a/llama_stack/templates/dev/run.yaml b/llama_stack/templates/dev/run.yaml
index 8aae16103..578ae19d9 100644
--- a/llama_stack/templates/dev/run.yaml
+++ b/llama_stack/templates/dev/run.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ providers:
     provider_type: remote::sambanova
     config:
       url: https://api.sambanova.ai/v1
-      api_key: ${env.SAMBANOVA_API_KEY}
+      api_key: ${env.SAMBANOVA_API_KEY:}
   - provider_id: sentence-transformers
     provider_type: inline::sentence-transformers
     config: {}