diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_types.py b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
index 628ea2379b..38bb894dd2 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_types.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class GenerateKeyRequest(BaseModel):
             return self.model_dump() # noqa
         except:
             # if using pydantic v1
-            return json.dumps(self.dict(), **kwargs)
+            return self.dict()
 
 class GenerateKeyResponse(BaseModel):
     key: str
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 47630163aa..5037a37196 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ async def user_api_key_auth(request: Request, api_key: str = fastapi.Security(ap
                         raise Exception(f"Token not allowed to access model")
                 api_key = valid_token.token
                 valid_token_dict = _get_pydantic_json_dict(valid_token)
-                valid_token.pop("token", None)
+                valid_token_dict.pop("token", None)
                 return UserAPIKeyAuth(api_key=api_key, **valid_token)
             else: 
                 raise Exception(f"Invalid token")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 765428f4f1..aa45cfb1d6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "litellm"
-version = "1.12.1"
+version = "1.12.2"
 description = "Library to easily interface with LLM API providers"
 authors = ["BerriAI"]
 license = "MIT License"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ requires = ["poetry-core", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.commitizen]
-version = "1.12.1"
+version = "1.12.2"
 version_files = [
     "pyproject.toml:^version"
 ]