diff --git a/litellm/__init__.py b/litellm/__init__.py
index d66707f8b3..46f4906627 100644
--- a/litellm/__init__.py
+++ b/litellm/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from litellm.types.utils import (
     BudgetConfig,
     all_litellm_params,
     all_litellm_params as _litellm_completion_params,
+    CredentialItem,
 )  # maintain backwards compatibility for root param
 from litellm._logging import (
     set_verbose,
@@ -198,6 +199,8 @@ AZURE_DEFAULT_API_VERSION = "2024-08-01-preview"  # this is updated to the lates
 WATSONX_DEFAULT_API_VERSION = "2024-03-13"
 ### COHERE EMBEDDINGS DEFAULT TYPE ###
 COHERE_DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_INPUT_TYPE: COHERE_EMBEDDING_INPUT_TYPES = "search_document"
+### CREDENTIALS ###
+credential_list: Optional[List[CredentialItem]] = None
 ### GUARDRAILS ###
 llamaguard_model_name: Optional[str] = None
 openai_moderations_model_name: Optional[str] = None
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
index f3d8d55990..84b18925b2 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ model_list:
 
 credential_list:
   - credential_name: default_azure_credential
-    credentials:
+    credential_values:
       api_key: os.environ/AZURE_API_KEY
       api_base: os.environ/AZURE_API_BASE
     credential_info:
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 99b6f4ea54..0e5ad27960 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ from litellm.types.llms.openai import HttpxBinaryResponseContent
 from litellm.types.router import DeploymentTypedDict
 from litellm.types.router import ModelInfo as RouterModelInfo
 from litellm.types.router import RouterGeneralSettings, updateDeployment
-from litellm.types.utils import CustomHuggingfaceTokenizer
+from litellm.types.utils import CredentialItem, CustomHuggingfaceTokenizer
 from litellm.types.utils import ModelInfo as ModelMapInfo
 from litellm.types.utils import RawRequestTypedDict, StandardLoggingPayload
 from litellm.utils import _add_custom_logger_callback_to_specific_event
@@ -2184,6 +2184,9 @@ class ProxyConfig:
             init_guardrails_v2(
                 all_guardrails=guardrails_v2, config_file_path=config_file_path
             )
+
+        ## CREDENTIALS
+        litellm.credential_list = config.get("credential_list")
         return router, router.get_model_list(), general_settings
 
     def _load_alerting_settings(self, general_settings: dict):
diff --git a/litellm/types/utils.py b/litellm/types/utils.py
index 4af88100fa..d1bfaac4ef 100644
--- a/litellm/types/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/types/utils.py
@@ -2011,3 +2011,9 @@ class RawRequestTypedDict(TypedDict, total=False):
     raw_request_body: Optional[dict]
     raw_request_headers: Optional[dict]
     error: Optional[str]
+
+
+class CredentialItem(BaseModel):
+    credential_name: str
+    credential_values: dict
+    credential_info: dict