diff --git a/litellm/proxy/management_helpers/utils.py b/litellm/proxy/management_helpers/utils.py
index a897dfd5f0..1fa7a6f176 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/management_helpers/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/management_helpers/utils.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from litellm.proxy.utils import PrismaClient
 
 def get_new_internal_user_defaults(
     user_id: str, user_email: Optional[str] = None
-) -> SSOUserDefinedValues:
+) -> dict:
     user_info = litellm.default_user_params or {}
 
     returned_dict: SSOUserDefinedValues = {
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ def get_new_internal_user_defaults(
         "user_role": "internal_user",
     }
 
-    return returned_dict
+    non_null_dict = {}
+    for k, v in returned_dict.items():
+        if v is not None:
+            non_null_dict[k] = v
+    return non_null_dict
 
 
 async def add_new_member(
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_key_generate_prisma.py b/litellm/tests/test_key_generate_prisma.py
index 93110ffb6e..344c9691b1 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_key_generate_prisma.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_key_generate_prisma.py
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ def test_generate_and_update_key(prisma_client):
         asyncio.run(test())
     except Exception as e:
         print("Got Exception", e)
-        pytest.fail(f"An exception occurred - {str(e)}")
+        pytest.fail(f"An exception occurred - {str(e)}\n{traceback.format_exc()}")
 
 
 def test_key_generate_with_custom_auth(prisma_client):