diff --git a/litellm/llms/novita/chat/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/novita/chat/transformation.py
index bf30ba455b..c05d2d7b2c 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/novita/chat/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/novita/chat/transformation.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class NovitaConfig(OpenAIGPTConfig):
         model: str,
         messages: List[AllMessageValues],
         optional_params: dict,
+        litellm_params: dict,
         api_key: Optional[str] = None,
         api_base: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> dict:
@@ -26,10 +27,7 @@ class NovitaConfig(OpenAIGPTConfig):
             raise ValueError(
                 "Missing Novita AI API Key - A call is being made to novita but no key is set either in the environment variables or via params"
             )
-
-        headers = {
-            "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
-            "Content-Type": "application/json",
-            "X-Novita-Source": "litellm",
-        }
+        headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {api_key}"
+        headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
+        headers["X-Novita-Source"] = "litellm"
         return headers
diff --git a/tests/litellm/llms/novita/chat/test_transformation.py b/tests/litellm/llms/novita/chat/test_transformation.py
index 25b87e24dc..5216ea9488 100644
--- a/tests/litellm/llms/novita/chat/test_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/litellm/llms/novita/chat/test_transformation.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class TestNovitaConfig:
             model="novita/meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct",
             messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
             optional_params={},
+            litellm_params={},
             api_key=api_key,
             api_base="https://api.novita.ai/v3/openai"
         )
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ class TestNovitaConfig:
                 model="novita/meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct",
                 messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
                 optional_params={},
+                litellm_params={},
                 api_key=None,
                 api_base="https://api.novita.ai/v3/openai"
             )