diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_types.py b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
index d23049056b..bbcd10ada3 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_types.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ def hash_token(token: str):
     return hashed_token
 
 
-class LiteLLMProxyRoles(enum.Enum):
-    PROXY_ADMIN = "litellm_proxy_admin"
-    USER = "litellm_user"
-
-
 class LiteLLMBase(BaseModel):
     """
     Implements default functions, all pydantic objects should have.
@@ -42,6 +37,11 @@ class LiteLLMBase(BaseModel):
         protected_namespaces = ()
 
 
+class LiteLLMProxyRoles(LiteLLMBase):
+    PROXY_ADMIN: str = "litellm_proxy_admin"
+    PROXY_USER: str = "litellm_user"
+
+
 class LiteLLMPromptInjectionParams(LiteLLMBase):
     heuristics_check: bool = False
     vector_db_check: bool = False
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/handle_jwt.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/handle_jwt.py
index 83effab7c3..2d7aa3d4b7 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/handle_jwt.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/handle_jwt.py
@@ -67,17 +67,21 @@ class JWTHandler:
         self.http_handler = HTTPHandler()
 
     def update_environment(
-        self, prisma_client: Optional[PrismaClient], user_api_key_cache: DualCache
+        self,
+        prisma_client: Optional[PrismaClient],
+        user_api_key_cache: DualCache,
+        litellm_proxy_roles: LiteLLMProxyRoles,
     ) -> None:
         self.prisma_client = prisma_client
         self.user_api_key_cache = user_api_key_cache
+        self.litellm_proxy_roles = litellm_proxy_roles
 
     def is_jwt(self, token: str):
         parts = token.split(".")
         return len(parts) == 3
 
     def is_admin(self, scopes: list) -> bool:
-        if LiteLLMProxyRoles.PROXY_ADMIN.value in scopes:
+        if self.litellm_proxy_roles.PROXY_ADMIN in scopes:
             return True
         return False