diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/ConnectionErrorDisplay.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/ConnectionErrorDisplay.tsx
index f52c3b7df0..a46a1b5cfa 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/ConnectionErrorDisplay.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/ConnectionErrorDisplay.tsx
@@ -45,10 +45,9 @@ const ConnectionErrorDisplay: React.FC<ConnectionErrorDisplayProps> = ({
       console.log("result from prepareModelAddRequest:", result);
 
       const { litellmParamsObj, modelInfoObj, modelName: returnedModelName } = result;
-      const requestBody = { ...litellmParamsObj, mode: testMode };
 
 
-      const response = await testConnectionRequest(accessToken, requestBody);
+      const response = await testConnectionRequest(accessToken, litellmParamsObj, modelInfoObj?.mode);
       if (response.status === "success") {
         message.success("Connection test successful!");
         setError(null);
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ const ConnectionErrorDisplay: React.FC<ConnectionErrorDisplayProps> = ({
       } else {
         const errorMessage = response.result?.error || response.message || "Unknown error";
         setError(errorMessage);
-        setRawRequest(requestBody);
+        setRawRequest(litellmParamsObj);
         setRawResponse(response.result?.raw_request_typed_dict);
         setIsSuccess(false);
       }
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
index 81b9bb93e0..bb06608b11 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
@@ -2276,10 +2276,11 @@ export const keyInfoCall = async (accessToken: String, keys: String[]) => {
 
 export const testConnectionRequest = async (
   accessToken: string,
-  requestBody: Record<string, any>
+  litellm_params: Record<string, any>,
+  mode: string,
 ) => {
   try {
-    console.log("Sending model connection test request:", JSON.stringify(requestBody));
+    console.log("Sending model connection test request:", JSON.stringify(litellm_params));
     
     // Construct the URL based on environment
     const url = proxyBaseUrl ? `${proxyBaseUrl}/health/test_connection` : `/health/test_connection`;
@@ -2292,7 +2293,8 @@ export const testConnectionRequest = async (
       },
       body: JSON.stringify(
         {
-          litellm_params: requestBody
+          litellm_params: litellm_params,
+          mode: mode,
         }
       )
     });