diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/credential_accessor.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/credential_accessor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d38fd58f6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/credential_accessor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+"""Utils for accessing credentials."""
+
+import litellm
+
+
+class CredentialAccessor:
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_credential_values(credential_name: str) -> dict:
+        """Safe accessor for credentials."""
+        if not litellm.credential_list:
+            return {}
+        for credential in litellm.credential_list:
+            if credential.credential_name == credential_name:
+                return credential.credential_values.copy()
+        return {}
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
index 84b18925b2..4de9b76348 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ model_list:
   - model_name: gpt-4o
     litellm_params:
       model: azure/gpt-4o
-      credential_name: default_azure_credential
+      litellm_credential_name: default_azure_credential
 
 credential_list:
   - credential_name: default_azure_credential
diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 940b02c78c..7751de8ce3 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -5370,18 +5370,18 @@ class Router:
                 client = self.cache.get_cache(
                     key=cache_key, local_only=True, parent_otel_span=parent_otel_span
                 )
-                if client is None:
-                    """
-                    Re-initialize the client
-                    """
-                    InitalizeOpenAISDKClient.set_client(
-                        litellm_router_instance=self, model=deployment
-                    )
-                    client = self.cache.get_cache(
-                        key=cache_key,
-                        local_only=True,
-                        parent_otel_span=parent_otel_span,
-                    )
+                # if client is None:
+                #     """
+                #     Re-initialize the client
+                #     """
+                #     InitalizeOpenAISDKClient.set_client(
+                #         litellm_router_instance=self, model=deployment
+                #     )
+                #     client = self.cache.get_cache(
+                #         key=cache_key,
+                #         local_only=True,
+                #         parent_otel_span=parent_otel_span,
+                #     )
                 return client
         else:
             if kwargs.get("stream") is True:
diff --git a/litellm/types/utils.py b/litellm/types/utils.py
index d1bfaac4ef..0c5d374517 100644
--- a/litellm/types/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/types/utils.py
@@ -1815,6 +1815,7 @@ all_litellm_params = [
     "budget_duration",
     "use_in_pass_through",
     "merge_reasoning_content_in_choices",
+    "litellm_credential_name",
 ] + list(StandardCallbackDynamicParams.__annotations__.keys())
 
 
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index ce5acbc694..f2434f877b 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ from litellm.litellm_core_utils.core_helpers import (
     map_finish_reason,
     process_response_headers,
 )
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.credential_accessor import CredentialAccessor
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.default_encoding import encoding
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.exception_mapping_utils import (
     _get_response_headers,
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ from litellm.types.utils import (
     ChatCompletionMessageToolCall,
     Choices,
     CostPerToken,
+    CredentialItem,
     CustomHuggingfaceTokenizer,
     Delta,
     Embedding,
@@ -455,6 +457,18 @@ def get_applied_guardrails(kwargs: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[str]:
     return applied_guardrails
 
 
+def load_credentials_from_list(kwargs: dict):
+    """
+    Updates kwargs with the credentials if credential_name in kwarg
+    """
+    credential_name = kwargs.get("litellm_credential_name")
+    if credential_name and litellm.credential_list:
+        credential_accessor = CredentialAccessor.get_credential_values(credential_name)
+        for key, value in credential_accessor.items():
+            if key not in kwargs:
+                kwargs[key] = value
+
+
 def get_dynamic_callbacks(
     dynamic_callbacks: Optional[List[Union[str, Callable, CustomLogger]]]
 ) -> List:
@@ -485,6 +499,9 @@ def function_setup(  # noqa: PLR0915
         ## GET APPLIED GUARDRAILS
         applied_guardrails = get_applied_guardrails(kwargs)
 
+        ## LOAD CREDENTIALS
+        load_credentials_from_list(kwargs)
+
         ## LOGGING SETUP
         function_id: Optional[str] = kwargs["id"] if "id" in kwargs else None