diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py
index fde5d5ca5..9623267ee 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ def _get_bearer_token(
         api_key = api_key.replace("Bearer ", "")  # extract the token
     elif api_key.startswith("Basic "):
         api_key = api_key.replace("Basic ", "")  # handle langfuse input
+    elif api_key.startswith("bearer "):
+        api_key = api_key.replace("bearer ", "")
     else:
         api_key = ""
     return api_key
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/example_config_yaml/otel_test_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/example_config_yaml/otel_test_config.yaml
index a041a2bd0..7d8f6d4fe 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/example_config_yaml/otel_test_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/example_config_yaml/otel_test_config.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ model_list:
       model: openai/fake
       api_key: fake-key
       api_base: https://exampleopenaiendpoint-production.up.railway.app/
+  - model_name: rerank-english-v3.0
+    litellm_params:
+      model: cohere/rerank-english-v3.0
+      api_key: os.environ/COHERE_API_KEY
 
 litellm_settings:
   cache: true
diff --git a/tests/otel_tests/test_rerank.py b/tests/otel_tests/test_rerank.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47fe109e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/otel_tests/test_rerank.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import pytest
+import asyncio
+import aiohttp, openai
+from openai import OpenAI, AsyncOpenAI
+from typing import Optional, List, Union
+import uuid
+
+
+async def make_rerank_curl_request(
+    session,
+    key,
+    query,
+    documents,
+    model="rerank-english-v3.0",
+    top_n=3,
+):
+    url = "http://0.0.0.0:4000/rerank"
+    headers = {
+        "Authorization": f"Bearer {key}",
+        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+    }
+
+    data = {
+        "model": model,
+        "query": query,
+        "documents": documents,
+        "top_n": top_n,
+    }
+
+    async with session.post(url, headers=headers, json=data) as response:
+        status = response.status
+        response_text = await response.text()
+
+        if status != 200:
+            raise Exception(response_text)
+
+        return await response.json()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_basic_rerank_on_proxy():
+    """
+    Test litellm.rerank() on proxy
+
+    This SHOULD NOT call the pass through endpoints :)
+    """
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+        docs = [
+            "Carson City is the capital city of the American state of Nevada.",
+            "The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Saipan.",
+            "Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States.",
+            "Capital punishment has existed in the United States since before it was a country.",
+        ]
+
+        try:
+            response = await make_rerank_curl_request(
+                session,
+                "sk-1234",
+                query="What is the capital of the United States?",
+                documents=docs,
+            )
+            print("response=", response)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(e)
+            pytest.fail("Rerank request failed")