diff --git a/litellm/llms/bedrock/common_utils.py b/litellm/llms/bedrock/common_utils.py
index 2fe1af9edf4..486b3b2bd51 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/bedrock/common_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/bedrock/common_utils.py
@@ -858,10 +858,11 @@ def _response_format_needs_converse(model: str, response_format: object) -> bool
         return False
     if not isinstance(response_format, Mapping):
         return not bedrock_runtime_chat_completions_enforces_response_format(model)
-    if response_format.get("type") == "text":
+    response_format_type: Final = response_format.get("type")
+    if response_format_type == "text":
         return False
-    carries_schema: Final = "json_schema" in response_format or "response_schema" in response_format
-    return not (carries_schema and bedrock_runtime_chat_completions_enforces_response_format(model))
+    is_json_schema: Final = response_format_type == "json_schema" and "json_schema" in response_format
+    return not (is_json_schema and bedrock_runtime_chat_completions_enforces_response_format(model))
 
 
 def bedrock_request_needs_converse(model: str, request_params: Mapping[str, object]) -> bool:
@@ -872,11 +873,12 @@ def bedrock_request_needs_converse(model: str, request_params: Mapping[str, obje
     AWS's native OpenAI surface, operator-owned request metadata is only written onto the Converse body,
     function tools (``tools`` or legacy ``functions``) on a model without
     ``supports_bedrock_runtime_chat_completions_tools_with_reasoning`` are rejected there unless
-    ``reasoning_effort`` is exactly ``"none"``, and a ``response_format`` goes native only as a JSON schema
-    (a ``json_schema`` or ``response_schema`` mapping, or a pydantic model) on a model with
+    ``reasoning_effort`` is exactly ``"none"``, and a ``response_format`` goes native only as
+    ``{"type": "json_schema", "json_schema": ...}`` (a pydantic model is converted to that) on a model with
     ``supports_bedrock_runtime_chat_completions_response_format``: a schema on any other model is only
-    honored by Converse, and a schema-less ``json_object`` keeps Converse's handling everywhere, since AWS's
-    native surface rejects it with a 400 unless the prompt mentions json.
+    honored by Converse, and every ``json_object`` form (``response_schema`` included) keeps Converse's
+    handling everywhere, since AWS's native surface rejects that type with a 400 unless the prompt
+    mentions json.
     """
     if any(request_params.get(key) is not None for key in BEDROCK_CONVERSE_ONLY_REQUEST_KEYS):
         return True
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/chat_completions/test_bedrock_chat_completions_transformation.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/chat_completions/test_bedrock_chat_completions_transformation.py
index e49a2f7f252..2f0d384fcdd 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/chat_completions/test_bedrock_chat_completions_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/chat_completions/test_bedrock_chat_completions_transformation.py
@@ -802,25 +802,30 @@ def test_gpt_oss_response_format_falls_back_to_converse(local_cost_map, model, r
 RESPONSE_FORMAT_ENFORCING_MODELS = ["global.openai.gpt-5.6-sol", "us.xai.grok-4.6", "bedrock/us-gov.xai.grok-4.6"]
 
 
+JSON_OBJECT_WITH_RESPONSE_SCHEMA = {
+    "type": "json_object",
+    "response_schema": RESPONSE_FORMAT_JSON_SCHEMA["json_schema"]["schema"],
+}
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("model", RESPONSE_FORMAT_ENFORCING_MODELS)
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "response_format",
-    [
-        RESPONSE_FORMAT_JSON_SCHEMA,
-        {"type": "json_object", "response_schema": RESPONSE_FORMAT_JSON_SCHEMA["json_schema"]["schema"]},
-        Answer,
-    ],
-    ids=["json_schema", "response_schema", "pydantic"],
-)
-def test_schema_response_format_stays_on_chat_completions_where_aws_enforces_it(local_cost_map, model, response_format):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("response_format", [RESPONSE_FORMAT_JSON_SCHEMA, Answer], ids=["json_schema", "pydantic"])
+def test_json_schema_response_format_stays_on_chat_completions_where_aws_enforces_it(
+    local_cost_map, model, response_format
+):
     params = {"response_format": response_format}
     assert bedrock_request_needs_converse(model, params) is False
     assert BedrockModelInfo.get_bedrock_route(model, params) == "chat_completions"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("model", RESPONSE_FORMAT_ENFORCING_MODELS)
-def test_schema_less_json_object_keeps_converse_where_aws_would_demand_the_word_json(local_cost_map, model):
-    params = {"response_format": {"type": "json_object"}}
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "response_format",
+    [{"type": "json_object"}, JSON_OBJECT_WITH_RESPONSE_SCHEMA],
+    ids=["json_object", "json_object_with_response_schema"],
+)
+def test_json_object_keeps_converse_where_aws_would_demand_the_word_json(local_cost_map, model, response_format):
+    params = {"response_format": response_format}
     assert bedrock_request_needs_converse(model, params) is True
     assert BedrockModelInfo.get_bedrock_route(model, params) == "converse"
 
@@ -922,3 +927,20 @@ def test_gpt56_schema_less_json_object_goes_to_converse_without_a_schema_tool(lo
     assert "toolConfig" not in body
     assert "response_format" not in body
     assert body["inferenceConfig"]["maxTokens"] == 64
+
+
+def test_gpt56_json_object_with_response_schema_goes_to_converse_as_a_json_tool(local_cost_map, fake_aws_env):
+    requests, client = _recording_client(json=CONVERSE_JSON)
+    litellm.completion(
+        model="bedrock/global.openai.gpt-5.6-sol",
+        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Reply with the single word pong."}],
+        response_format=JSON_OBJECT_WITH_RESPONSE_SCHEMA,
+        max_tokens=64,
+        client=client,
+    )
+
+    assert requests[0].url.raw_path.endswith(b"/model/global.openai.gpt-5.6-sol/converse")
+    body = json.loads(requests[0].content)
+    assert body["toolConfig"]["tools"][0]["toolSpec"]["name"] == "json_tool_call"
+    assert body["toolConfig"]["toolChoice"] == {"tool": {"name": "json_tool_call"}}
+    assert "response_format" not in body