diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py
index 795fb36961e..b4df3cf2518 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py
@@ -3412,9 +3412,8 @@ class BedrockImageProcessor:
         # Extract MIME type using regular expression
         mime_type_match: Final = re.match(r"data:(.*?);base64", image_metadata)
 
-        if mime_type_match:
-            mime_type = mime_type_match.group(1)
-            mime_type = mime_type.split(";")[0]
+        mime_type = mime_type_match.group(1).split(";")[0] if mime_type_match else ""
+        if "/" in mime_type:
             image_format = mime_type.split("/")[1]
         else:
             mime_type = "image/jpeg"
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/test_litellm_core_utils_prompt_templates_factory.py b/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/test_litellm_core_utils_prompt_templates_factory.py
index 72d26f31c60..1fe864df6b8 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/test_litellm_core_utils_prompt_templates_factory.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/test_litellm_core_utils_prompt_templates_factory.py
@@ -327,6 +327,21 @@ def test_bedrock_validate_format_image_or_video():
         assert result == expected, f"Expected {expected}, got {result}"
 
 
+def test_bedrock_parse_base64_image_missing_mime_subtype():
+    """A base64 data URI without a mime subtype must fall back to jpeg instead of raising IndexError."""
+
+    data = base64.b64encode(b"fake").decode()
+
+    for prefix in ["data:", "data:application"]:
+        _, mime_type, image_format = BedrockImageProcessor._parse_base64_image(f"{prefix};base64,{data}")
+        assert mime_type == "image/jpeg", f"Expected image/jpeg fallback, got {mime_type}"
+        assert image_format == "jpeg", f"Expected jpeg fallback, got {image_format}"
+
+    _, mime_type, image_format = BedrockImageProcessor._parse_base64_image(f"data:image/png;base64,{data}")
+    assert mime_type == "image/png"
+    assert image_format == "png"
+
+
 def test_bedrock_get_document_format_fallback_mimes():
     """
     Test the _get_document_format method with fallback MIME types for DOCX and XLSX.