diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.test.tsx
index feca098f5ad..f45033f66e5 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.test.tsx
@@ -607,6 +607,45 @@ describe("ModelInfoView", () => {
     expect(updatePayload.litellm_params).not.toHaveProperty("vector_store_ids");
   });
 
+  it("does not re-send vector_store_ids when the user changes an unrelated field", async () => {
+    const modelWithVectorStores = {
+      ...defaultModelData,
+      litellm_params: {
+        model: "gpt-4",
+        api_base: "https://api.openai.com/v1",
+        custom_llm_provider: "openai",
+        vector_store_ids: ["vs_existing"],
+      },
+    };
+    mockUseModelsInfo.mockReturnValue({
+      data: { data: [modelWithVectorStores] },
+      isLoading: false,
+      error: null,
+    });
+    mockModelInfoV1Call.mockResolvedValue({ data: [modelWithVectorStores] });
+
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    render(<ModelInfoView {...DEFAULT_ADMIN_PROPS} />, { wrapper });
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /edit settings/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /edit settings/i }));
+
+    const tpmInput = await screen.findByPlaceholderText("Enter TPM");
+    await user.type(tpmInput, "100");
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /save changes/i }));
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(mockModelPatchUpdateCall).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    const updatePayload = mockModelPatchUpdateCall.mock.calls[0][1];
+    expect(updatePayload.litellm_params).toHaveProperty("tpm");
+    expect(updatePayload.litellm_params).not.toHaveProperty("vector_store_ids");
+  });
+
   it("should not include input_cost_per_token or output_cost_per_token in update payload when user does not touch cost fields", async () => {
     // Regression: editing a model without touching cost fields used to inject
     // input_cost_per_token: 0 and output_cost_per_token: 0 into litellm_params,
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.tsx
index 0b897938989..e92b9948bdc 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.tsx
@@ -477,13 +477,8 @@ export default function ModelInfoView({
       if (form.isFieldTouched("guardrails")) {
         updatedLitellmParams.guardrails = values.guardrails;
       }
-      if (values.vector_store_ids?.length > 0) {
-        updatedLitellmParams.vector_store_ids = values.vector_store_ids;
-      } else if (values.vector_store_ids !== undefined) {
-        // User explicitly cleared previously-set vector stores — send [] to clear on backend
-        updatedLitellmParams.vector_store_ids = [];
-      } else {
-        delete updatedLitellmParams.vector_store_ids;
+      if (form.isFieldTouched("vector_store_ids")) {
+        updatedLitellmParams.vector_store_ids = values.vector_store_ids?.length > 0 ? values.vector_store_ids : [];
       }
 
       // Handle cache control settings