diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py
index 40ad2488ed2..e14ea637b85 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ async def _fetch_global_spend_with_event_coordination(
     """
 
     async def _load_global_spend() -> Optional[float]:
-        sql_query = """SELECT SUM(spend) AS total_spend FROM "MonthlyGlobalSpend";"""
+        # Single aggregation on base table (same result, less CPU than SUM over MonthlyGlobalSpend view)
+        sql_query = """SELECT SUM("spend") AS total_spend FROM "LiteLLM_SpendLogs" WHERE "startTime" >= (CURRENT_DATE - INTERVAL '30 days')"""
         response = await prisma_client.db.query_raw(query=sql_query)
         val = response[0]["total_spend"]
         return float(val) if val is not None else None
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/spend_management_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/spend_management_endpoints.py
index dcdc17ef318..8d42a80af3f 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/spend_management_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/spend_management_endpoints.py
@@ -2423,7 +2423,8 @@ async def global_spend():
 
         if prisma_client is None:
             raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail={"error": "No db connected"})
-        sql_query = """SELECT SUM(spend) as total_spend FROM "MonthlyGlobalSpend";"""
+        # Single aggregation on base table (same result, less CPU than SUM over MonthlyGlobalSpend view)
+        sql_query = """SELECT SUM("spend") AS total_spend FROM "LiteLLM_SpendLogs" WHERE "startTime" >= (CURRENT_DATE - INTERVAL '30 days')"""
         response = await prisma_client.db.query_raw(query=sql_query)
         if response is not None:
             if isinstance(response, list) and len(response) > 0: