diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/noma/noma.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/noma/noma.py
index 24ef66c4bee..b108e1c9798 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/noma/noma.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/noma/noma.py
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ class NomaGuardrail(CustomGuardrail):
                     or request_data.get("metadata", {})
                     .get("headers", {})
                     .get("x-noma-application-id")
-                    or (user_auth.key_name if user_auth.key_name else self.application_id),
+                    or (user_auth.key_alias if user_auth.key_alias else (user_auth.key_name if user_auth.key_name else self.application_id)),
                     "ipAddress": request_data.get("metadata", {}).get(
                         "requester_ip_address", None
                     ),