diff --git a/litellm/integrations/otel/model/metadata.py b/litellm/integrations/otel/model/metadata.py
index 6f2699335a0..6a1b2686273 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/otel/model/metadata.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/otel/model/metadata.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ class LLMCallEvent:
             auth_metadata=auth_metadata(payload, kwargs),
             is_no_upstream_call=bool(kwargs.get(LITELLM_LOGGING_NO_UPSTREAM_LLM_CALL)),
             upstream_started=kwargs.get("api_call_start_time") is not None,
-            cache_hit=bool(cast("Mapping[str, object]", payload).get("cache_hit")) if payload else False,
+            cache_hit=bool(payload.get("cache_hit")) if payload else False,  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType]  # payload dicts may omit this key
             provisional_span_name=f"{operation.value} {model}".strip(),
             time_to_first_chunk_seconds=time_to_first_chunk_seconds(kwargs),
             trace=trace,
diff --git a/litellm/integrations/otel/model/payloads.py b/litellm/integrations/otel/model/payloads.py
index a41b0eb2562..e0dea7d0b4a 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/otel/model/payloads.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/otel/model/payloads.py
@@ -471,8 +471,8 @@ class LLMCallSpanData:
             trace=trace or TraceControls(),
             session_id=session_id or None,
             embedding_output=embedding_output if capture_content else None,
-            cache_hit=as_bool(cast("Mapping[str, object]", payload).get("cache_hit")),
-            saved_cache_cost=as_float(cast("Mapping[str, object]", payload).get("saved_cache_cost")),
+            cache_hit=as_bool(payload.get("cache_hit")),  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType]  # payload dicts may omit this key
+            saved_cache_cost=as_float(payload.get("saved_cache_cost")),  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType]  # payload dicts may omit this key
         )