diff --git a/litellm/constants.py b/litellm/constants.py
index 8252e923ae5..a339fb76976 100644
--- a/litellm/constants.py
+++ b/litellm/constants.py
@@ -1969,6 +1969,7 @@ LITELLM_SETTINGS_SAFE_DB_OVERRIDES: Final = [
 ]
 SPECIAL_LITELLM_AUTH_TOKEN: Final = ["ui-token"]
 DEFAULT_MANAGEMENT_OBJECT_IN_MEMORY_CACHE_TTL = int(os.getenv("DEFAULT_MANAGEMENT_OBJECT_IN_MEMORY_CACHE_TTL", 60))
+AUTH_OBJECTS_TARGET: Final = "auth_objects"
 DEFAULT_ACCESS_GROUP_CACHE_TTL: Final = int(os.getenv("DEFAULT_ACCESS_GROUP_CACHE_TTL", 600))
 SPEND_LOG_KEY_METADATA_CACHE_TTL: Final = 600
 SPEND_LOG_KEY_METADATA_MISS_CACHE_TTL: Final = 30
diff --git a/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py b/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
index 8f4d1df2662..797c443e712 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import litellm
 from litellm._internal_context import with_service_target
 from litellm._logging import print_verbose, verbose_logger
 from litellm.constants import (
+    AUTH_OBJECTS_TARGET,
     PROMETHEUS_OVERFLOW_SERIES_LABEL_VALUE,
     PROXY_LLM_PROVIDER_FALLBACK,
     PROXY_REJECTED_BEFORE_ROUTING_KEY,
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ from litellm.models.team import LiteLLM_TeamTable
 from litellm.models.user import LiteLLM_UserTable
 from litellm.models.verification_token import LiteLLM_DeletedVerificationToken
 from litellm.proxy._types import UserAPIKeyAuth
-from litellm.proxy.common_utils.user_api_key_cache import AUTH_OBJECTS_TARGET
 from litellm.repositories.base_repository import BaseRepository
 from litellm.repositories.budget_repository import BudgetRepository
 from litellm.repositories.organization_repository import OrganizationRepository
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/common_utils/user_api_key_cache.py b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/user_api_key_cache.py
index 8c830816207..e64fd755ef9 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/common_utils/user_api_key_cache.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/user_api_key_cache.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 T = TypeVar("T", bound=BaseModel)
 
-AUTH_OBJECTS_TARGET: Final = "auth_objects"
+from litellm.constants import AUTH_OBJECTS_TARGET as AUTH_OBJECTS_TARGET  # noqa: E402, PLC0414  # public re-export
 
 _HASHED_TOKEN_CACHE_KEY: Final = re.compile(r"[0-9a-f]{64}")