diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure/responses/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/azure/responses/transformation.py
index 6a0740b2f15..637d3cfc219 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/azure/responses/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure/responses/transformation.py
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ _AZURE_RESPONSES_PROMPT_CACHE_BREAKPOINT: Final = TypeAdapter(AzureResponsesProm
 
 
 _DATED_GA_API_VERSION: Final = re.compile(r"\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}")
+_DATED_API_VERSION: Final = re.compile(r"\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}(?:-preview)?")
+_MIN_RESPONSES_API_DATE: Final = "2025-03-01"
+
+
+def _predates_responses_api(api_version: str | None) -> bool:
+    return (
+        api_version is not None
+        and _DATED_API_VERSION.fullmatch(api_version) is not None
+        and api_version[:10] < _MIN_RESPONSES_API_DATE
+    )
 
 
 def _str_param(litellm_params: Mapping[str, object], key: str) -> str | None:
@@ -45,16 +55,14 @@ def _str_param(litellm_params: Mapping[str, object], key: str) -> str | None:
 
 
 def _resolve_responses_api_version(api_base: str | None, litellm_params: Mapping[str, object]) -> str | None:
-    """
-    Dated GA api_versions (e.g. 2024-10-21) predate the Responses API on Azure and 404 there, so a deployment
-    pinned to one for chat gets the default Responses version unless it sets responses_api_version.
-    """
-    api_version: Final = _str_param(litellm_params, "api_version")
-    if api_base is not None and "api-version" in httpx.URL(api_base).params:
-        return api_version
     responses_api_version: Final = _str_param(litellm_params, "responses_api_version")
     if responses_api_version is not None:
         return responses_api_version
+    api_version: Final = _str_param(litellm_params, "api_version")
+    if api_base is not None and "api-version" in httpx.URL(api_base).params:
+        return api_version
+    if _predates_responses_api(api_version):
+        return None
     if api_version is not None and _DATED_GA_API_VERSION.fullmatch(api_version):
         return AZURE_DEFAULT_RESPONSES_API_VERSION
     return api_version
@@ -188,7 +196,7 @@ class AzureOpenAIResponsesAPIConfig(OpenAIResponsesAPIConfig):
     def get_complete_url(
         self,
         api_base: str | None,
-        litellm_params: dict,
+        litellm_params: dict[str, object],
     ) -> str:
         """
         Constructs a complete URL for the API request.
@@ -206,7 +214,17 @@ class AzureOpenAIResponsesAPIConfig(OpenAIResponsesAPIConfig):
         - A complete URL string, e.g.,
         "https://litellm8397336933.openai.azure.com/openai/responses?api-version=2024-05-01-preview"
         """
-        resolved_api_base: Final = BaseAzureLLM.resolve_azure_api_base(api_base)
+        base: Final = BaseAzureLLM.resolve_azure_api_base(api_base)
+        parsed_url: Final = httpx.URL(base) if base is not None else None
+        resolved_api_base: Final = (
+            str(parsed_url.copy_with(params=parsed_url.params.remove("api-version")))
+            if parsed_url is not None
+            and (
+                _predates_responses_api(parsed_url.params.get("api-version"))
+                or _str_param(litellm_params, "responses_api_version") is not None
+            )
+            else base
+        )
         responses_params: Final = _with_responses_api_version(resolved_api_base, litellm_params)
         parsed_base: Final = urlsplit(resolved_api_base or "")
         path: Final = parsed_base.path.rstrip("/")
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/azure/response/test_azure_transformation.py b/tests/unit/llms/azure/response/test_azure_transformation.py
index 05c0817e19b..3a8c9d96da4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/azure/response/test_azure_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/azure/response/test_azure_transformation.py
@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ def test_get_complete_url():
     """
     azure_openai_responses_apiconfig = AzureOpenAIResponsesAPIConfig()
     api_base = "https://litellm8397336933.openai.azure.com"
-    litellm_params = {"api_version": "2024-05-01-preview"}
+    litellm_params = {"api_version": "2025-04-01-preview"}
 
     result = azure_openai_responses_apiconfig.get_complete_url(
         api_base=api_base, litellm_params=litellm_params
     )
 
-    expected = "https://litellm8397336933.openai.azure.com/openai/responses?api-version=2024-05-01-preview"
+    expected = "https://litellm8397336933.openai.azure.com/openai/responses?api-version=2025-04-01-preview"
 
     assert result == expected
 
@@ -467,7 +467,12 @@ class TestAzureResponsesAPIConfig:
             litellm_params={"api_version": "2024-10-21", "responses_api_version": responses_api_version},
         )
 
-        assert url == api_base
+        expected: Final = (
+            "https://litellm8397336933.openai.azure.com/openai/v1/responses?api-version=v1"
+            if responses_api_version is not None
+            else api_base
+        )
+        assert url == expected
 
     def test_api_version_in_env_api_base_query_wins_over_a_dated_ga_api_version(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
         env_api_base: Final = (
@@ -1015,6 +1020,43 @@ def _unset_api_version_responses_url() -> httpx.URL:
     return httpx.URL(AzureOpenAIResponsesAPIConfig().get_complete_url(api_base=_AZURE_RESOURCE, litellm_params={}))
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("api_version", ["2025-02-01-preview", "2025-02-28", "2024-05-01-preview"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("source", ["params", "query", "both"])
+def test_pre_responses_api_version_uses_the_native_responses_default(api_version: str, source: str) -> None:
+    base: Final = (
+        f"{_AZURE_RESOURCE}?api-version={api_version}&tenant=test"
+        if source in ("query", "both")
+        else f"{_AZURE_RESOURCE}?tenant=test"
+    )
+    params: Final = {"api_version": api_version} if source in ("params", "both") else {}
+    url: Final = httpx.URL(AzureOpenAIResponsesAPIConfig().get_complete_url(api_base=base, litellm_params=params))
+    expected: Final = _unset_api_version_responses_url()
+
+    assert url.copy_with(query=None) == expected.copy_with(query=None)
+    assert dict(url.params) == {**dict(expected.params), "tenant": "test"}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("api_version", ["2025-03-01-preview", "2025-04-01-preview", "preview", "latest", "v1"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("source", ["params", "query"])
+def test_supported_responses_api_versions_are_preserved(api_version: str, source: str) -> None:
+    base: Final = f"{_AZURE_RESOURCE}?api-version={api_version}" if source == "query" else _AZURE_RESOURCE
+    params: Final = {"api_version": api_version} if source == "params" else {}
+    url: Final = httpx.URL(AzureOpenAIResponsesAPIConfig().get_complete_url(api_base=base, litellm_params=params))
+
+    assert url.params["api-version"] == api_version
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("api_version", ["2025-02-01-preview", "2025-04-01-preview"])
+def test_responses_override_wins_over_query_and_chat_version(api_version: str) -> None:
+    config: Final = AzureOpenAIResponsesAPIConfig()
+    params: Final = {"api_version": api_version, "responses_api_version": "2025-03-01-preview"}
+    url: Final = config.get_complete_url(
+        api_base=f"{_AZURE_RESOURCE}?api-version={api_version}", litellm_params=params
+    )
+
+    assert url == f"{_AZURE_RESOURCE}/openai/responses?api-version=2025-03-01-preview"
+
+
 def _azure_responses_create(api_version: str) -> str | None:
     response: Final = litellm.responses(
         model="azure/gpt-5.4-nano",