diff --git a/litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/proxy_setting_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/proxy_setting_endpoints.py
index 6d31fa3f226..30df407e853 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/proxy_setting_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/proxy_setting_endpoints.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from collections import Counter
 from collections.abc import Mapping, MutableMapping, Sequence
 from types import MappingProxyType
 from typing import (
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
     Annotated,
     Final,
     Literal,
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ from typing import (
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Body, Depends, File, HTTPException, UploadFile
-from prisma.errors import PrismaError
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, JsonValue, TypeAdapter, ValidationError, create_model, field_validator
 from pydantic.fields import FieldInfo, PydanticUndefined
 from typing_extensions import NotRequired, ReadOnly, TypedDict
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ from litellm.types.proxy.management_endpoints.ui_sso import (
     SSOConfig,
 )
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from prisma.errors import PrismaError
+
 router: Final = APIRouter()
 
 _DECODED_JSON: Final = TypeAdapter(object)
@@ -1260,7 +1263,9 @@ def _parse_environment_variables_param(param_value: str | Mapping[str, object] |
 
 async def _load_environment_variables_param(
     repo: ConfigRepository,
-) -> Mapping[str, object] | None | PrismaError | ValueError:
+) -> "Mapping[str, object] | None | PrismaError | ValueError":
+    from prisma.errors import PrismaError
+
     try:
         entry: Final = await _config_param_db(repo).find_unique(where={"param_name": "environment_variables"})
         param_value: Final = None if entry is None else _parse_environment_variables_param(entry.param_value)
@@ -1314,6 +1319,8 @@ async def update_sso_settings(
             detail={"error": "Set `'STORE_MODEL_IN_DB='True'` in your env to enable this feature."},
         )
 
+    from prisma.errors import PrismaError
+
     # Read the existing SSO row first so the audit log captures a real
     # before/after diff. Stored values are encrypted; decrypt them so the
     # before-snapshot has the same shape as after_value, and rely on
diff --git a/scripts/check_mcp_sdk_install.py b/scripts/check_mcp_sdk_install.py
index f2c2891bfd8..f5261bc22f8 100644
--- a/scripts/check_mcp_sdk_install.py
+++ b/scripts/check_mcp_sdk_install.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ IMPORTED_MODULES: Final[tuple[str, ...]] = (
     "litellm.proxy.mcp_server.server",
     "litellm.proxy.mcp_server.mcp_server_manager",
     "litellm.proxy.mcp_server.rest_endpoints",
+    "litellm.proxy.proxy_server",
 )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/test_proxy_setting_endpoints.py b/tests/unit/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/test_proxy_setting_endpoints.py
index e66050877df..4087c3e6413 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/test_proxy_setting_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/test_proxy_setting_endpoints.py
@@ -18,6 +18,27 @@ from litellm.types.proxy.management_endpoints.ui_sso import (
 client = TestClient(app)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_sso_settings_without_prisma_reports_database_not_connected(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    import runpy
+    import sys
+
+    from fastapi import HTTPException
+
+    from litellm.proxy import proxy_server
+    from litellm.proxy._types import UserAPIKeyAuth
+    from litellm.proxy.ui_crud_endpoints import proxy_setting_endpoints
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(proxy_server, "prisma_client", None)
+    with patch.dict(sys.modules, {"prisma": None, "prisma.errors": None}):
+        endpoints: Final = runpy.run_path(proxy_setting_endpoints.__file__)
+        with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as error:
+            await endpoints["update_sso_settings"](SSOConfig(), UserAPIKeyAuth())
+
+    assert error.value.status_code == 500
+    assert error.value.detail == {"error": "Database not connected. Please connect a database."}
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("config_value,stored_value,expected", [
     (None, None, False), (None, False, False), (None, True, True),