diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/bedrock_guardrails.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/bedrock_guardrails.py
index 06772f0ad07..8ade4a011f7 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/bedrock_guardrails.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/bedrock_guardrails.py
@@ -669,6 +669,14 @@ class BedrockGuardrail(CustomGuardrail, BaseAWSLLM):
     # logic becomes shared across providers.
 
     #### CALL HOOKS - proxy only ####
+    @staticmethod
+    def _resolve_model_provider(model: str) -> str | None:
+        try:
+            _, custom_llm_provider, _, _ = litellm.get_llm_provider(model=model)
+            return custom_llm_provider
+        except Exception:
+            return model.partition("/")[0]
+
     @staticmethod
     def _get_bedrock_api_key(request_data: Mapping[str, object] | None) -> str | None:
         if not request_data:
@@ -679,8 +687,10 @@ class BedrockGuardrail(CustomGuardrail, BaseAWSLLM):
             top_level_provider if isinstance(top_level_provider, str) else None
         )
         model: Final[object | None] = request_data.get("model")
-        model_provider: Final = model.partition("/")[0] if isinstance(model, str) else None
-        custom_llm_provider: Final = request_provider or model_provider
+        model_provider: Final[str | None] = (
+            BedrockGuardrail._resolve_model_provider(model) if isinstance(model, str) else None
+        )
+        custom_llm_provider: Final[str | None] = request_provider or model_provider
         if custom_llm_provider not in ("bedrock", "bedrock_converse"):
             return None
 
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_bedrock_guardrails.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_bedrock_guardrails.py
index c111072a06a..a1dbbaa5953 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_bedrock_guardrails.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_bedrock_guardrails.py
@@ -1116,19 +1116,23 @@ async def test_make_apply_guardrail_request_skips_scan_without_credentials():
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    ("custom_llm_provider", "expected_auth_prefix"),
-    [("nvidia_nim", "AWS4-HMAC-SHA256"), ("bedrock", "Bearer bedrock-key")],
+    ("model", "expected_auth_prefix"),
+    [
+        ("nvidia_nim/test-model", "AWS4-HMAC-SHA256"),
+        ("bedrock/test-model", "Bearer bedrock-key"),
+        ("amazon.nova-lite-v1:0", "Bearer bedrock-key"),
+    ],
 )
 async def test_make_apply_guardrail_request_scopes_api_key_to_bedrock_provider(
-    custom_llm_provider, expected_auth_prefix, monkeypatch
-):
+    model: str, expected_auth_prefix: str, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
     monkeypatch.delenv("AWS_BEARER_TOKEN_BEDROCK", raising=False)
     guardrail = BedrockGuardrail(
         guardrailIdentifier="test-guardrail",
         guardrailVersion="DRAFT",
     )
     request_data = {
-        "model": f"{custom_llm_provider}/test-model",
+        "model": model,
         "api_key": "bedrock-key",
     }
     mock_credentials = MagicMock()
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_bedrock_invoke_guardrail_checks.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_bedrock_invoke_guardrail_checks.py
index 634e2254187..a50e4bcffa0 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_bedrock_invoke_guardrail_checks.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_bedrock_invoke_guardrail_checks.py
@@ -397,16 +397,20 @@ async def test_request_uses_checks_path_and_body():
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    ("custom_llm_provider", "expected_auth_prefix"),
-    [("nvidia_nim", "AWS4-HMAC-SHA256"), ("bedrock", "Bearer bedrock-key")],
+    ("model", "expected_auth_prefix"),
+    [
+        ("nvidia_nim/test-model", "AWS4-HMAC-SHA256"),
+        ("bedrock/test-model", "Bearer bedrock-key"),
+        ("amazon.nova-lite-v1:0", "Bearer bedrock-key"),
+    ],
 )
 async def test_request_scopes_api_key_to_bedrock_provider(
-    custom_llm_provider, expected_auth_prefix, monkeypatch
-):
+    model: str, expected_auth_prefix: str, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
     monkeypatch.delenv("AWS_BEARER_TOKEN_BEDROCK", raising=False)
     g = BedrockGuardrail(checks=CONTENT_FILTER_CHECKS)
     request_data = {
-        "model": f"{custom_llm_provider}/test-model",
+        "model": model,
         "api_key": "bedrock-key",
     }
     mock_credentials = MagicMock()
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_guardrail_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_guardrail_endpoints.py
index 45f5afef1bc..ab7a8f8acac 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_guardrail_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_guardrail_endpoints.py
@@ -889,7 +889,10 @@ async def test_bedrock_guardrail_make_api_request_passes_api_key():
     mock_response.status_code = 200
     mock_response.json.return_value = {"action": "NONE", "outputs": []}
 
-    test_request_data = {"api_key": "test-api-key-789"}
+    test_request_data = {
+        "model": "bedrock/test-model",
+        "api_key": "test-api-key-789",
+    }
 
     with (
         patch.object(