diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/reasoning_effort_grid_v4/conftest.py b/tests/test_litellm/reasoning_effort_grid_v4/conftest.py
index 5e1a4e0e974..e5f03778568 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/reasoning_effort_grid_v4/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/reasoning_effort_grid_v4/conftest.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """Shared fixtures for the reasoning_effort grid v4 e2e suite."""
 
-import os
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
 import pytest
@@ -50,12 +49,3 @@ def wire_capture():
         yield capture
     finally:
         litellm.callbacks = previous
-
-
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def vertex_credentials_path() -> Optional[str]:
-    """Resolve a usable Vertex credentials file path or None."""
-    path = os.environ.get("GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS")
-    if path and os.path.exists(path):
-        return path
-    return None
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/reasoning_effort_grid_v4/grid_spec.py b/tests/test_litellm/reasoning_effort_grid_v4/grid_spec.py
index 76243fe227b..7ba676118a3 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/reasoning_effort_grid_v4/grid_spec.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/reasoning_effort_grid_v4/grid_spec.py
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ _BUDGET_TOKENS: Dict[str, int] = {
     "low": 1024,
     "medium": 2048,
     "high": 4096,
+    "xhigh": 8192,
+    "max": 16384,
 }
 
 _ADAPTIVE_EFFORT_LABEL: Dict[str, str] = {
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/reasoning_effort_grid_v4/test_grid_v4.py b/tests/test_litellm/reasoning_effort_grid_v4/test_grid_v4.py
index 9eec572988b..7e74cf1f2f4 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/reasoning_effort_grid_v4/test_grid_v4.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/reasoning_effort_grid_v4/test_grid_v4.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ required env vars are absent, so PR builds without provider credentials no-op
 gracefully.
 """
 
+import json
 import os
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
@@ -198,6 +199,11 @@ async def test_reasoning_effort_grid_v4(
 
     record = wire_capture.latest()
     body = record["body"] if record else None
+    # Bedrock Converse logs `complete_input_dict` as a JSON string (see
+    # litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_handler.py); parse it so the dict
+    # accessors in `_assert_cell` work uniformly across routes.
+    if route_name == "bedrock_converse" and isinstance(body, str):
+        body = json.loads(body)
 
     try:
         _assert_cell(route_name, body, status, cell)