diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_types.py b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
index d62bfbb7d50..91a953c217e 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_types.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
@@ -1672,6 +1672,7 @@ class NewTeamRequest(TeamBase):
         int
     ] = None  # allow user to set TPM limit for all team members
     team_member_key_duration: Optional[str] = None  # e.g. "1d", "1w", "1m"
+    team_member_budget_duration: Optional[str] = None  # e.g. "30d", "1mo"
     allowed_vector_store_indexes: Optional[List[AllowedVectorStoreIndexItem]] = None
     enforced_batch_output_expires_after: Optional[dict] = None
     enforced_file_expires_after: Optional[dict] = None
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py
index 3d4488b8a78..3643373be65 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py
@@ -724,6 +724,7 @@ async def new_team(  # noqa: PLR0915
     - disable_global_guardrails: Optional[bool] - Whether to disable global guardrails for the key.
     - object_permission: Optional[LiteLLM_ObjectPermissionBase] - team-specific object permission. Example - {"vector_stores": ["vector_store_1", "vector_store_2"], "agents": ["agent_1", "agent_2"], "agent_access_groups": ["dev_group"]}. IF null or {} then no object permission.
     - team_member_budget: Optional[float] - The maximum budget allocated to an individual team member.
+    - team_member_budget_duration: Optional[str] - The duration of the budget for the team member. Doc [here](https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/proxy/team_budgets)
     - team_member_rpm_limit: Optional[int] - The RPM (Requests Per Minute) limit for individual team members.
     - team_member_tpm_limit: Optional[int] - The TPM (Tokens Per Minute) limit for individual team members.
     - team_member_key_duration: Optional[str] - The duration for a team member's key. e.g. "1d", "1w", "1mo"
@@ -934,6 +935,7 @@ async def new_team(  # noqa: PLR0915
             team_member_budget=data.team_member_budget,
             team_member_rpm_limit=data.team_member_rpm_limit,
             team_member_tpm_limit=data.team_member_tpm_limit,
+            team_member_budget_duration=data.team_member_budget_duration,
         ):
             data_json = await TeamMemberBudgetHandler.create_team_member_budget_table(
                 data=data,
@@ -942,6 +944,7 @@ async def new_team(  # noqa: PLR0915
                 team_member_budget=data.team_member_budget,
                 team_member_rpm_limit=data.team_member_rpm_limit,
                 team_member_tpm_limit=data.team_member_tpm_limit,
+                team_member_budget_duration=data.team_member_budget_duration,
             )
 
         ## ADD TO TEAM TABLE
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index dc258644429..d43cdea726c 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -3473,15 +3473,15 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mcp"
-version = "1.25.0"
+version = "1.26.0"
 description = "Model Context Protocol SDK"
 optional = true
 python-versions = ">=3.10"
 groups = ["main"]
 markers = "python_version >= \"3.10\" and extra == \"proxy\""
 files = [
-    {file = "mcp-1.25.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b37c38144a666add0862614cc79ec276e97d72aa8ca26d622818d4e278b9721a"},
-    {file = "mcp-1.25.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:56310361ebf0364e2d438e5b45f7668cbb124e158bb358333cd06e49e83a6802"},
+    {file = "mcp-1.26.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:904a21c33c25aa98ddbeb47273033c435e595bbacfdb177f4bd87f6dceebe1ca"},
+    {file = "mcp-1.26.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:db6e2ef491eecc1a0d93711a76f28dec2e05999f93afd48795da1c1137142c66"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_team_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_team_endpoints.py
index c325b0b6fce..366f659bdab 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_team_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_team_endpoints.py
@@ -6441,3 +6441,53 @@ async def test_list_team_v1_batches_key_queries():
         assert result[0].keys == [key1, key2]
         assert result[1].team_id == "team-2"
         assert result[1].keys == [key3]
+
+
+def test_new_team_request_accepts_team_member_budget_duration():
+    """Test that NewTeamRequest does not silently drop team_member_budget_duration."""
+    from litellm.proxy._types import NewTeamRequest
+
+    request = NewTeamRequest(
+        team_member_budget=20.0,
+        team_member_budget_duration="30d",
+    )
+    assert request.team_member_budget == 20.0
+    assert request.team_member_budget_duration == "30d"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_create_team_member_budget_table_with_duration():
+    """Verify that create_team_member_budget_table passes budget_duration
+    through to the new_budget call when team_member_budget_duration is provided."""
+    from litellm.proxy._types import NewTeamRequest, UserAPIKeyAuth, LitellmUserRoles
+    from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.team_endpoints import TeamMemberBudgetHandler
+
+    mock_budget_response = MagicMock(budget_id="budget-abc")
+    mock_admin = UserAPIKeyAuth(
+        user_id="admin", user_role=LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN
+    )
+
+    data = NewTeamRequest(
+        team_alias="test-team",
+        team_member_budget=20.0,
+        team_member_budget_duration="30d",
+    )
+
+    with patch(
+        "litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.budget_management_endpoints.new_budget",
+        new_callable=AsyncMock,
+        return_value=mock_budget_response,
+    ) as mock_new_budget:
+        result = await TeamMemberBudgetHandler.create_team_member_budget_table(
+            data=data,
+            new_team_data_json={"metadata": None},
+            user_api_key_dict=mock_admin,
+            team_member_budget=20.0,
+            team_member_budget_duration="30d",
+        )
+
+        mock_new_budget.assert_awaited_once()
+        budget_request = mock_new_budget.call_args.kwargs["budget_obj"]
+        assert budget_request.budget_duration == "30d"
+        assert budget_request.max_budget == 20.0
+        assert result["metadata"]["team_member_budget_id"] == "budget-abc"