diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/leftnav.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/leftnav.test.tsx
index df94772400e..10c5a2fc7a7 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/leftnav.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/leftnav.test.tsx
@@ -607,13 +607,13 @@ describe("Sidebar (leftnav)", () => {
     expect(label).toHaveClass("group-data-[collapsed=true]/sidebar:hidden");
   });
 
-  it("shows Cost Optimization with a Beta badge and no feature-flag gate", () => {
+  it("shows Cost Optimization without a Beta badge and no feature-flag gate", () => {
     const { container } = renderWithProviders(<Sidebar {...defaultProps} enableProjectsUI={false} />);
 
     const costOptimization = container.querySelector('a[href*="cost-optimization"]');
     expect(costOptimization).not.toBeNull();
-    expect(costOptimization!).toHaveTextContent(/Cost Optimization/);
-    expect(costOptimization!).toHaveTextContent(/Beta/);
+    expect(costOptimization!).toHaveTextContent("Cost Optimization");
+    expect(costOptimization!).not.toHaveTextContent("Beta");
 
     expect(container.querySelector('a[href*="projects"]')).toBeNull();
   });
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/leftnav.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/leftnav.tsx
index 43e2ae17c24..2679478a414 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/leftnav.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/leftnav.tsx
@@ -240,11 +240,7 @@ const menuGroups: MenuGroup[] = [
         page: "cost-optimization",
         icon: <PiggyBank {...ICON} />,
         roles: [...all_admin_roles, ...internalUserRoles],
-        label: (
-          <span className="flex items-center gap-2">
-            Cost Optimization <BetaBadge />
-          </span>
-        ),
+        label: "Cost Optimization",
       },
       { key: "logs", page: "logs", label: "Logs", icon: <Activity {...ICON} /> },
       {