diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/test_proxy_server_endpoints_and_startup.py b/tests/unit/proxy/test_proxy_server_endpoints_and_startup.py
index 8c6822f85bb..5a6f4c957aa 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/test_proxy_server_endpoints_and_startup.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/test_proxy_server_endpoints_and_startup.py
@@ -10118,12 +10118,15 @@ def test_update_config_accepts_disjoint_routing_groups(_update_config_setup):
 def test_update_config_validates_content_policy_fallbacks_like_fallbacks(_update_config_setup):
     client, prisma, restore = _update_config_setup(initial_rows={"router_settings": {"num_retries": 2}})
     rule: Final = [{"gpt-5.4-mini": ["gpt-5.4-nano"]}]
+    malformed: Final = ("oops", 5, [1, 2], [{"gpt-5.4-mini": "gpt-5.4-nano"}], [{"gpt-5.4-mini": ["gpt-5.4-nano", 7]}])
     try:
-        for malformed in ("oops", 5, [1, 2], [{"gpt-5.4-mini": "gpt-5.4-nano"}], [{"gpt-5.4-mini": ["gpt-5.4-nano", 7]}]):
-            rejected = client.post("/config/update", json={"router_settings": {"content_policy_fallbacks": malformed}})
-            assert rejected.status_code == 422, malformed
+        rejected: Final = tuple(
+            client.post("/config/update", json={"router_settings": {"content_policy_fallbacks": value}}).status_code
+            for value in malformed
+        )
+        assert rejected == (422,) * len(malformed)
         assert prisma.db.litellm_config.rows["router_settings"] == {"num_retries": 2}
-        accepted = client.post("/config/update", json={"router_settings": {"content_policy_fallbacks": rule}})
+        accepted: Final = client.post("/config/update", json={"router_settings": {"content_policy_fallbacks": rule}})
         assert accepted.status_code == 200
         assert prisma.db.litellm_config.rows["router_settings"] == {"num_retries": 2, "content_policy_fallbacks": rule}
     finally: