diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/bedrock_guardrails.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/bedrock_guardrails.py
index bcd0ef738c7..5f5d2d231b1 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/bedrock_guardrails.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/bedrock_guardrails.py
@@ -699,8 +699,16 @@ class BedrockGuardrail(CustomGuardrail, BaseAWSLLM):
         chain_tag_filtering: Final[object] = (
             _chain_tag_filtering_override(router, model, deployments) if isinstance(model, str) else None
         )
+        router_settings_override: Final[object] = request_data.get("router_settings_override")
+        override_tag_filtering: Final[object] = (
+            router_settings_override.get("enable_tag_filtering")
+            if isinstance(router_settings_override, Mapping)
+            else None
+        )
         effective_tag_filtering: Final = (
-            chain_tag_filtering
+            True
+            if override_tag_filtering is True
+            else chain_tag_filtering
             if isinstance(chain_tag_filtering, bool)
             else getattr(router, "enable_tag_filtering", False)
         )
@@ -757,6 +765,8 @@ class BedrockGuardrail(CustomGuardrail, BaseAWSLLM):
             bool(header_strings) and has_regex_deployments and not required_set
         )
         if not has_positive_filter:
+            if required_set or excluded_set:
+                return candidate_deployments
             default_deployments: Final = [
                 deployment for deployment in candidate_deployments if "default" in _deployment_tags(deployment)
             ]
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 30a899ab9ef..d70f7bbd94b 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
@@ -294,6 +294,61 @@ def test_bedrock_guardrail_ignores_client_tag_filtering_override(monkeypatch: py
     )
 
 
+def test_bedrock_guardrail_honors_router_settings_tag_filtering_override(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
+    from litellm.proxy import proxy_server
+
+    router = MagicMock()
+    router.enable_tag_filtering = False
+    router.get_model_list.return_value = [
+        {
+            "litellm_params": {"custom_llm_provider": "openai", "tags": ["slow"]},
+            "model_info": {},
+        },
+        {
+            "litellm_params": {"custom_llm_provider": "bedrock", "tags": ["fast"]},
+            "model_info": {},
+        },
+    ]
+    monkeypatch.setattr(proxy_server, "llm_router", router)
+
+    assert (
+        BedrockGuardrail._get_bedrock_api_key(
+            {
+                "model": "shared-alias",
+                "api_key": "bedrock-key",
+                "router_settings_override": {"enable_tag_filtering": True},
+                "metadata": {"tags": ["fast"]},
+            }
+        )
+        == "bedrock-key"
+    )
+
+
+def test_bedrock_guardrail_keeps_all_required_tag_matches(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
+    from litellm.proxy import proxy_server
+
+    router = MagicMock()
+    router.enable_tag_filtering = True
+    router.get_model_list.return_value = [
+        {
+            "litellm_params": {"custom_llm_provider": "bedrock", "tags": ["required", "default"]},
+            "model_info": {},
+        },
+        {
+            "litellm_params": {"custom_llm_provider": "openai", "tags": ["required"]},
+            "model_info": {},
+        },
+    ]
+    monkeypatch.setattr(proxy_server, "llm_router", router)
+
+    assert (
+        BedrockGuardrail._router_allows_bedrock(
+            {"model": "shared-alias", "metadata": {"tags": ["&required"]}}
+        )
+        is False
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_bedrock_guardrail_async_sync_strategy_uses_unfiltered_pool(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
     from litellm.proxy import proxy_server