diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authn/authenticators.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authn/authenticators.py
index ca4e082a7ec..aa6de0b0beb 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authn/authenticators.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authn/authenticators.py
@@ -1,20 +1,29 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import secrets
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, List, Optional, Protocol, runtime_checkable
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional, Protocol, runtime_checkable
 
 from fastapi import HTTPException, status
 
 from ..context import AuthMethod
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from opentelemetry.trace import Span
+
     from litellm.proxy._types import UserAPIKeyAuth
+    from litellm.proxy.common_utils.user_api_key_cache import UserApiKeyCache
+    from litellm.proxy.utils import PrismaClient, ProxyLogging
+
+    from .jwt_claims import JWTSettings
+    from .oauth2_introspection import IntrospectionSettings
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class AuthResult:
     """The output of the authenticator chain: the resolved identity and how."""
 
-    identity: "UserAPIKeyAuth"
+    identity: UserAPIKeyAuth
     method: AuthMethod
 
 
@@ -24,7 +33,7 @@ class Authenticator(Protocol):
 
     def can_handle(self, api_key: Optional[str]) -> bool: ...
 
-    async def authenticate(self, api_key: str, ctx: "AuthContext") -> Any: ...
+    async def authenticate(self, api_key: str, ctx: AuthContext) -> UserAPIKeyAuth: ...
 
 
 class AuthContext:
@@ -32,10 +41,10 @@ class AuthContext:
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        prisma_client: Any,
-        user_api_key_cache: Any,
-        proxy_logging_obj: Any,
-        parent_otel_span: Any = None,
+        prisma_client: Optional[PrismaClient],
+        user_api_key_cache: UserApiKeyCache,
+        proxy_logging_obj: ProxyLogging,
+        parent_otel_span: Optional[Span] = None,
     ):
         self.prisma_client = prisma_client
         self.user_api_key_cache = user_api_key_cache
@@ -63,7 +72,7 @@ class MasterKeyAuthenticator:
         except Exception:
             return False
 
-    async def authenticate(self, api_key: str, ctx: AuthContext) -> Any:
+    async def authenticate(self, api_key: str, ctx: AuthContext) -> UserAPIKeyAuth:
         from litellm.constants import LITELLM_PROXY_MASTER_KEY_ALIAS
         from litellm.proxy._types import LitellmUserRoles, UserAPIKeyAuth
         from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import litellm_proxy_admin_name
@@ -83,7 +92,7 @@ class VirtualKeyAuthenticator:
     def can_handle(self, api_key: Optional[str]) -> bool:
         return isinstance(api_key, str) and api_key.startswith("sk-")
 
-    async def authenticate(self, api_key: str, ctx: AuthContext) -> Any:
+    async def authenticate(self, api_key: str, ctx: AuthContext) -> UserAPIKeyAuth:
         from litellm.proxy._types import hash_token
         from litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks import get_key_object
 
@@ -96,7 +105,7 @@ class VirtualKeyAuthenticator:
         )
 
 
-def _load_jwt_settings() -> Any:
+def _load_jwt_settings() -> JWTSettings:
     from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import general_settings
 
     from .jwt_claims import JWTSettings
@@ -142,7 +151,7 @@ class JWTAuthenticator:
             return False
         return _jwt_is_configured()
 
-    async def authenticate(self, api_key: str, ctx: AuthContext) -> Any:
+    async def authenticate(self, api_key: str, ctx: AuthContext) -> UserAPIKeyAuth:
         from litellm.proxy._types import LitellmUserRoles, UserAPIKeyAuth
 
         from .jwt_claims import extract_identity
@@ -174,7 +183,7 @@ class JWTAuthenticator:
         )
 
 
-def _load_introspection_settings() -> Any:
+def _load_introspection_settings() -> Optional[IntrospectionSettings]:
     from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import general_settings
 
     from .oauth2_introspection import IntrospectionSettings
@@ -208,7 +217,7 @@ class OAuth2IntrospectionAuthenticator:
             return False
         return _load_introspection_settings() is not None
 
-    async def authenticate(self, api_key: str, ctx: AuthContext) -> Any:
+    async def authenticate(self, api_key: str, ctx: AuthContext) -> UserAPIKeyAuth:
         from litellm.proxy._types import LitellmUserRoles, UserAPIKeyAuth
 
         from .oauth2_introspection import (
@@ -217,6 +226,11 @@ class OAuth2IntrospectionAuthenticator:
         )
 
         settings = _load_introspection_settings()
+        if settings is None:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+                detail="auth_v2: OAuth2 introspection is not configured",
+            )
         data = await self._introspect(api_key, settings)
         try:
             identity = parse_introspection_response(data, settings)
@@ -238,7 +252,9 @@ class OAuth2IntrospectionAuthenticator:
             user_role=user_role,
         )
 
-    async def _introspect(self, token: str, settings: Any) -> Any:
+    async def _introspect(
+        self, token: str, settings: IntrospectionSettings
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         import base64
 
         from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import get_async_httpx_client
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authn/jwt_verifier.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authn/jwt_verifier.py
index 2f35626e5e9..eb522eb8502 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authn/jwt_verifier.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authn/jwt_verifier.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import time
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from authlib.jose import KeySet
 
 
 class JWTVerificationError(Exception):
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ def build_claims_options(
 
 def verify(
     token: str,
-    key_set: Any,
+    key_set: KeySet,
     issuer: Optional[str] = None,
     audience: Optional[str] = None,
     algorithms: Optional[List[str]] = None,
@@ -74,10 +79,10 @@ class JWKSProvider:
     def __init__(self, jwks_uri: str, ttl_seconds: float = 600.0):
         self.jwks_uri = jwks_uri
         self.ttl_seconds = ttl_seconds
-        self._key_set: Any = None
+        self._key_set: Optional[KeySet] = None
         self._fetched_at: float = 0.0
 
-    async def get_key_set(self) -> Any:
+    async def get_key_set(self) -> KeySet:
         now = time.monotonic()
         if self._key_set is not None and (now - self._fetched_at) < self.ttl_seconds:
             return self._key_set
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authn/oauth2_introspection.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authn/oauth2_introspection.py
index 3eb2f262597..5e56b69f383 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authn/oauth2_introspection.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authn/oauth2_introspection.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class IntrospectionIdentity:
     role: Optional[str] = None
 
 
-def _scopes(raw: Any) -> List[str]:
+def _scopes(raw: object) -> List[str]:
     if raw is None:
         return []
     if isinstance(raw, str):
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authz/authorizer.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authz/authorizer.py
index c16327f31d8..2ab647384db 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authz/authorizer.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authz/authorizer.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import logging
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
 from ..principal import Principal
+from ..protocols import SupportsEnforce
 from .route_map import GovernedRoute, match_route
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("litellm.proxy.auth.v2")
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ def authorize(
     principal: Principal,
     route: str,
     request_data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]],
-    enforcer: Any,
+    enforcer: SupportsEnforce,
     method: Optional[str] = None,
 ) -> None:
     """Enforce policy for ``route``. No-op (loud) for routes v2 doesn't yet govern.
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authz/policy_store.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authz/policy_store.py
index 439720bdb47..ea238096b53 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authz/policy_store.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/authz/policy_store.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import time
-from typing import Any, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
+
+from ..protocols import CasbinRuleRow, PolicyDB
 
 # Always-present bootstrap: principals carrying the proxy_admin role keep full
 # access so enabling auth_v2 never locks admins out. Granular custom roles are
@@ -23,27 +25,20 @@ _cache: Optional[
 ] = None
 
 
-def _row_values(row: Any) -> List[str]:
-    values = [
-        getattr(row, "v0", None),
-        getattr(row, "v1", None),
-        getattr(row, "v2", None),
-        getattr(row, "v3", None),
-        getattr(row, "v4", None),
-        getattr(row, "v5", None),
-    ]
+def _row_values(row: CasbinRuleRow) -> List[str]:
+    values = [row.v0, row.v1, row.v2, row.v3, row.v4, row.v5]
     return [v for v in values if v is not None and v != ""]
 
 
 def _split_rules(
-    rows: List[Any],
+    rows: List[CasbinRuleRow],
 ) -> Tuple[List[List[str]], List[List[str]], List[List[str]], List[List[str]]]:
     policies: List[List[str]] = [list(p) for p in DEFAULT_POLICIES]
     groupings: List[List[str]] = []
     resource_groupings: List[List[str]] = []
     domain_groupings: List[List[str]] = []
     for row in rows:
-        ptype = getattr(row, "ptype", None)
+        ptype = row.ptype
         values = _row_values(row)
         if ptype == "p":
             policies.append(values)
@@ -62,7 +57,7 @@ def reset_cache() -> None:
 
 
 async def load_policy_snapshot(
-    prisma_client: Any,
+    prisma_client: Optional[PolicyDB],
 ) -> Tuple[List[List[str]], List[List[str]], List[List[str]], List[List[str]]]:
     """Load (policies, groupings, resource_groupings, domain_groupings) from
     LiteLLM_CasbinRule, with a short TTL cache.
@@ -75,7 +70,7 @@ async def load_policy_snapshot(
     if _cache is not None and (now - _cache[0]) < _CACHE_TTL_SECONDS:
         return _cache[1], _cache[2], _cache[3], _cache[4]
 
-    rows: List[Any] = []
+    rows: List[CasbinRuleRow] = []
     if prisma_client is not None:
         rows = await prisma_client.db.litellm_casbinrule.find_many()
 
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/entry.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/entry.py
index 9450d28144e..d0c78afa343 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/entry.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/entry.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-from typing import Any, Optional, Tuple
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional, Tuple, cast
 
 from fastapi import HTTPException, Request, status
 
@@ -11,29 +13,43 @@ from .authz.policy_store import load_policy_snapshot
 from .authz.route_map import is_inference_route, match_route
 from .context import AuthMethod, RequestAuthContext, set_auth_context
 from .principal import Principal, build_principal
+from .protocols import PolicyDB
 from .stages.budgets import enforce_hierarchy_budgets
 from .stages.end_user import resolve_end_user
 from .stages.enrichment import enrich_identity
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from litellm.proxy._types import (
+        LiteLLM_TeamTable,
+        LiteLLM_UserTable,
+        UserAPIKeyAuth,
+    )
+    from litellm.proxy.utils import PrismaClient
 
-async def _anonymous_identity(api_key: Optional[str]) -> Any:
+
+async def _anonymous_identity(api_key: Optional[str]) -> UserAPIKeyAuth:
     from litellm.proxy._types import UserAPIKeyAuth
 
     return UserAPIKeyAuth(api_key=api_key)
 
 
-async def _build_enforcer(principal: Principal, prisma_client: Any) -> CasbinEnforcer:
+async def _build_enforcer(
+    principal: Principal, prisma_client: Optional[PrismaClient]
+) -> CasbinEnforcer:
     """Build the casbin engine for this principal from the current policy snapshot.
 
     The principal's identity-to-role bridges are added on top of the stored
     groupings. One engine authorizes both the control plane and model calls.
     """
+    # The Prisma client's casbin-rule table is generated dynamically; narrow it to
+    # the read surface the store needs at this single adapter boundary.
+    policy_db = cast(Optional[PolicyDB], prisma_client)
     (
         policies,
         groupings,
         resource_groupings,
         domain_groupings,
-    ) = await load_policy_snapshot(prisma_client)
+    ) = await load_policy_snapshot(policy_db)
     return CasbinEnforcer(
         policies,
         groupings + principal.groupings,
@@ -42,13 +58,13 @@ async def _build_enforcer(principal: Principal, prisma_client: Any) -> CasbinEnf
     )
 
 
-async def _enrich_for_limits(identity: Any, ctx: AuthContext) -> None:
+async def _enrich_for_limits(identity: UserAPIKeyAuth, ctx: AuthContext) -> None:
     """Fill user/team budget+limit fields for non-key logins (master/JWT/OAuth) so
     the existing pre-call budget/limit hooks can enforce them. Virtual keys are
     already populated by get_key_object and skip this."""
     from litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks import get_team_object, get_user_object
 
-    async def load_user(user_id: str) -> Any:
+    async def load_user(user_id: str) -> Optional[LiteLLM_UserTable]:
         return await get_user_object(
             user_id=user_id,
             prisma_client=ctx.prisma_client,
@@ -58,7 +74,7 @@ async def _enrich_for_limits(identity: Any, ctx: AuthContext) -> None:
             proxy_logging_obj=ctx.proxy_logging_obj,
         )
 
-    async def load_team(team_id: str) -> Any:
+    async def load_team(team_id: str) -> Optional[LiteLLM_TeamTable]:
         return await get_team_object(
             team_id=team_id,
             prisma_client=ctx.prisma_client,
@@ -70,7 +86,9 @@ async def _enrich_for_limits(identity: Any, ctx: AuthContext) -> None:
     await enrich_identity(identity, load_user=load_user, load_team=load_team)
 
 
-async def _enforce_budgets(identity: Any, route: str, ctx: AuthContext) -> None:
+async def _enforce_budgets(
+    identity: UserAPIKeyAuth, route: str, ctx: AuthContext
+) -> None:
     """Enforce team/org/global budgets (reusing v1's functions) and surface a
     breach as the same ProxyException v1 raises."""
     import litellm
@@ -101,7 +119,7 @@ async def _best_effort_identity(api_key: Optional[str], ctx: AuthContext) -> Aut
 
 def _establish_context(
     request: Request, result: AuthResult, route: str
-) -> Tuple[Principal, Any]:
+) -> Tuple[Principal, UserAPIKeyAuth]:
     """Derive the principal and publish the typed auth context for downstream
     stages (budget/limit hooks, end-user resolver, telemetry span)."""
     principal = build_principal(result.identity)
@@ -120,7 +138,7 @@ def _establish_context(
 async def user_api_key_auth_v2(
     request: Request,
     api_key: str = "",
-) -> Any:
+) -> UserAPIKeyAuth:
     """auth_v2 entry point: authenticator chain establishes identity, casbin
     authorizes governed routes. Routes v2 doesn't yet own are loud-open."""
     from litellm.proxy.auth.user_api_key_auth import _get_bearer_token
@@ -194,7 +212,7 @@ async def user_api_key_auth_v2(
 
 
 class _DenyAll:
-    def enforce(self, *_args: Any) -> bool:
+    def enforce(self, *_args: object) -> bool:
         return False
 
 
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/management_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/management_endpoints.py
index fce0c80765d..26eea1af17e 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/management_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/management_endpoints.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, cast
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, status
 from pydantic import BaseModel
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from .authz.policy_admin import (
     make_permission_rule,
 )
 from .authz.policy_store import reset_cache
+from .protocols import CasbinRuleRow, PolicyAdminDB
 
 router = APIRouter(tags=["auth_v2"])
 
@@ -41,10 +42,11 @@ def rule_to_row_data(rule: List[str]) -> Dict[str, str]:
     return data
 
 
-def row_to_rule(row: Any) -> List[str]:
-    rule = [row.ptype]
-    for index in range(6):
-        value = getattr(row, f"v{index}", None)
+def row_to_rule(row: CasbinRuleRow) -> List[str]:
+    rule: List[str] = []
+    if row.ptype is not None:
+        rule.append(row.ptype)
+    for value in (row.v0, row.v1, row.v2, row.v3, row.v4, row.v5):
         if value is not None and value != "":
             rule.append(value)
     return rule
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ def _require_admin(user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth) -> None:
         )
 
 
-def _prisma() -> Any:
+def _prisma() -> PolicyAdminDB:
     from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import prisma_client
 
     if prisma_client is None:
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ def _prisma() -> Any:
             status_code=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
             detail="auth_v2 policy administration requires a connected database",
         )
-    return prisma_client
+    return cast(PolicyAdminDB, prisma_client)
 
 
 async def _add_rule(rule: List[str]) -> None:
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/principal.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/principal.py
index ca611c44db4..853db6fb9b0 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/principal.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/principal.py
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import Any, List, Optional
+from enum import Enum
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from litellm.proxy._types import UserAPIKeyAuth
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -17,21 +23,20 @@ class Principal:
     groupings: List[List[str]]
 
 
-def _role_to_str(role: Any) -> Optional[str]:
+def _role_to_str(role: object) -> Optional[str]:
     if role is None:
         return None
-    return getattr(role, "value", role)
+    if isinstance(role, Enum):
+        value = role.value
+        return value if isinstance(value, str) else str(value)
+    return str(role)
 
 
-def build_principal(identity: Any) -> Principal:
-    """Derive a :class:`Principal` from an authenticated identity object.
-
-    Duck-typed on ``user_id`` / ``team_id`` / ``token`` / ``user_role`` so it
-    stays decoupled from the full ``UserAPIKeyAuth`` import.
-    """
-    user_id = getattr(identity, "user_id", None)
-    team_id = getattr(identity, "team_id", None)
-    token = getattr(identity, "token", None)
+def build_principal(identity: UserAPIKeyAuth) -> Principal:
+    """Derive a :class:`Principal` from an authenticated identity."""
+    user_id = identity.user_id
+    team_id = identity.team_id
+    token = identity.token
 
     if user_id:
         subject = f"user:{user_id}"
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ def build_principal(identity: Any) -> Principal:
     domain = f"team:{team_id}" if team_id else "*"
 
     groupings: List[List[str]] = []
-    role = _role_to_str(getattr(identity, "user_role", None))
+    role = _role_to_str(identity.user_role)
     if role:
         groupings.append([subject, f"role:{role}"])
 
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/protocols.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/protocols.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa9cca1a4aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/protocols.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Protocol, runtime_checkable
+
+
+@runtime_checkable
+class SupportsEnforce(Protocol):
+    """Anything that can decide a casbin-style authorization check.
+
+    Lets the authorizer depend on the capability, not the concrete
+    ``CasbinEnforcer``, so test doubles and the loud-open sentinel type-check too.
+    """
+
+    def enforce(self, subject: str, domain: str, obj: str, action: str) -> bool: ...
+
+
+@runtime_checkable
+class CasbinRuleRow(Protocol):
+    """A persisted casbin rule row (the LiteLLM_CasbinRule shape).
+
+    Typed structurally so the policy store doesn't depend on the generated Prisma
+    model class while still being fully typed over ``ptype`` and ``v0``..``v5``.
+    """
+
+    ptype: Optional[str]
+    v0: Optional[str]
+    v1: Optional[str]
+    v2: Optional[str]
+    v3: Optional[str]
+    v4: Optional[str]
+    v5: Optional[str]
+
+
+class CasbinRuleTable(Protocol):
+    """The LiteLLM_CasbinRule Prisma accessor surface the policy store reads."""
+
+    async def find_many(self) -> List[CasbinRuleRow]: ...
+
+
+class _PolicyDBNamespace(Protocol):
+    litellm_casbinrule: CasbinRuleTable
+
+
+class PolicyDB(Protocol):
+    """A Prisma client narrowed to the casbin-rule table the policy store needs."""
+
+    db: _PolicyDBNamespace
+
+
+class CasbinRuleWriteTable(Protocol):
+    """The casbin-rule table surface the policy-admin endpoints read and write."""
+
+    async def find_many(self) -> List[CasbinRuleRow]: ...
+
+    async def create(self, data: Dict[str, str]) -> object: ...
+
+    async def delete_many(self, where: Dict[str, str]) -> int: ...
+
+
+class _AdminDBNamespace(Protocol):
+    litellm_casbinrule: CasbinRuleWriteTable
+
+
+class PolicyAdminDB(Protocol):
+    """A Prisma client narrowed to the casbin-rule writes the admin API performs."""
+
+    db: _AdminDBNamespace
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/stages/budgets.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/stages/budgets.py
index 0d91d298bf4..47c6c255c4b 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/stages/budgets.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/stages/budgets.py
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-from typing import Any, Optional
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from litellm.proxy._types import LiteLLM_TeamTable, UserAPIKeyAuth
+
+    from ..authn.authenticators import AuthContext
 
 
-async def enforce_hierarchy_budgets(identity: Any, route: str, ctx: Any) -> None:
+async def enforce_hierarchy_budgets(
+    identity: UserAPIKeyAuth, route: str, ctx: AuthContext
+) -> None:
     """Enforce team, organization, and global budgets for an auth_v2 request.
 
     These hierarchy caps live in v1's ``common_checks`` (not the pre-call hooks),
@@ -21,7 +30,7 @@ async def enforce_hierarchy_budgets(identity: Any, route: str, ctx: Any) -> None
     from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import litellm_proxy_admin_name
 
     team_id = getattr(identity, "team_id", None)
-    team_object: Optional[Any] = None
+    team_object: Optional[LiteLLM_TeamTable] = None
     if team_id is not None:
         team_object = await get_team_object(
             team_id=team_id,
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/stages/enrichment.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/stages/enrichment.py
index 5b718f5bb59..82e0e0c58df 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/stages/enrichment.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/v2/stages/enrichment.py
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-from typing import Any, Awaitable, Callable, Optional
+from __future__ import annotations
 
-# Loaders are injected so the mapping is unit-testable without a DB.
-UserLoader = Callable[[str], Awaitable[Optional[Any]]]
-TeamLoader = Callable[[str], Awaitable[Optional[Any]]]
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Awaitable, Callable, Dict, Optional
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from litellm.proxy._types import UserAPIKeyAuth
+
+# Loaders are injected so the mapping is unit-testable without a DB. The loaded
+# row is only read by attribute, so ``object`` is enough and keeps this decoupled.
+UserLoader = Callable[[str], Awaitable[Optional[object]]]
+TeamLoader = Callable[[str], Awaitable[Optional[object]]]
 
 # Source attr on the user/team row -> destination attr on the identity. The
 # destination user_*/team_* slots are distinct from key-level fields, so this
@@ -23,7 +29,9 @@ _TEAM_FIELD_MAP = {
 }
 
 
-def _copy_missing(identity: Any, source: Any, field_map: dict) -> None:
+def _copy_missing(
+    identity: UserAPIKeyAuth, source: object, field_map: Dict[str, str]
+) -> None:
     for src_attr, dest_attr in field_map.items():
         value = getattr(source, src_attr, None)
         if value is not None and getattr(identity, dest_attr, None) is None:
@@ -31,11 +39,11 @@ def _copy_missing(identity: Any, source: Any, field_map: dict) -> None:
 
 
 async def enrich_identity(
-    identity: Any,
+    identity: UserAPIKeyAuth,
     *,
     load_user: Optional[UserLoader] = None,
     load_team: Optional[TeamLoader] = None,
-) -> Any:
+) -> UserAPIKeyAuth:
     """Populate the identity's user/team budget+limit fields from the user/team rows.
 
     Virtual keys arrive fully populated via ``get_key_object``; master/JWT/OAuth
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/v2/test_principal.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/v2/test_principal.py
index 24e7c60eb2f..3110621444e 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/v2/test_principal.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/v2/test_principal.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from enum import Enum
 from typing import Any, Optional
 
 from litellm.proxy.auth.v2.principal import build_principal
@@ -12,9 +13,9 @@ class _Identity:
     user_role: Any = None
 
 
-class _Role:
-    def __init__(self, value):
-        self.value = value
+class _Role(str, Enum):
+    # Mirrors LitellmUserRoles (a str Enum); build_principal reads .value off enums.
+    PROXY_ADMIN = "proxy_admin"
 
 
 def test_user_id_becomes_subject_and_team_becomes_domain():