diff --git a/litellm/proxy/db/db_spend_update_writer.py b/litellm/proxy/db/db_spend_update_writer.py
index e0985d5b5ae..2d6c7a0a74c 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/db/db_spend_update_writer.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/db/db_spend_update_writer.py
@@ -706,11 +706,17 @@ class DBSpendUpdateWriter:
                 traceback.format_exc(),
             )
 
-        await self._update_project_db(
-            response_cost=response_cost,
-            project_id=project_id,
-            prisma_client=prisma_client,
-        )
+        try:
+            await self._update_project_db(
+                response_cost=response_cost,
+                project_id=project_id,
+                prisma_client=prisma_client,
+            )
+        except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001  # a project enqueue failure must not skip the sibling spend writes
+            verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
+                "_batch_database_updates: _update_project_db failed: %s",
+                traceback.format_exc(),
+            )
 
         try:
             await self._update_tag_db(
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_db_spend_update_writer.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_db_spend_update_writer.py
index f9494cd6332..9a2b15d8a30 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_db_spend_update_writer.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_db_spend_update_writer.py
@@ -1175,6 +1175,33 @@ async def test_batch_database_updates_without_project_id_touches_no_project_row(
     assert transactions["project_list_transactions"] == {}
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_project_enqueue_failure_does_not_stop_sibling_spend_updates():
+    db_writer: Final = DBSpendUpdateWriter()
+    db_writer._update_project_db = AsyncMock(side_effect=RuntimeError("project queue boom"))
+    db_writer._update_tag_db = AsyncMock()
+    db_writer._update_agent_db = AsyncMock()
+    db_writer.add_spend_log_transaction_to_daily_user_transaction = AsyncMock()
+
+    await db_writer._batch_database_updates(
+        response_cost=0.1,
+        user_id="u1",
+        hashed_token="t1",
+        team_id="team-1",
+        org_id=None,
+        end_user_id=None,
+        prisma_client=MagicMock(),
+        litellm_proxy_budget_name=None,
+        payload={"request_id": "req-1", "model": "gpt-4o-mini", "spend": 0.1, "request_tags": ["t"]},
+        project_id="proj-1",
+    )
+
+    db_writer._update_project_db.assert_awaited_once()
+    db_writer._update_tag_db.assert_awaited_once()
+    db_writer._update_agent_db.assert_awaited_once()
+    db_writer.add_spend_log_transaction_to_daily_user_transaction.assert_awaited_once()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_add_spend_log_transaction_to_daily_tag_transaction_with_request_id():
     """