diff --git a/litellm/proxy/utils.py b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
index fb5b523a76b..1c504ca9369 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
@@ -838,6 +838,11 @@ def get_logging_payload(kwargs, response_obj, start_time, end_time):
         # hash the api_key
         api_key = hash_token(api_key)
 
+    if "headers" in metadata and "authorization" in metadata["headers"]:
+        metadata["headers"].pop(
+            "authorization"
+        )  # do not store the original `sk-..` api key in the db
+
     payload = {
         "request_id": id,
         "call_type": call_type,