diff --git a/litellm/proxy/hooks/__init__.py b/litellm/proxy/hooks/__init__.py
index 8714dd5f3d2..ae856598736 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/hooks/__init__.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/hooks/__init__.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from .parallel_request_limiter import _PROXY_MaxParallelRequestsHandler
 from .parallel_request_limiter_v3 import _PROXY_MaxParallelRequestsHandler_v3
 from .responses_id_security import ResponsesIDSecurity
 from .sensitive_data_routing import _PROXY_SensitiveDataRoutingHandler
+from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger
 
 # List of all available hooks that can be enabled.
 # Defined before the enterprise import below so that any module re-imported
@@ -47,10 +48,8 @@ def get_proxy_hook(
 
 try:
     from enterprise.enterprise_hooks import ENTERPRISE_PROXY_HOOKS
-except ImportError:
-    ENTERPRISE_PROXY_HOOKS = {}
-
-
-### update PROXY_HOOKS with ENTERPRISE_PROXY_HOOKS ###
-
-PROXY_HOOKS.update(ENTERPRISE_PROXY_HOOKS)
+    PROXY_HOOKS.update(ENTERPRISE_PROXY_HOOKS)
+except ImportError as e:
+    verbose_proxy_logger.warning(
+        f"Could not import enterprise hooks — enterprise features disabled: {e}"
+    )
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_proxy_hooks_init.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_proxy_hooks_init.py
index a6edd3db944..df4dac7c201 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_proxy_hooks_init.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_proxy_hooks_init.py
@@ -49,3 +49,38 @@ def test_isolation_module_does_not_pull_in_proxy_utils():
     importlib.import_module("litellm.llms.base_llm.managed_resources.isolation")
     assert "litellm.proxy.utils" not in sys.modules
     assert "litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.common_utils" not in sys.modules
+
+def test_enterprise_hooks_import_failure_logs_warning(monkeypatch, caplog):
+    """
+    If the `enterprise` / `litellm_enterprise` package is unavailable
+    (e.g. missing from a hardened non_root Docker image), hooks/__init__.py
+    should log a warning and continue, instead of letting the ImportError
+    propagate and crash the whole proxy at import time.
+    """
+    import builtins
+    import importlib
+    import logging
+    import sys
+
+    real_import = builtins.__import__
+
+    def fake_import(name, *args, **kwargs):
+        if name == "enterprise" or name.startswith("enterprise."):
+            raise ImportError("No module named 'enterprise'")
+        return real_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(builtins, "__import__", fake_import)
+    sys.modules.pop("litellm.proxy.hooks", None)
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING):
+        import litellm.proxy.hooks as hooks_module
+        importlib.reload(hooks_module)
+
+    assert any(
+        "enterprise hooks" in record.message.lower()
+        for record in caplog.records
+    ), "Expected a warning to be logged when enterprise hooks import fails"
+
+    monkeypatch.undo()
+    sys.modules.pop("litellm.proxy.hooks", None)
+    importlib.import_module("litellm.proxy.hooks")