diff --git a/litellm/llms/github_copilot/chat/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/github_copilot/chat/transformation.py
index 0536782ad09..d74a478882f 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/github_copilot/chat/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/github_copilot/chat/transformation.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from ..common_utils import (
     get_copilot_default_headers,
 )
 
-_CLAUDE_REASONING_PARAMS: Final = frozenset({"thinking", "reasoning_effort"})
+_REASONING_PARAMS: Final = frozenset({"thinking", "reasoning_effort"})
 
 
 class GithubCopilotConfig(OpenAIConfig):
@@ -116,23 +116,22 @@ class GithubCopilotConfig(OpenAIConfig):
         """
         Get supported OpenAI parameters for GitHub Copilot.
 
-        For Claude models that support extended thinking (Claude 4 family and Claude 3-7), includes thinking and reasoning_effort parameters.
-        For other models, returns standard OpenAI parameters (which may include reasoning_effort for o-series models).
+        Claude models that support extended thinking accept both thinking and reasoning_effort.
+        Other reasoning-capable Copilot models (Gemini, Grok, gpt-5 family) accept reasoning_effort only.
         """
         from litellm.utils import supports_reasoning
 
-        # Get base OpenAI parameters
         base_params: Final = super().get_supported_openai_params(model)
+        normalized: Final = model.lower()
 
-        # Add Claude-specific parameters for models that support extended thinking
-        if "claude" in model.lower() and supports_reasoning(
-            model=model.lower(),
-        ):
-            if "thinking" not in base_params:
-                base_params.append("thinking")
-            # reasoning_effort is not included by parent for Claude models, so add it
-            if "reasoning_effort" not in base_params:
-                base_params.append("reasoning_effort")
+        if not supports_reasoning(model=normalized):
+            return base_params
+
+        # thinking is Anthropic-native; only Claude accepts it
+        if "claude" in normalized and "thinking" not in base_params:
+            base_params.append("thinking")
+        if "reasoning_effort" not in base_params:
+            base_params.append("reasoning_effort")
 
         return base_params
 
@@ -145,13 +144,13 @@ class GithubCopilotConfig(OpenAIConfig):
     ) -> dict:
         # OpenAIConfig routes non-o-series/non-gpt-5 models to OpenAIGPTConfig, whose
         # whitelist has neither key, so advertising them alone dropped them (#25666)
-        supported: Final = frozenset(self.get_supported_openai_params(model)) & _CLAUDE_REASONING_PARAMS
-        claude_params: Final = {k: v for k, v in non_default_params.items() if k in supported}
+        supported: Final = frozenset(self.get_supported_openai_params(model)) & _REASONING_PARAMS
+        reasoning_params: Final = {k: v for k, v in non_default_params.items() if k in supported}
         remaining: Final = {k: v for k, v in non_default_params.items() if k not in supported}
 
         return super().map_openai_params(
             non_default_params=remaining,
-            optional_params={**optional_params, **claude_params},
+            optional_params={**optional_params, **reasoning_params},
             model=model,
             drop_params=drop_params,
         )
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/github_copilot/test_github_copilot_transformation.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/github_copilot/test_github_copilot_transformation.py
index fdffdc83541..d97be9fb161 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/github_copilot/test_github_copilot_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/github_copilot/test_github_copilot_transformation.py
@@ -1050,3 +1050,45 @@ def test_map_openai_params_preserves_standard_openai_params_for_claude():
     )
     assert mapped.get("temperature") == 0.5
     assert mapped.get("max_tokens") == 128
+
+
+def test_non_claude_reasoning_model_forwards_reasoning_effort():
+    """Reasoning-capable non-Claude Copilot models must also keep reasoning_effort.
+
+    Copilot serves Gemini, Grok and MAI models that advertise reasoning_effort in
+    its own model catalog, but the provider previously gated the param on the
+    model id containing "claude", so every other family had it dropped while the
+    upstream API would have accepted it.
+    """
+    config = GithubCopilotConfig()
+    model = "gemini-2.5-pro"
+
+    with patch(
+        "litellm.utils.supports_reasoning",
+        return_value=True,
+    ):
+        supported = config.get_supported_openai_params(model)
+        assert "reasoning_effort" in supported
+        # thinking is Anthropic-native and must stay Claude-only
+        assert "thinking" not in supported
+
+        mapped = config.map_openai_params(
+            non_default_params={"reasoning_effort": "high"},
+            optional_params={},
+            model=model,
+            drop_params=False,
+        )
+        assert mapped.get("reasoning_effort") == "high"
+
+
+def test_non_reasoning_model_keeps_reasoning_effort_out():
+    """A model the catalog reports as non-reasoning must not gain the param."""
+    config = GithubCopilotConfig()
+
+    with patch(
+        "litellm.utils.supports_reasoning",
+        return_value=False,
+    ):
+        supported = config.get_supported_openai_params("gpt-4o")
+        assert "reasoning_effort" not in supported
+        assert "thinking" not in supported