diff --git a/litellm/constants.py b/litellm/constants.py
index 0525bf3843e..743fd435686 100644
--- a/litellm/constants.py
+++ b/litellm/constants.py
@@ -1165,7 +1165,12 @@ LITELLM_CLI_SOURCE_IDENTIFIER = "litellm-cli"
 LITELLM_CLI_SESSION_TOKEN_PREFIX = "litellm-session-token"
 CLI_SSO_SESSION_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX = "cli_sso_session"
 CLI_JWT_TOKEN_NAME = "cli-jwt-token"
-CLI_JWT_EXPIRATION_HOURS = int(os.getenv("LITELLM_CLI_JWT_EXPIRATION_HOURS", 24))
+# Support both CLI_JWT_EXPIRATION_HOURS and LITELLM_CLI_JWT_EXPIRATION_HOURS for backwards compatibility
+CLI_JWT_EXPIRATION_HOURS = int(
+    os.getenv("CLI_JWT_EXPIRATION_HOURS") 
+    or os.getenv("LITELLM_CLI_JWT_EXPIRATION_HOURS") 
+    or 24
+)
 
 ########################### DB CRON JOB NAMES ###########################
 DB_SPEND_UPDATE_JOB_NAME = "db_spend_update_job"