diff --git a/tests/integration/contracts.json b/tests/integration/contracts.json
index 707269cff0b..091cb9ac683 100644
--- a/tests/integration/contracts.json
+++ b/tests/integration/contracts.json
@@ -1779,6 +1779,9 @@
     ],
     "tests/integration/mcp/test_mcp_lifecycle.py::test_same_url_server_grants_scope_discovery_and_direct_or_virtual_execution[bearer]": [
       "other.mcp.permissions.same_url_servers_enforce_discovery_and_execution"
+    ],
+    "tests/integration/management/test_team_member_budget_cache.py::test_team_member_default_budget_lands_in_redis_after_first_member_call": [
+      "mgmt.team_member_budget.default_budget_is_cached_in_redis_as_json"
     ]
   },
   "browser": {
diff --git a/tests/integration/management/test_team_member_budget_cache.py b/tests/integration/management/test_team_member_budget_cache.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c4181915c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/management/test_team_member_budget_cache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import os
+from typing import Final
+
+import pytest
+from pydantic import JsonValue, TypeAdapter
+from redis import Redis
+
+from tests.integration._support.client import Gateway, eventually, object_value, string_value
+from tests.integration._support.database import read_rows
+
+_CACHED_BUDGET: Final = TypeAdapter(dict[str, JsonValue])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.covers("mgmt.team_member_budget.default_budget_is_cached_in_redis_as_json")
+def test_team_member_default_budget_lands_in_redis_after_first_member_call(gateway: Gateway) -> None:
+    with gateway.scenario() as scenario:
+        model: Final = scenario.model()
+        user: Final = scenario.user()
+        team: Final = scenario.team(team_member_budget=25)
+        key: Final = scenario.key(team_id=team, user_id=user, models=[model])
+        teams: Final = read_rows('SELECT metadata FROM "LiteLLM_TeamTable" WHERE team_id = %s', (team,))
+        assert len(teams) == 1, teams
+        budget_id: Final = string_value(object_value(teams[0]["metadata"])["team_member_budget_id"])
+        response: Final = gateway.request(
+            "POST",
+            "/v1/chat/completions",
+            {"model": model, "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "member budget cache"}]},
+            key=key,
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 200, response.text
+        with Redis(host=os.environ["REDIS_HOST"], port=int(os.environ["REDIS_PORT"])) as cache:
+            cached: Final = eventually(
+                lambda: cache.get(f"team_member_default_budget:{budget_id}"),
+                lambda value: value is not None,
+                seconds=10,
+            )
+        assert isinstance(cached, bytes), cached
+        budget: Final = _CACHED_BUDGET.validate_json(cached)
+        assert budget["budget_id"] == budget_id, cached
+        assert budget["max_budget"] == 25, cached