diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_types.py b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
index 45476900a26..68d0ed2bb7a 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_types.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
@@ -3776,7 +3776,7 @@ class LiteLLM_JWTAuth(LiteLLMPydanticObjectBase):
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         # get the attribute names for this Pydantic model
-        allowed_keys = self.__annotations__.keys()
+        allowed_keys = LiteLLM_JWTAuth.__annotations__.keys()
 
         invalid_keys = set(kwargs.keys()) - allowed_keys
         user_roles_jwt_field = kwargs.get("user_roles_jwt_field")