diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
index 267d87965e4..b7f8a916b30 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
@@ -2454,9 +2454,6 @@ class ExperimentalUIJWTToken:
             # Use first team if user has teams
             _team_id = user_info.teams[0] if len(user_info.teams) > 0 else None
 
-        # Unique per-login identity so concurrent sessions get isolated spend
-        # attribution; budget is enforced via the shared team/user counters
-        # (team_id/user_id), not a per-key max_budget.
         session_token = f"{CLI_SESSION_KEY_PREFIX}-{secrets.token_urlsafe(16)}"
         session_alias = f"{CLI_SESSION_KEY_PREFIX}-{user_info.user_id}"
 
@@ -2465,6 +2462,7 @@ class ExperimentalUIJWTToken:
             key_name=session_alias,
             key_alias=session_alias,
             expires=expires,
+            max_budget=litellm.max_ui_session_budget,
             user_id=user_info.user_id,
             team_id=_team_id,
             team_alias=team_alias,
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py
index 6d343af5b15..4721bf346c9 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py
@@ -538,6 +538,18 @@ def test_get_cli_jwt_auth_token_unique_per_session(valid_sso_user_defined_values
     assert first["key_name"] == second["key_name"] == expected_alias
 
 
+def test_get_cli_jwt_auth_token_enforces_max_ui_session_budget(
+    valid_sso_user_defined_values,
+):
+    token = ExperimentalUIJWTToken.get_cli_jwt_auth_token(valid_sso_user_defined_values)
+
+    decrypted = decrypt_value_helper(token, key="ui_hash_key", exception_type="debug")
+    assert decrypted is not None
+    token_data = json.loads(decrypted)
+
+    assert token_data.get("max_budget") == litellm.max_ui_session_budget
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_default_internal_user_params_with_get_user_object(monkeypatch):
     """Test that default_internal_user_params is used when creating a new user via get_user_object"""