diff --git a/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/enterprise_callbacks/generic_api_callback.py b/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/enterprise_callbacks/generic_api_callback.py
index 3db8f0f7cef..d239be41257 100644
--- a/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/enterprise_callbacks/generic_api_callback.py
+++ b/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/enterprise_callbacks/generic_api_callback.py
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ class GenericAPILogger(CustomBatchLogger):
             headers: Optional[dict] = None
         """
         # Process headers from different sources
-        headers_dict = {}
+        headers_dict = {
+            "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        }
 
         # 1. First check for headers from env var
         env_headers = os.getenv("GENERIC_LOGGER_HEADERS")
diff --git a/tests/logging_callback_tests/test_generic_api_callback.py b/tests/logging_callback_tests/test_generic_api_callback.py
index c033f323ec8..a2301b0303a 100644
--- a/tests/logging_callback_tests/test_generic_api_callback.py
+++ b/tests/logging_callback_tests/test_generic_api_callback.py
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ async def test_generic_api_callback():
     print("##########\n")
     print("logs were flushed to URL", actual_url, "with the following headers", mock_post.call_args[1]["headers"])
     assert actual_url == test_endpoint, f"Expected URL {test_endpoint}, got {actual_url}"
+
+    # Validate headers
+    assert mock_post.call_args[1]["headers"]["Content-Type"] == "application/json", "Content-Type should be application/json"
     
     # For the GenericAPILogger, it sends the payload directly as JSON in the data field
     json_data = mock_post.call_args[1]["data"]