diff --git a/litellm/integrations/s3_v2.py b/litellm/integrations/s3_v2.py
index cc44450e737..37fe4fbb81c 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/s3_v2.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/s3_v2.py
@@ -57,12 +57,7 @@ class S3Logger(CustomBatchLogger, BaseAWSLLM):
                 f"in init s3 logger - s3_callback_params {litellm.s3_callback_params}"
             )
 
-            # IMPORTANT: We use a concurrent limit of 1 to upload to s3
-            # Files should get uploaded BUT they should not impact latency of LLM calling logic
-            self.async_httpx_client = get_async_httpx_client(
-                llm_provider=httpxSpecialProvider.LoggingCallback,
-            )
-
+            # Initialize S3 params first to get the correct s3_verify value
             self._init_s3_params(
                 s3_bucket_name=s3_bucket_name,
                 s3_region_name=s3_region_name,
@@ -85,6 +80,16 @@ class S3Logger(CustomBatchLogger, BaseAWSLLM):
             )
             verbose_logger.debug(f"s3 logger using endpoint url {s3_endpoint_url}")
 
+            # IMPORTANT
+            # Create httpx client AFTER _init_s3_params so we have the correct s3_verify value
+            verbose_logger.debug(
+                f"s3_v2 logger creating async httpx client with s3_verify={self.s3_verify}"
+            )
+            self.async_httpx_client = get_async_httpx_client(
+                llm_provider=httpxSpecialProvider.LoggingCallback,
+                params={"ssl_verify": self.s3_verify}
+            )
+
             asyncio.create_task(self.periodic_flush())
             self.flush_lock = asyncio.Lock()
 
@@ -147,9 +152,11 @@ class S3Logger(CustomBatchLogger, BaseAWSLLM):
             litellm.s3_callback_params.get("s3_api_version") or s3_api_version
         )
         self.s3_use_ssl = (
-            litellm.s3_callback_params.get("s3_use_ssl", True) or s3_use_ssl
+            litellm.s3_callback_params.get("s3_use_ssl", True) if litellm.s3_callback_params.get("s3_use_ssl") is not None else s3_use_ssl
+        )
+        self.s3_verify = (
+            litellm.s3_callback_params.get("s3_verify") if litellm.s3_callback_params.get("s3_verify") is not None else s3_verify
         )
-        self.s3_verify = litellm.s3_callback_params.get("s3_verify") or s3_verify
         self.s3_endpoint_url = (
             litellm.s3_callback_params.get("s3_endpoint_url") or s3_endpoint_url
         )
@@ -279,6 +286,9 @@ class S3Logger(CustomBatchLogger, BaseAWSLLM):
             verbose_logger.debug(
                 f"s3_v2 logger - uploading data to s3 - {batch_logging_element.s3_object_key}"
             )
+            verbose_logger.debug(
+                f"s3_v2 logger - s3_verify setting: {self.s3_verify}"
+            )
 
             # Prepare the URL
             url = f"https://{self.s3_bucket_name}.s3.{self.s3_region_name}.amazonaws.com/{batch_logging_element.s3_object_key}"
@@ -477,7 +487,9 @@ class S3Logger(CustomBatchLogger, BaseAWSLLM):
             # Prepare the signed headers
             signed_headers = dict(aws_request.headers.items())
 
-            httpx_client = _get_httpx_client()
+            httpx_client = _get_httpx_client(
+                params={"ssl_verify": self.s3_verify} if self.s3_verify is not None else None
+            )
             # Make the request
             response = httpx_client.put(url, data=json_string, headers=signed_headers)
             response.raise_for_status()