diff --git a/litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/chat/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/chat/transformation.py
index 05160d83c12..54a122f7beb 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/chat/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/chat/transformation.py
@@ -327,12 +327,13 @@ class FireworksAIConfig(FireworksAIMixin, OpenAIGPTConfig):
             elif param == "max_completion_tokens":
                 optional_params["max_tokens"] = value
             elif param == "reasoning_effort":
-                if value is True:
+                effort: Final = value.get("effort") if isinstance(value, dict) else value
+                if effort is True:
                     optional_params["reasoning_effort"] = "medium"
-                elif value is False:
+                elif effort is False:
                     optional_params["reasoning_effort"] = "none"
-                elif value != "auto":
-                    optional_params["reasoning_effort"] = value
+                elif effort is not None and effort != "auto":
+                    optional_params["reasoning_effort"] = effort
             elif param in supported_openai_params:
                 if value is not None:
                     optional_params[param] = value
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/chat/test_fireworks_ai_chat_transformation.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/chat/test_fireworks_ai_chat_transformation.py
index fb0311ef39b..7715e7b32ff 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/chat/test_fireworks_ai_chat_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/chat/test_fireworks_ai_chat_transformation.py
@@ -1189,6 +1189,28 @@ def test_reasoning_effort_integer_passthrough():
     assert isinstance(result["reasoning_effort"], int)
 
 
+def test_reasoning_effort_dict_from_anthropic_adapter_flattened_to_effort_string():
+    config = FireworksAIConfig()
+    result = config.map_openai_params(
+        {"reasoning_effort": {"effort": "medium", "summary": "detailed"}},
+        {},
+        _REASONING_MODEL,
+        drop_params=False,
+    )
+    assert result["reasoning_effort"] == "medium"
+
+
+def test_reasoning_effort_dict_without_effort_key_dropped():
+    config = FireworksAIConfig()
+    result = config.map_openai_params(
+        {"reasoning_effort": {"summary": "detailed"}},
+        {},
+        _REASONING_MODEL,
+        drop_params=False,
+    )
+    assert "reasoning_effort" not in result
+
+
 def test_reasoning_effort_auto_dropped_to_model_default():
     config = FireworksAIConfig()
     result = config.map_openai_params(