diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/akto/akto.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/akto/akto.py
index 92065ae34a9..0bf924fdf4c 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/akto/akto.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/akto/akto.py
@@ -268,12 +268,13 @@ class AktoGuardrail(CustomGuardrail):
         akto_api_key: str | None = None,
         akto_account_id: str | None = None,
         akto_vxlan_id: str | None = None,
+        unreachable_fallback: Literal["fail_closed", "fail_open"] = "fail_closed",
+        guardrail_timeout: int | None = None,
+        *,
         context_source: Literal["ENDPOINT", "AGENTIC"] | None = None,
         akto_metadata: Mapping[str, object] | None = None,
         streaming_sampling_rate: int | None = None,
-        guardrail_timeout: int | None = None,
         file_guardrail_timeout: int | None = None,
-        unreachable_fallback: Literal["fail_closed", "fail_open"] = "fail_closed",
         async_handler: AsyncHTTPHandler | None = None,
         **kwargs: Unpack[_CustomGuardrailKwargs],
     ) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/akto/test_akto.py b/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/akto/test_akto.py
index d3f957b94b5..6fee1bc2b1b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/akto/test_akto.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/akto/test_akto.py
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ def test_init_defaults():
     assert g.akto_vxlan_id == "0"
 
 
+def test_positional_args_keep_their_original_meaning():
+    g = AktoGuardrail("http://localhost:9090", "test-token", "7", "8", "fail_open", 9, async_handler=_handler())
+    assert (g.unreachable_fallback, g.guardrail_timeout) == ("fail_open", 9)
+
+
 def test_build_akto_payload_format(akto_pre_call, sample_inputs, sample_request_data):
     payload = akto_pre_call.build_akto_payload(sample_inputs, sample_request_data, include_response=False)