diff --git a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/scim/scim_v2.py b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/scim/scim_v2.py
index 0cf201b3a00..65665920099 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/scim/scim_v2.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/scim/scim_v2.py
@@ -2133,7 +2133,7 @@ def _handle_generic_metadata(path: str, op_type: str, value: object, metadata: d
         metadata[path] = value
 
 
-def _apply_patch_ops(
+def apply_scim_user_patch(
     existing_user: LiteLLM_UserTable,
     patch_ops: SCIMPatchOp,
 ) -> tuple[dict[str, object], set[str]]:
@@ -2347,7 +2347,7 @@ async def patch_user(
 
         prev_active: Final = _user_scim_active(existing_user)
 
-        update_data, final_team_set = _apply_patch_ops(
+        update_data, final_team_set = apply_scim_user_patch(
             existing_user=existing_user,
             patch_ops=patch_ops,
         )
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/scim/test_scim_patch_user.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/scim/test_scim_patch_user.py
index edcce16ab41..95e022f1ec4 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/scim/test_scim_patch_user.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/scim/test_scim_patch_user.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import pytest
 from fastapi import HTTPException
 
 from litellm.proxy._types import LiteLLM_UserTable
-from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.scim.scim_v2 import _apply_patch_ops, patch_user
+from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.scim.scim_v2 import apply_scim_user_patch, patch_user
 from litellm.types.proxy.management_endpoints.scim_v2 import (
     SCIMPatchOp,
     SCIMPatchOperation,
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ def test_apply_patch_ops_replace_entitlements_writes_canonical_key():
         ]
     )
 
-    update_data, _ = _apply_patch_ops(
+    update_data, _ = apply_scim_user_patch(
         existing_user=_user_with_metadata({}), patch_ops=patch_ops
     )
 
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ def test_apply_patch_ops_add_roles_appends_to_existing():
         ]
     )
 
-    update_data, _ = _apply_patch_ops(
+    update_data, _ = apply_scim_user_patch(
         existing_user=_user_with_metadata({"scim_roles": [{"value": "viewer"}]}),
         patch_ops=patch_ops,
     )
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ def test_apply_patch_ops_remove_entitlements_clears_canonical_key():
         Operations=[SCIMPatchOperation(op="remove", path="entitlements")]
     )
 
-    update_data, _ = _apply_patch_ops(
+    update_data, _ = apply_scim_user_patch(
         existing_user=_user_with_metadata(
             {"scim_entitlements": [{"value": "jira-software"}]}
         ),
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ def test_apply_patch_ops_pathless_value_dict_handles_roles():
         ]
     )
 
-    update_data, _ = _apply_patch_ops(
+    update_data, _ = apply_scim_user_patch(
         existing_user=_user_with_metadata({}), patch_ops=patch_ops
     )
 
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ def test_apply_patch_ops_invalid_entitlements_value_raises_400():
     )
 
     with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as exc_info:
-        _apply_patch_ops(existing_user=_user_with_metadata({}), patch_ops=patch_ops)
+        apply_scim_user_patch(existing_user=_user_with_metadata({}), patch_ops=patch_ops)
 
     assert exc_info.value.status_code == 400
 
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ def test_apply_patch_ops_replace_entitlements_without_value_member_is_stored_as_
         ]
     )
 
-    update_data, _ = _apply_patch_ops(
+    update_data, _ = apply_scim_user_patch(
         existing_user=_user_with_metadata({}), patch_ops=patch_ops
     )
 
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ def test_apply_patch_ops_add_without_value_raises_400_naming_value_member():
     )
 
     with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as exc_info:
-        _apply_patch_ops(existing_user=_user_with_metadata({}), patch_ops=patch_ops)
+        apply_scim_user_patch(existing_user=_user_with_metadata({}), patch_ops=patch_ops)
 
     assert exc_info.value.status_code == 400
     assert "value" in str(exc_info.value.detail)
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ def test_apply_patch_ops_filtered_path_raises_400_instead_of_junk_metadata():
     )
 
     with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as exc_info:
-        _apply_patch_ops(
+        apply_scim_user_patch(
             existing_user=_user_with_metadata(
                 {"scim_roles": [{"value": "engineering-admin"}]}
             ),
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ def test_apply_patch_ops_remove_group_filtered_path_without_value():
         Operations=[SCIMPatchOperation(op="remove", path='groups[value eq "team-1"]')]
     )
 
-    _, final_team_set = _apply_patch_ops(existing_user=user, patch_ops=patch_ops)
+    _, final_team_set = apply_scim_user_patch(existing_user=user, patch_ops=patch_ops)
 
     assert final_team_set == {"team-2"}
 
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ def test_apply_patch_ops_add_group_filtered_path_without_value():
         Operations=[SCIMPatchOperation(op="add", path="groups[value eq 'team-3']")]
     )
 
-    _, final_team_set = _apply_patch_ops(existing_user=user, patch_ops=patch_ops)
+    _, final_team_set = apply_scim_user_patch(existing_user=user, patch_ops=patch_ops)
 
     assert final_team_set == {"team-1", "team-3"}
 
@@ -533,6 +533,6 @@ def test_apply_patch_ops_replace_groups_empty_value_does_not_use_path_filter():
         ]
     )
 
-    _, final_team_set = _apply_patch_ops(existing_user=user, patch_ops=patch_ops)
+    _, final_team_set = apply_scim_user_patch(existing_user=user, patch_ops=patch_ops)
 
     assert final_team_set == set()