diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_discovery.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_discovery.py
index a3d120caa88..d35cb7234dc 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_discovery.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_discovery.py
@@ -111,15 +111,26 @@ class TestMCPRegistryFile:
         assert "ms-365-mcp-server" in entry["registry_url"]
 
     def test_bundled_icons_exist(self, registry_path):
-        """An icon served from the proxy's own assets must ship in the built dashboard or the card renders blank."""
+        """An icon served from the proxy's own assets ships twice, as the built copy the wheel packages and as
+        the dashboard source copy every Docker image rebuilds from. Both must exist and match or a card goes blank."""
         with open(registry_path, "r") as f:
             data = json.load(f)
-        logos_dir: Final = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(registry_path), "_experimental", "out", "assets", "logos")
+        proxy_dir: Final = os.path.dirname(registry_path)
+        built_logos_dir: Final = os.path.join(proxy_dir, "_experimental", "out", "assets", "logos")
+        source_logos_dir: Final = os.path.join(
+            proxy_dir, "..", "..", "ui", "litellm-dashboard", "public", "assets", "logos"
+        )
         bundled: Final = [s for s in data["servers"] if s.get("icon_url", "").startswith("/ui/assets/logos/")]
         assert bundled, "at least one registry entry ships its own icon"
         for server in bundled:
-            icon: Final = os.path.join(logos_dir, os.path.basename(server["icon_url"]))
-            assert os.path.isfile(icon), f"{server['name']} points at a missing icon {server['icon_url']}"
+            file_name: Final = os.path.basename(server["icon_url"])
+            built: Final = os.path.join(built_logos_dir, file_name)
+            source: Final = os.path.join(source_logos_dir, file_name)
+            assert os.path.isfile(built), f"{server['name']}: {server['icon_url']} missing from the built dashboard"
+            assert os.path.isfile(source), f"{server['name']}: {server['icon_url']} missing from the dashboard source"
+            with open(built, "rb") as built_file, open(source, "rb") as source_file:
+                same_bytes: Final = built_file.read() == source_file.read()
+            assert same_bytes, f"{server['name']}: built and source copies of {file_name} differ"
 
     def test_env_vars_structure(self, registry_path):
         with open(registry_path, "r") as f: