diff --git a/litellm/integrations/email_alerting.py b/litellm/integrations/email_alerting.py
index 2f0327a6799..f0e77e6db78 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/email_alerting.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/email_alerting.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Functions for sending Email Alerts
 """
 
 import os
+from types import MappingProxyType
 from typing import Final
 
 from litellm._logging import verbose_logger, verbose_proxy_logger
@@ -68,9 +69,8 @@ async def get_all_team_member_emails(team_id: str | None = None) -> list:
 
 
 async def get_team_admin_emails(team: LiteLLM_TeamTable, prisma_client: object) -> tuple[str, ...]:
-    """Emails of the team's admins: by user id, inline email, or the legacy admins list, deduped"""
+    """Emails of the team's admins: the user record's email, else the inline one, plus the legacy admins list, deduped"""
     admins: Final = tuple(member for member in team.members_with_roles if member.role == "admin")
-    inline_emails: Final = tuple(member.user_email for member in admins if member.user_email and not member.user_id)
     admin_ids: Final = frozenset(
         (*(member.user_id for member in admins if member.user_id), *(user_id for user_id in team.admins if user_id))
     )
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@ async def get_team_admin_emails(team: LiteLLM_TeamTable, prisma_client: object)
         if admin_ids
         else ()
     )
-    return tuple(dict.fromkeys((*inline_emails, *(row.user_email for row in rows if row.user_email))))
+    record_emails: Final = MappingProxyType({row.user_id: row.user_email for row in rows if row.user_email})
+    inline_emails: Final = tuple(
+        member.user_email for member in admins if member.user_email and member.user_id not in record_emails
+    )
+    return tuple(dict.fromkeys((*inline_emails, *record_emails.values())))
 
 
 async def send_team_budget_alert(webhook_event: WebhookEvent) -> bool:
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/integrations/test_email_alerting.py b/tests/test_litellm/integrations/test_email_alerting.py
index ba418582335..e819a3d4d59 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/integrations/test_email_alerting.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/integrations/test_email_alerting.py
@@ -101,3 +101,21 @@ async def test_should_email_an_email_only_admin_without_querying_the_database():
     )
     assert await get_team_admin_emails(team, prisma) == ("mail-only@example.com",)
     assert prisma.db.litellm_usertable.queries == []
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_should_fall_back_to_the_inline_email_when_the_user_record_has_none():
+    team: Final = LiteLLM_TeamTable(
+        team_id="t1",
+        members_with_roles=[Member(user_id="u-no-email", user_email="inline@example.com", role="admin")],
+    )
+    assert await get_team_admin_emails(team, _prisma(USERS)) == ("inline@example.com",)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_should_prefer_the_user_record_email_over_a_differing_inline_one():
+    team: Final = LiteLLM_TeamTable(
+        team_id="t1",
+        members_with_roles=[Member(user_id="u-admin", user_email="stale@example.com", role="admin")],
+    )
+    assert await get_team_admin_emails(team, _prisma(USERS)) == ("admin@example.com",)