diff --git a/helm/litellm-helm/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/litellm-helm/templates/deployment.yaml
index f8f7a6898ae..5c943a27755 100644
--- a/helm/litellm-helm/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/litellm-helm/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ spec:
             httpGet:
               path: {{ .Values.livenessProbe.path | quote }}
               port: "http"
-              scheme: {{ .Values.livenessProbe.scheme | default "HTTP" }}
+              scheme: {{ .Values.livenessProbe.scheme | default "HTTP" | upper }}
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.livenessProbe.periodSeconds }}
             timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ spec:
             httpGet:
               path: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.path | quote }}
               port: "http"
-              scheme: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.scheme | default "HTTP" }}
+              scheme: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.scheme | default "HTTP" | upper }}
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.periodSeconds }}
             timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ spec:
             httpGet:
               path: {{ .Values.startupProbe.path | quote }}
               port: "http"
-              scheme: {{ .Values.startupProbe.scheme | default "HTTP" }}
+              scheme: {{ .Values.startupProbe.scheme | default "HTTP" | upper }}
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.startupProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.startupProbe.periodSeconds }}
             timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.startupProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
diff --git a/helm/litellm-helm/tests/deployment_tests.yaml b/helm/litellm-helm/tests/deployment_tests.yaml
index 844ecd40a90..2f7f28a2683 100644
--- a/helm/litellm-helm/tests/deployment_tests.yaml
+++ b/helm/litellm-helm/tests/deployment_tests.yaml
@@ -523,3 +523,20 @@ tests:
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].startupProbe.httpGet.scheme
           value: HTTPS
+  - it: should upper-case a lowercase probe scheme
+    template: deployment.yaml
+    set:
+      image.tag: test
+      livenessProbe.scheme: https
+      readinessProbe.scheme: https
+      startupProbe.scheme: https
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].livenessProbe.httpGet.scheme
+          value: HTTPS
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].readinessProbe.httpGet.scheme
+          value: HTTPS
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].startupProbe.httpGet.scheme
+          value: HTTPS
diff --git a/helm/litellm-helm/values.yaml b/helm/litellm-helm/values.yaml
index 9466ac56864..a88f8a855d1 100644
--- a/helm/litellm-helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/litellm-helm/values.yaml
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ livenessProbe:
   # Scheme for the probe request: HTTP (default) or HTTPS. Set to HTTPS when the
   # proxy terminates TLS on the container port (ssl_keyfile_path/ssl_certfile_path),
   # otherwise the kubelet's plain-HTTP probe fails the TLS handshake.
+  # Case-insensitive — the value is upper-cased before rendering.
   scheme: HTTP
   initialDelaySeconds: 0
   periodSeconds: 15