diff --git a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/internal_user_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/internal_user_endpoints.py
index 6d7f565fb85..4019d0d2f52 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/internal_user_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/internal_user_endpoints.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.common_utils import (
     _is_user_team_admin,
     _user_has_admin_view,
     require_caller_user_id_for_non_admin,
+    validate_finite_spend,
 )
 from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.key_management_endpoints import (
     generate_key_helper_fn,
@@ -1336,6 +1337,9 @@ async def _update_single_user_helper(
         existing_metadata=existing_metadata or {},
     )
 
+    # Reject NaN/±inf spend before it can reach the DB / spend counter.
+    validate_finite_spend(non_default_values.get("spend"))
+
     # Perform the update
     response: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
 
@@ -1384,6 +1388,18 @@ async def _update_single_user_helper(
             litellm_proxy_admin_name=litellm_proxy_admin_name,
         )
 
+        # A direct `spend` change must also invalidate the cross-pod spend
+        # counter enforcement reads; the DB write alone leaves a warm counter
+        # at the stale value. `non_default_values["user_id"]` is populated in
+        # every branch above (incl. the email-new-user insert path, whose
+        # response is a bare model and not safely subscriptable).
+        if non_default_values.get("spend") is not None:
+            from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import _invalidate_spend_counter
+
+            await _invalidate_spend_counter(
+                counter_key=f"spend:user:{non_default_values['user_id']}"
+            )
+
     if response is None:
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=400,
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_internal_user_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_internal_user_endpoints.py
index b4602e0ad8b..d26b4226ccc 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_internal_user_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_internal_user_endpoints.py
@@ -3102,6 +3102,81 @@ async def test_ghsa_wvg4_proxy_admin_can_update_user_budget(mocker):
     assert result is not None
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_admin_user_update_spend_invalidates_counter(mocker):
+    """A direct /user/update spend change must invalidate the cross-pod
+    spend counter so enforcement re-reads the new DB value."""
+    from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.internal_user_endpoints import (
+        _update_single_user_helper,
+    )
+
+    mock_prisma_client = mocker.MagicMock()
+    existing_user = mocker.MagicMock()
+    existing_user.model_dump.return_value = {"user_id": "target-user", "spend": 50.0}
+    existing_user.user_id = "target-user"
+    mock_prisma_client.db.litellm_usertable.find_first = mocker.AsyncMock(
+        return_value=existing_user
+    )
+    mock_prisma_client.update_data = mocker.AsyncMock(
+        return_value={"user_id": "target-user", "spend": 0.0}
+    )
+    mock_prisma_client.jsonify_object = mocker.MagicMock(side_effect=lambda x: x)
+    mocker.patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client", mock_prisma_client)
+    mocker.patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin")
+    mock_invalidate = mocker.patch(
+        "litellm.proxy.proxy_server._invalidate_spend_counter",
+        new=mocker.AsyncMock(),
+    )
+
+    user_request = UpdateUserRequest(user_id="target-user", spend=0)
+    admin_caller = UserAPIKeyAuth(
+        user_id="admin-1", user_role=LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN
+    )
+
+    await _update_single_user_helper(
+        user_request=user_request, user_api_key_dict=admin_caller
+    )
+    mock_invalidate.assert_awaited_once_with(counter_key="spend:user:target-user")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_user_update_rejects_non_finite_spend(mocker):
+    """NaN/inf spend is rejected before any DB write or counter invalidation."""
+    from fastapi import HTTPException
+
+    from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.internal_user_endpoints import (
+        _update_single_user_helper,
+    )
+
+    mock_prisma_client = mocker.MagicMock()
+    existing_user = mocker.MagicMock()
+    existing_user.model_dump.return_value = {"user_id": "target-user", "spend": 50.0}
+    existing_user.user_id = "target-user"
+    mock_prisma_client.db.litellm_usertable.find_first = mocker.AsyncMock(
+        return_value=existing_user
+    )
+    mock_prisma_client.update_data = mocker.AsyncMock()
+    mocker.patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client", mock_prisma_client)
+    mocker.patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.litellm_proxy_admin_name", "admin")
+    mock_invalidate = mocker.patch(
+        "litellm.proxy.proxy_server._invalidate_spend_counter",
+        new=mocker.AsyncMock(),
+    )
+
+    user_request = UpdateUserRequest(user_id="target-user", spend=float("nan"))
+    admin_caller = UserAPIKeyAuth(
+        user_id="admin-1", user_role=LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as exc:
+        await _update_single_user_helper(
+            user_request=user_request, user_api_key_dict=admin_caller
+        )
+    assert exc.value.status_code == 400
+    mock_prisma_client.update_data.assert_not_called()
+    mock_invalidate.assert_not_awaited()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_resolve_user_email_metadata_maps_page_user_ids_to_email(mocker):
     """Regression for LIT-3889.