diff --git a/litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/_health_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/_health_endpoints.py
index 51d9d34c956..d9bcd8c1a65 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/_health_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/_health_endpoints.py
@@ -98,7 +98,11 @@ def _reject_os_environ_references(params: dict) -> None:
 
 
 _CONFIG_CONNECTION_FIELDS: Final[frozenset[str]] = frozenset(
-    (*_ADMIN_CONFIG_FIELDS_TO_CLEAR_ON_BASE_OVERRIDE, *clientside_credential_keys)
+    (
+        *_ADMIN_CONFIG_FIELDS_TO_CLEAR_ON_BASE_OVERRIDE,
+        *clientside_credential_keys,
+        "litellm_credential_name",
+    )
 )
 
 
@@ -115,6 +119,11 @@ def _config_base_for_health_check(
     still comes from the configuration, which is what lets a request name a
     configured model and test it as configured.
 
+    ``litellm_credential_name`` is dropped alongside the literal credential
+    fields: it names a stored credential that ``load_credentials_from_list``
+    resolves into the same secrets further down the call, so leaving it in place
+    would reintroduce them by reference.
+
     ``general_settings.allow_client_side_credentials`` is the existing proxy-wide
     opt-in for callers supplying their own connection parameters. Where an admin
     has enabled it, a request may pair its own endpoint with the configured
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/test_health_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/test_health_endpoints.py
index cef2e643194..f74aafd9df1 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/test_health_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/test_health_endpoints.py
@@ -2438,3 +2438,22 @@ class TestConfigBaseForHealthCheck:
             allow_client_side_credentials=True,
         )
         assert base["api_key"] == "sk-configured"
+
+    def test_stored_credential_reference_is_dropped_with_the_credentials(self):
+        """A stored-credential name resolves to the same secrets downstream, so a
+        request that redirects the destination must not keep it either."""
+        config = {**self.CONFIG, "litellm_credential_name": "OpenAI-prod"}
+        base = self._base(config, {"api_base": "https://caller.example/v1"})
+        assert "litellm_credential_name" not in base
+        assert "api_key" not in base
+
+    def test_stored_credential_reference_kept_when_request_sets_no_connection(self):
+        """The Admin UI tests a configured model by naming it plus its stored
+        credential and nothing else; that keeps working."""
+        config = {**self.CONFIG, "litellm_credential_name": "OpenAI-prod"}
+        base = self._base(
+            config,
+            {"model": "openai/gpt-4o", "litellm_credential_name": "OpenAI-prod", "custom_llm_provider": "openai"},
+        )
+        assert base["litellm_credential_name"] == "OpenAI-prod"
+        assert base["api_key"] == "sk-configured"