diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/secrets-hashicorp/src/cert_login.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/secrets-hashicorp/src/cert_login.rs
index 1eb09a89715..f99df62db12 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/secrets-hashicorp/src/cert_login.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/secrets-hashicorp/src/cert_login.rs
@@ -3,22 +3,19 @@
 pub struct CertLoginRequest {
     #[endpoint(skip)]
     pub mount: String,
-    #[endpoint(skip)]
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
-    pub name: Option<String>,
     #[endpoint(raw)]
     body: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
 impl CertLoginRequest {
-    pub fn new(name: Option<String>) -> Self {
-        let body: Vec<u8> = match name.as_deref() {
-            Some(name) => serde_json::to_vec(&serde_json::json!({ "name": name })).unwrap(),
+    pub fn new(name: Option<&str>) -> Self {
+        let body: Vec<u8> = match name {
+            Some(name) => serde_json::to_vec(&serde_json::json!({ "name": name }))
+                .expect("json object serialization is infallible"),
             None => b"{}".to_vec(),
         };
         Self {
             mount: "cert".to_owned(),
-            name,
             body,
         }
     }
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/secrets-hashicorp/src/secret_manager.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/secrets-hashicorp/src/secret_manager.rs
index 7937fa93f8f..3ad9a549438 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/secrets-hashicorp/src/secret_manager.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/secrets-hashicorp/src/secret_manager.rs
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ impl HashicorpVault {
                 (None, Some(tls)) => {
                     let login_client: VaultClient =
                         self.build_client(self.config.login_namespace(), "")?;
-                    let endpoint: CertLoginRequest = CertLoginRequest::new(tls.role.clone());
+                    let endpoint: CertLoginRequest = CertLoginRequest::new(tls.role.as_deref());
                     let auth = api::auth(&login_client, endpoint)
                         .await
                         .map_err(|error| map_api_error(error, ErrorContext::Login))?;