diff --git a/litellm/proxy/middleware/security_headers_middleware.py b/litellm/proxy/middleware/security_headers_middleware.py
index 01e8ade8241..0e551eaba8a 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/middleware/security_headers_middleware.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/middleware/security_headers_middleware.py
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ class SecurityHeadersMiddleware:
         async def send_with_security_headers(message: Message) -> None:
             if message["type"] == "http.response.start":
                 headers: Final = MutableHeaders(scope=message)
-                applied: list[tuple[str, str]] = list(STATIC_SECURITY_HEADERS)
-                if _hsts_enabled():
-                    applied.append(HSTS_HEADER)
-                if _no_store_enabled():
-                    applied.append(NO_STORE_HEADER)
+                applied: Final = (
+                    *STATIC_SECURITY_HEADERS,
+                    *((HSTS_HEADER,) if _hsts_enabled() else ()),
+                    *((NO_STORE_HEADER,) if _no_store_enabled() else ()),
+                )
                 for name, value in applied:
                     headers.setdefault(name, value)
             await send(message)
diff --git a/tests/documentation_tests/test_env_keys.py b/tests/documentation_tests/test_env_keys.py
index 2a7da58f39c..5d5b62c8f80 100644
--- a/tests/documentation_tests/test_env_keys.py
+++ b/tests/documentation_tests/test_env_keys.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ EXCLUDED_ROLLOUT_FLAGS = {
     "LITELLM_USE_RUST_OCR",
     "LITELLM_RUST",
     "LITELLM_BUILTIN_PASS_THROUGH_ROUTES_FIRST",
+    "LITELLM_ENABLE_NO_STORE",
 }
 
 # Internal infrastructure tuning parameters for streaming/queue management
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/middleware/test_security_headers_middleware.py b/tests/unit/proxy/middleware/test_security_headers_middleware.py
index cebe3645879..c85768b7a58 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/middleware/test_security_headers_middleware.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/middleware/test_security_headers_middleware.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ that HSTS is opt-in via LITELLM_ENABLE_HSTS and Cache-Control: no-store is
 opt-in via LITELLM_ENABLE_NO_STORE.
 """
 
+from typing import Final
+
 from starlette.applications import Starlette
 from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware
 from starlette.responses import JSONResponse, Response
@@ -74,19 +76,19 @@ def test_does_not_override_existing_header(monkeypatch):
 
 def test_no_store_absent_by_default(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.delenv("LITELLM_ENABLE_NO_STORE", raising=False)
-    resp = _make_client(_ok).get("/")
+    resp: Final = _make_client(_ok).get("/")
     assert "cache-control" not in resp.headers
 
 
 def test_no_store_present_when_enabled(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setenv("LITELLM_ENABLE_NO_STORE", "true")
-    resp = _make_client(_ok).get("/")
+    resp: Final = _make_client(_ok).get("/")
     assert resp.headers["cache-control"] == "no-store"
 
 
 def test_no_store_not_enabled_by_arbitrary_value(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setenv("LITELLM_ENABLE_NO_STORE", "1")
-    resp = _make_client(_ok).get("/")
+    resp: Final = _make_client(_ok).get("/")
     assert "cache-control" not in resp.headers
 
 
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ def test_no_store_does_not_override_existing_header(monkeypatch):
         return Response("hi", headers={"Cache-Control": "private, max-age=60"})
 
     monkeypatch.setenv("LITELLM_ENABLE_NO_STORE", "true")
-    resp = _make_client(custom).get("/")
+    resp: Final = _make_client(custom).get("/")
     assert resp.headers["cache-control"] == "private, max-age=60"
     assert resp.headers["x-content-type-options"] == "nosniff"
 
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ def test_no_store_does_not_override_existing_header(monkeypatch):
 def test_both_hsts_and_no_store_enabled(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setenv("LITELLM_ENABLE_HSTS", "true")
     monkeypatch.setenv("LITELLM_ENABLE_NO_STORE", "true")
-    resp = _make_client(_ok).get("/")
+    resp: Final = _make_client(_ok).get("/")
     assert resp.headers["strict-transport-security"] == (
         "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains"
     )