diff --git a/litellm-rust/Cargo.toml b/litellm-rust/Cargo.toml
index 42f0b4da612..0401d11278c 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/litellm-rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ members = [
     "crates/core",
     "crates/config",
     "crates/ai-gateway",
-    "crates/gateway-auth",
+    "crates/litellm-gateway-auth",
     "crates/python-interop",
     "crates/python-bridge",
 ]
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["r
 litellm-core = { path = "crates/core" }
 litellm-config = { path = "crates/config" }
 litellm-ai-gateway = { path = "crates/ai-gateway", default-features = false }
-litellm-gateway-auth = { path = "crates/gateway-auth" }
+litellm-gateway-auth = { path = "crates/litellm-gateway-auth" }
 litellm-python-interop = { path = "crates/python-interop" }
 axum = "0.7"
 pyo3 = "0.29.2"
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/core/tests/workspace_crate_allowlist.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/core/tests/workspace_crate_allowlist.rs
index 93a7c5679d3..31eb1910d9e 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/core/tests/workspace_crate_allowlist.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/core/tests/workspace_crate_allowlist.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //!
 //! `core` (the Rust SDK), `config` (the config-loading boundary),
 //! `ai-gateway` (the HTTP/WebSocket host),
-//! `gateway-auth` (the gateway authentication boundary),
+//! `litellm-gateway-auth` (the gateway authentication boundary),
 //! `python-interop` (domain-neutral PyO3 primitives), and `python-bridge` (the
 //! PyO3 cdylib). Adding or removing a crate must be a
 //! deliberate act: this test fails until the allowlist here is updated, forcing
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const EXPECTED_MEMBERS: &[&str] = &[
     "crates/core",
     "crates/config",
     "crates/ai-gateway",
-    "crates/gateway-auth",
+    "crates/litellm-gateway-auth",
     "crates/python-interop",
     "crates/python-bridge",
 ];
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const EXPECTED_CRATE_DIRS: &[&str] = &[
     "core",
     "config",
     "ai-gateway",
-    "gateway-auth",
+    "litellm-gateway-auth",
     "python-interop",
     "python-bridge",
 ];
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/gateway-auth/Cargo.toml b/litellm-rust/crates/litellm-gateway-auth/Cargo.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from litellm-rust/crates/gateway-auth/Cargo.toml
rename to litellm-rust/crates/litellm-gateway-auth/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/gateway-auth/src/extractor.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/litellm-gateway-auth/src/extractor.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from litellm-rust/crates/gateway-auth/src/extractor.rs
rename to litellm-rust/crates/litellm-gateway-auth/src/extractor.rs
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/gateway-auth/src/hash.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/litellm-gateway-auth/src/hash.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from litellm-rust/crates/gateway-auth/src/hash.rs
rename to litellm-rust/crates/litellm-gateway-auth/src/hash.rs
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/gateway-auth/src/lib.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/litellm-gateway-auth/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from litellm-rust/crates/gateway-auth/src/lib.rs
rename to litellm-rust/crates/litellm-gateway-auth/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/gateway-auth/src/state.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/litellm-gateway-auth/src/state.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from litellm-rust/crates/gateway-auth/src/state.rs
rename to litellm-rust/crates/litellm-gateway-auth/src/state.rs
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/gateway-auth/tests/auth.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/litellm-gateway-auth/tests/auth.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from litellm-rust/crates/gateway-auth/tests/auth.rs
rename to litellm-rust/crates/litellm-gateway-auth/tests/auth.rs