diff --git a/litellm/endpoints/speech/speech_to_completion_bridge/handler.py b/litellm/endpoints/speech/speech_to_completion_bridge/handler.py
index 8b6e6a84045..cfda9049584 100644
--- a/litellm/endpoints/speech/speech_to_completion_bridge/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/endpoints/speech/speech_to_completion_bridge/handler.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Handler for transforming /chat/completions api requests to litellm.responses requests
 """
 
+import json
 from collections.abc import Mapping
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Final
 
@@ -15,6 +16,16 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from litellm.types.utils import CacheControlsHint
 
 
+def _header_text(value: object) -> object:
+    return json.dumps(value) if isinstance(value, bool | int | float) else value
+
+
+def _headers_as_text(extra_headers: Mapping[str, object] | None) -> Mapping[str, object] | None:
+    if extra_headers is None:
+        return None
+    return {name: _header_text(value) for name, value in extra_headers.items()}
+
+
 class SpeechToCompletionBridgeHandlerInputKwargs(TypedDict):
     model: str
     input: str
@@ -115,7 +126,7 @@ class SpeechToCompletionBridgeHandler:
             litellm_params={
                 **litellm_params,
                 "api_base": api_base,
-                "extra_headers": extra_headers,
+                "extra_headers": _headers_as_text(extra_headers),
                 "timeout": timeout,
                 **cache_controls,
             },
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_main.py b/tests/unit/test_main.py
index 4126c5c30df..d91c37f5fc0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_main.py
@@ -4956,33 +4956,28 @@ def test_speech_gemini_tts_keeps_cached_audio_only_for_the_request_ttl(
     assert route.call_count == 2
 
 
-def test_speech_gemini_tts_fails_like_chat_on_a_non_string_deployment_header(respx_mock: respx.MockRouter):
+def test_speech_gemini_tts_sends_number_and_boolean_deployment_headers_as_their_config_text(
+    respx_mock: respx.MockRouter,
+):
     route: Final = respx_mock.post(url__regex=GEMINI_DEFAULT_GENERATE_CONTENT_URL).mock(
         return_value=httpx.Response(200, json=_gemini_tts_generate_content_response())
     )
-    deployment_headers: Final = {"x-gateway-key": "gateway-secret", "x-org-id": 12345}
 
-    with pytest.raises(litellm.APIConnectionError) as chat_error:
-        litellm.completion(
-            model=f"gemini/{GEMINI_TTS_MODEL}",
-            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}],
-            modalities=["audio"],
-            audio={"voice": "Kore", "format": "pcm16"},
-            api_key="fake-gemini-key",
-            extra_headers=deployment_headers,
-        )
-    with pytest.raises(litellm.APIConnectionError) as speech_error:
-        litellm.speech(
-            model=f"gemini/{GEMINI_TTS_MODEL}",
-            input="hello",
-            voice="Kore",
-            api_key="fake-gemini-key",
-            extra_headers=deployment_headers,
-        )
+    litellm.speech(
+        model=f"gemini/{GEMINI_TTS_MODEL}",
+        input="hello",
+        voice="Kore",
+        api_key="fake-gemini-key",
+        extra_headers={"x-gateway-key": "gateway-secret", "x-org-id": 12345, "x-ratio": 1.5, "x-audit": True},
+    )
 
-    assert "Header value must be str or bytes" in str(chat_error.value)
-    assert "Header value must be str or bytes" in str(speech_error.value)
-    assert route.call_count == 0
+    sent: Final = route.calls.last.request.headers
+    assert (sent["x-gateway-key"], sent["x-org-id"], sent["x-ratio"], sent["x-audit"]) == (
+        "gateway-secret",
+        "12345",
+        "1.5",
+        "true",
+    )
 
 
 FOUNDRY_HOST: Final = "https://my-project.services.ai.azure.com"