diff --git a/litellm/integrations/langfuse/langfuse_sdk.py b/litellm/integrations/langfuse/langfuse_sdk.py
index 984b41bc14d..4c70ad1263a 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/langfuse/langfuse_sdk.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/langfuse/langfuse_sdk.py
@@ -439,9 +439,10 @@ def _build_verified_span_exporter(*, public_key: object, secret_key: object, bas
     from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import get_ssl_verify
 
     ssl_verify: Final = get_ssl_verify()
+    ca_bundle: Final = ssl_verify if isinstance(ssl_verify, str) and os.path.exists(ssl_verify) else None
     configured_certificate: Final = os.getenv("SSL_CERTIFICATE") or litellm.ssl_certificate
     client_certificate: Final = configured_certificate if isinstance(configured_certificate, str) else None
-    if ssl_verify is True and client_certificate is None:
+    if ssl_verify is not False and ca_bundle is None and client_certificate is None:
         return None
     from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
 
@@ -456,7 +457,7 @@ def _build_verified_span_exporter(*, public_key: object, secret_key: object, bas
             "x-langfuse-sdk-version": version("langfuse"),
             "x-langfuse-public-key": str(public_key),
         },
-        certificate_file=ssl_verify if isinstance(ssl_verify, str) else None,
+        certificate_file=ca_bundle,
         client_certificate_file=client_certificate,
     )
     if ssl_verify is False:
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/integrations/langfuse/test_langfuse_sdk.py b/tests/test_litellm/integrations/langfuse/test_langfuse_sdk.py
index f4bc4b796b8..32cde376139 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/integrations/langfuse/test_langfuse_sdk.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/integrations/langfuse/test_langfuse_sdk.py
@@ -1006,6 +1006,31 @@ def test_ssl_exporter_disables_verification_when_litellm_does(monkeypatch, switc
     assert posted[0] == ("https://lf.internal.example/api/public/otel/v1/traces", False)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("with_client_certificate", [False, True])
+def test_ssl_exporter_falls_back_to_default_ca_when_the_bundle_path_is_missing(
+    monkeypatch, tmp_path, with_client_certificate
+):
+    """The httpx client ignores a CA path that does not exist; handing it to requests would fail every export."""
+    import litellm
+    from litellm.integrations.langfuse.langfuse_sdk import _build_verified_span_exporter
+
+    for name in ("SSL_CERTIFICATE", "SSL_VERIFY", "SSL_CERT_FILE"):
+        monkeypatch.delenv(name, raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "ssl_verify", True)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("SSL_VERIFY", str(tmp_path / "missing-ca.pem"))
+    client_cert = tmp_path / "client.pem"
+    client_cert.write_text("dummy")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "ssl_certificate", str(client_cert) if with_client_certificate else None)
+
+    exporter = _build_verified_span_exporter(public_key="pk", secret_key="sk", base_url="https://lf.internal.example")
+    if not with_client_certificate:
+        assert exporter is None
+        return
+    assert exporter is not None
+    assert exporter._certificate_file is True
+    assert exporter._client_cert == str(client_cert)
+
+
 def test_second_client_on_the_same_key_does_not_build_another_provider():
     """A discarded TracerProvider is pinned forever by its atexit hook."""
     import gc