diff --git a/litellm/integrations/langfuse/langfuse_otel.py b/litellm/integrations/langfuse/langfuse_otel.py
index 276fd24cc32..55f723dd71d 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/langfuse/langfuse_otel.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/langfuse/langfuse_otel.py
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ else:
 
 LANGFUSE_CLOUD_EU_ENDPOINT = "https://cloud.langfuse.com/api/public/otel"
 LANGFUSE_CLOUD_US_ENDPOINT = "https://us.cloud.langfuse.com/api/public/otel"
-LANGFUSE_OTEL_INGESTION_VERSION_HEADER = "x-langfuse-ingestion-version"
-LANGFUSE_OTEL_INGESTION_VERSION = "4"
 
 
 class LangfuseOtelLogger(OpenTelemetry):
@@ -375,7 +373,7 @@ class LangfuseOtelLogger(OpenTelemetry):
     def _build_langfuse_otel_headers(auth_header: str) -> dict[str, str]:
         return {
             "Authorization": auth_header,
-            LANGFUSE_OTEL_INGESTION_VERSION_HEADER: LANGFUSE_OTEL_INGESTION_VERSION,
+            "x-langfuse-ingestion-version": "4",
         }
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/tests/test_service_logger_otel.py b/tests/test_service_logger_otel.py
index 01e918d3f42..044d37d6781 100644
--- a/tests/test_service_logger_otel.py
+++ b/tests/test_service_logger_otel.py
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ from unittest.mock import patch, AsyncMock, MagicMock
 sys.path.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../..")))
 
 import litellm
-from litellm.integrations.langfuse.langfuse_otel import (
-    LANGFUSE_OTEL_INGESTION_VERSION,
-    LANGFUSE_OTEL_INGESTION_VERSION_HEADER,
-    LangfuseOtelLogger,
-)
+from litellm.integrations.langfuse.langfuse_otel import LangfuseOtelLogger
 from litellm.integrations.opentelemetry import OpenTelemetry
 from litellm.types.services import ServiceTypes
 from litellm._service_logger import ServiceLogging
@@ -124,8 +120,8 @@ class TestServiceLoggerOTEL(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
         headers = OpenTelemetry._get_headers_dictionary(logger.config.headers)
 
         self.assertEqual(
-            headers[LANGFUSE_OTEL_INGESTION_VERSION_HEADER],
-            LANGFUSE_OTEL_INGESTION_VERSION,
+            headers["x-langfuse-ingestion-version"],
+            "4",
         )
         self.assertTrue(headers["Authorization"].startswith("Basic "))
 
@@ -146,8 +142,8 @@ class TestServiceLoggerOTEL(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
 
         self.assertIsNotNone(headers)
         self.assertEqual(
-            headers[LANGFUSE_OTEL_INGESTION_VERSION_HEADER],
-            LANGFUSE_OTEL_INGESTION_VERSION,
+            headers["x-langfuse-ingestion-version"],
+            "4",
         )
         self.assertTrue(headers["Authorization"].startswith("Basic "))