diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_redis_auth_cache_flag.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_redis_auth_cache_flag.py
index f824fd2f9c0..261222be9a2 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_redis_auth_cache_flag.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_redis_auth_cache_flag.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Tests for the enable_redis_auth_cache general_settings flag.
+Tests for the enable_redis_auth_cache litellm_settings flag.
 
 Verifies that _init_cache attaches Redis to user_api_key_cache only when
 the flag is explicitly set to True, and leaves it in-memory-only otherwise.
@@ -33,14 +33,16 @@ class _FakeRedisCache(RedisCache):
 
 
 @contextmanager
-def _patched_init_cache(general_settings: dict, cache_params: dict):
+def _patched_init_cache(litellm_settings: dict, cache_params: dict):
     """
     Context manager that:
     1. Replaces the module-level globals with fresh DualCache instances.
     2. Patches ``litellm.Cache`` (locally imported inside _init_cache) so
        it returns a fake cache whose ``.cache`` attribute is a
        _FakeRedisCache (passes the isinstance guard in _init_cache).
-    3. Yields (user_api_key_cache, spend_counter_cache) after calling
+    3. Extracts enable_redis_auth_cache from litellm_settings and passes it
+       as the second argument to _init_cache (matching production behaviour).
+    4. Yields (user_api_key_cache, spend_counter_cache) after calling
        _init_cache, then restores everything.
     """
     fake_redis = _FakeRedisCache()
@@ -51,8 +53,9 @@ def _patched_init_cache(general_settings: dict, cache_params: dict):
     fresh_user_cache = DualCache()
     fresh_spend_cache = DualCache()
 
+    enable_redis_auth_cache = litellm_settings.get("enable_redis_auth_cache", False)
+
     with (
-        patch.object(ps, "general_settings", general_settings),
         patch.object(ps, "user_api_key_cache", fresh_user_cache),
         patch.object(ps, "spend_counter_cache", fresh_spend_cache),
         patch.object(ps, "llm_router", None),
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ def _patched_init_cache(general_settings: dict, cache_params: dict):
         patch("litellm.Cache", return_value=mock_litellm_cache),
     ):
         litellm.cache = None
-        ps.ProxyConfig()._init_cache(cache_params)
+        ps.ProxyConfig()._init_cache(cache_params, enable_redis_auth_cache)
         yield fresh_user_cache, fresh_spend_cache
 
 
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ class TestRedisAuthCacheFlag:
     def test_flag_true_attaches_redis_to_user_api_key_cache(self):
         """When enable_redis_auth_cache=True, user_api_key_cache.redis_cache must be set."""
         with _patched_init_cache(
-            general_settings={"enable_redis_auth_cache": True},
+            litellm_settings={"enable_redis_auth_cache": True},
             cache_params={"type": "redis", "host": "localhost", "port": 6379},
         ) as (user_cache, _):
             assert user_cache.redis_cache is not None, (
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ class TestRedisAuthCacheFlag:
     def test_flag_false_leaves_user_api_key_cache_in_memory_only(self):
         """When enable_redis_auth_cache=False, user_api_key_cache must stay in-memory."""
         with _patched_init_cache(
-            general_settings={"enable_redis_auth_cache": False},
+            litellm_settings={"enable_redis_auth_cache": False},
             cache_params={"type": "redis", "host": "localhost", "port": 6379},
         ) as (user_cache, _):
             assert user_cache.redis_cache is None, (
@@ -95,24 +98,24 @@ class TestRedisAuthCacheFlag:
     def test_flag_absent_leaves_user_api_key_cache_in_memory_only(self):
         """When enable_redis_auth_cache is not set at all, default is in-memory-only."""
         with _patched_init_cache(
-            general_settings={},
+            litellm_settings={},
             cache_params={"type": "redis", "host": "localhost", "port": 6379},
         ) as (user_cache, _):
             assert user_cache.redis_cache is None, (
                 "user_api_key_cache must remain in-memory-only when "
-                "enable_redis_auth_cache is absent from general_settings"
+                "enable_redis_auth_cache is absent from litellm_settings"
             )
 
     def test_spend_counter_cache_always_gets_redis_regardless_of_flag(self):
         """spend_counter_cache must receive Redis regardless of the auth-cache flag."""
         for flag_value in (True, False, None):
-            gs = (
+            ls = (
                 {"enable_redis_auth_cache": flag_value}
                 if flag_value is not None
                 else {}
             )
             with _patched_init_cache(
-                general_settings=gs,
+                litellm_settings=ls,
                 cache_params={"type": "redis", "host": "localhost", "port": 6379},
             ) as (_, spend_cache):
                 assert spend_cache.redis_cache is not None, (
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ class TestRedisAuthCacheFlag:
     def test_flag_false_spend_gets_redis_but_user_cache_does_not(self):
         """Explicit False: spend cache wired, auth cache left in-memory."""
         with _patched_init_cache(
-            general_settings={"enable_redis_auth_cache": False},
+            litellm_settings={"enable_redis_auth_cache": False},
             cache_params={"type": "redis", "host": "localhost", "port": 6379},
         ) as (user_cache, spend_cache):
             assert spend_cache.redis_cache is not None