diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamInfo.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamInfo.test.tsx
index b383dd3c1f3..d1978ca751f 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamInfo.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamInfo.test.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { fireEvent, screen, waitFor, within } from "@testing-library/react";
 import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { chooseSelectOption, renderWithProviders, testQueryClient } from "../../../tests/test-utils";
-import TeamInfoView from "./TeamInfo";
+import TeamInfoView, { type TeamData } from "./TeamInfo";
 
 const authState = vi.hoisted(() => ({ userRole: "Admin" }));
 
@@ -1613,10 +1613,18 @@ describe("TeamInfoView - which team member fields reach the update payload depen
     vi.clearAllMocks();
   });
 
-  const openEditor = async (user: ReturnType<typeof userEvent.setup>) => {
+  const openEditor = async (
+    user: ReturnType<typeof userEvent.setup>,
+    teamMemberBudgetTable: TeamData["team_info"]["team_member_budget_table"] = {
+      max_budget: 42,
+      budget_duration: "30d",
+      tpm_limit: 11,
+      rpm_limit: 22,
+    },
+  ) => {
     vi.mocked(networking.teamInfoCall).mockResolvedValue(
       createMockTeamData({
-        team_member_budget_table: { max_budget: 42, budget_duration: "30d", tpm_limit: 11, rpm_limit: 22 },
+        team_member_budget_table: teamMemberBudgetTable,
         default_team_member_models: ["gpt-4"],
       }),
     );
@@ -1682,6 +1690,31 @@ describe("TeamInfoView - which team member fields reach the update payload depen
     expect(JSON.stringify(payload)).toContain('"team_member_budget_duration":null');
   });
 
+  it("shows Never resets for a stored member budget whose duration is null", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup({ delay: null });
+    await openEditor(user, { max_budget: 42, budget_duration: null, tpm_limit: null, rpm_limit: null });
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByText("Team Member Settings"));
+
+    expect(await screen.findByLabelText("Default Budget Duration")).toHaveTextContent("Never resets");
+  });
+
+  it("omits team_member_budget_duration when the dropdown is left untouched on a team with no member budget", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup({ delay: null });
+    await openEditor(user, null);
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByText("Team Member Settings"));
+    const durationSelect = await screen.findByLabelText("Default Budget Duration");
+    expect(durationSelect).toHaveTextContent("Inherit team reset period");
+    expect(durationSelect).not.toHaveTextContent("Never resets");
+    await user.type(screen.getByLabelText("Default Budget (USD)"), "100");
+
+    const payload = await save(user);
+
+    expect(payload.team_member_budget).toBe(100);
+    expect(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(payload))).not.toHaveProperty("team_member_budget_duration");
+  });
+
   it("omits object_permission.search_tools while Search Tool Settings is closed", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup({ delay: null });
     await openEditor(user);
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamInfo.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamInfo.tsx
index 95e63e11c83..6be1054c7fe 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamInfo.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamInfo.tsx
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import { z } from "zod/v4";
 import GuardrailsSelect from "./GuardrailsSelect";
 import { copyToClipboard as utilCopyToClipboard } from "../../utils/dataUtils";
 import AccessGroupSelector from "../common_components/AccessGroupSelector";
-import BudgetDurationDropdown from "../common_components/budget_duration_dropdown";
+import BudgetDurationDropdown, { NEVER_RESETS_BUDGET_DURATION } from "../common_components/budget_duration_dropdown";
 import {
   computeTeamModelBadges,
   normalizeTeamModelSelection,
@@ -1258,9 +1258,10 @@ const TeamInfoView: React.FC<TeamInfoProps> = ({
                           {({ id, value, onChange }) => (
                             <BudgetDurationDropdown
                               id={id}
-                              placeholder="Never resets"
-                              value={value}
-                              onChange={(next) => onChange(next ?? null)}
+                              showNeverResets
+                              placeholder="Inherit team reset period"
+                              value={value === null ? NEVER_RESETS_BUDGET_DURATION : value}
+                              onChange={(next) => onChange(next === NEVER_RESETS_BUDGET_DURATION ? null : next)}
                             />
                           )}
                         </FormField>