diff --git a/litellm/rust_bridge/ocr/route_host.py b/litellm/rust_bridge/ocr/route_host.py
index 0bc7b383eea..277fdceb734 100644
--- a/litellm/rust_bridge/ocr/route_host.py
+++ b/litellm/rust_bridge/ocr/route_host.py
@@ -27,13 +27,17 @@ class UpstreamFailure(Exception):
         self.__cause__ = cause
 
 
-def _upstream_failure(error: Exception) -> Exception:
+def _upstream_failure(error: Exception, request: LiteLLMOcrRequest) -> Exception:
     try:
         status, body = _UPSTREAM_ARGS.validate_python(error.args)
         headers: Final = _UPSTREAM_HEADERS.validate_python(getattr(error, "headers", None))
     except ValidationError:
         return error
-    return UpstreamFailure(httpx.Response(status, content=body.encode(), headers=headers), error)
+    http_request: Final = httpx.Request("POST", request.api_base or "https://docs.litellm.ai/docs")
+    return UpstreamFailure(
+        httpx.Response(status, content=body.encode(), headers=headers, request=http_request),
+        error,
+    )
 
 
 def response(value: Mapping[str, object]) -> OCRResponse:
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ def map_failure(error: Exception, request: LiteLLMOcrRequest, request_provider:
             model=request.model.removeprefix(f"{request_provider}/"),
             llm_provider=request_provider,
         )
-    original: Final = _upstream_failure(error)
+    original: Final = _upstream_failure(error, request)
     public_error: Final = failures.map_failure(original, request.model, request_provider, arguments(request))
     if isinstance(original, UpstreamFailure) and public_error.__context__ is original:
         public_error.__context__ = error
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/rust_bridge/ocr/test_route_host.py b/tests/test_litellm/rust_bridge/ocr/test_route_host.py
index a328579400c..699492e4424 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/rust_bridge/ocr/test_route_host.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/rust_bridge/ocr/test_route_host.py
@@ -59,6 +59,17 @@ def test_map_failure_builds_public_error_from_upstream_status_and_headers() -> N
     assert public_error.llm_provider == "mistral"
 
 
+def test_map_failure_maps_upstream_401_to_authentication_error() -> None:
+    error: Final = RustUpstreamError(401, '{"message": "Unauthorized"}', ())
+
+    public_error: Final = map_failure(error, REQUEST, "mistral")
+
+    assert isinstance(public_error, litellm.AuthenticationError)
+    assert public_error.status_code == 401
+    assert public_error.response.text == '{"message": "Unauthorized"}'
+    assert public_error.__context__ is error
+
+
 def test_map_failure_leaves_non_upstream_errors_unwrapped() -> None:
     error: Final = RuntimeError("bridge exploded")