diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/createKeyPayload.test.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/createKeyPayload.test.ts
index 7c6d5def8da..c101b06e714 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/createKeyPayload.test.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/createKeyPayload.test.ts
@@ -139,7 +139,13 @@ describe("key ownership", () => {
   });
 
   it("leaves the form's user_id alone for another_user", () => {
-    const expected = { key_alias: "my-key", user_id: "someone-else", duration: null, metadata: "{}" };
+    const expected = {
+      key_alias: "my-key",
+      user_id: "someone-else",
+      send_invite_email: true,
+      duration: null,
+      metadata: "{}",
+    };
     expect(
       payloadOf(build({ key_alias: "my-key", user_id: "someone-else" }, { keyOwner: "another_user" })),
     ).toStrictEqual(expected);
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/createKeyPayload.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/createKeyPayload.ts
index 311e9357825..ca6784681f3 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/createKeyPayload.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/createKeyPayload.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ export const buildKeyCreatePayload = (input: KeyCreateInput): KeyPayloadResult =
       ...(values.organization_id === null && { organization_id: undefined }),
       ...(values.project_id === null && { project_id: undefined }),
       ...(input.keyOwner === "you" && { user_id: input.userID }),
+      ...(input.keyOwner === "another_user" && { send_invite_email: true }),
       ...(input.keyOwner === "agent" && { agent_id: input.selectedAgentId }),
       ...(input.autoRotationEnabled && { auto_rotate: true, rotation_interval: input.rotationInterval }),
       duration: !duration || (duration as string).trim() === "" ? null : duration,