diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_exception_handler.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_exception_handler.py
index af048906650..30a1c4791c5 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_exception_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_exception_handler.py
@@ -80,8 +80,12 @@ class UserAPIKeyAuthExceptionHandler:
             # flooding error logs with routine access-control events.
             # All other exceptions are unexpected and logged at ERROR with traceback.
             _is_expected_auth_failure = (
-                isinstance(e, ProxyException) and int(e.code) in (401, 403)
-            ) or (isinstance(e, HTTPException) and e.status_code in (401, 403))
+                isinstance(e, litellm.BudgetExceededError)
+            ) or (
+                isinstance(e, ProxyException) and str(e.code) in ("401", "403")
+            ) or (
+                isinstance(e, HTTPException) and e.status_code in (401, 403)
+            )
             if _is_expected_auth_failure:
                 verbose_proxy_logger.warning(
                     "litellm.proxy.proxy_server.user_api_key_auth(): Auth denied - {}\nRequester IP Address:{}".format(