diff --git a/packages/core/src/tracing/vercel-ai/index.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/vercel-ai/index.ts
index 93be1ca33423..e64b4b1a9cbf 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/tracing/vercel-ai/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tracing/vercel-ai/index.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,15 @@ function processEndedVercelAiSpan(span: SpanJSON): void {
   renameAttributeKey(attributes, AI_USAGE_PROMPT_TOKENS_ATTRIBUTE, GEN_AI_USAGE_INPUT_TOKENS_ATTRIBUTE);
   renameAttributeKey(attributes, AI_USAGE_CACHED_INPUT_TOKENS_ATTRIBUTE, GEN_AI_USAGE_INPUT_TOKENS_CACHED_ATTRIBUTE);
 
+  // Input tokens is the sum of prompt tokens and cached input tokens
+  if (
+    typeof attributes[GEN_AI_USAGE_INPUT_TOKENS_ATTRIBUTE] === 'number' &&
+    typeof attributes[GEN_AI_USAGE_INPUT_TOKENS_CACHED_ATTRIBUTE] === 'number'
+  ) {
+    attributes[GEN_AI_USAGE_INPUT_TOKENS_ATTRIBUTE] =
+      attributes[GEN_AI_USAGE_INPUT_TOKENS_ATTRIBUTE] + attributes[GEN_AI_USAGE_INPUT_TOKENS_CACHED_ATTRIBUTE];
+  }
+
   if (
     typeof attributes[GEN_AI_USAGE_OUTPUT_TOKENS_ATTRIBUTE] === 'number' &&
     typeof attributes[GEN_AI_USAGE_INPUT_TOKENS_ATTRIBUTE] === 'number'
diff --git a/packages/core/test/lib/tracing/vercel-ai-cached-tokens.test.ts b/packages/core/test/lib/tracing/vercel-ai-cached-tokens.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e85121b9e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/lib/tracing/vercel-ai-cached-tokens.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { addVercelAiProcessors } from '../../../src/tracing/vercel-ai';
+import type { SpanJSON } from '../../../src/types-hoist/span';
+import { getDefaultTestClientOptions, TestClient } from '../../mocks/client';
+
+describe('vercel-ai cached tokens', () => {
+  it('should add cached input tokens to total input tokens', () => {
+    const options = getDefaultTestClientOptions({ tracesSampleRate: 1.0 });
+    const client = new TestClient(options);
+    client.init();
+    addVercelAiProcessors(client);
+
+    const mockSpan: SpanJSON = {
+      description: 'test',
+      span_id: 'test-span-id',
+      trace_id: 'test-trace-id',
+      start_timestamp: 1000,
+      timestamp: 2000,
+      origin: 'auto.vercelai.otel',
+      data: {
+        'ai.usage.promptTokens': 100,
+        'ai.usage.cachedInputTokens': 50,
+      },
+    };
+
+    const event = {
+      type: 'transaction' as const,
+      spans: [mockSpan],
+    };
+
+    const eventProcessor = client['_eventProcessors'].find(processor => processor.id === 'VercelAiEventProcessor');
+    expect(eventProcessor).toBeDefined();
+
+    const processedEvent = eventProcessor!(event, {});
+
+    expect(processedEvent?.spans?.[0]?.data?.['gen_ai.usage.input_tokens']).toBe(150);
+    expect(processedEvent?.spans?.[0]?.data?.['gen_ai.usage.input_tokens.cached']).toBe(50);
+  });
+});