diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/plus_api.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/plus_api.py
index 447fffd72..a3bb11b9f 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/plus_api.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/plus_api.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class PlusAPI:
             "file": encoded_file,
             "description": description,
             "available_exports": available_exports,
-            "tools_metadata": tools_metadata,
+            "tools_metadata": {"tools": tools_metadata} if tools_metadata else None,
         }
         return self._make_request("POST", f"{self.TOOLS_RESOURCE}", json=params)
 
diff --git a/lib/crewai/tests/cli/test_plus_api.py b/lib/crewai/tests/cli/test_plus_api.py
index e651d032d..901392479 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/tests/cli/test_plus_api.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/tests/cli/test_plus_api.py
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class TestPlusAPI(unittest.TestCase):
             "file": encoded_file,
             "description": description,
             "available_exports": available_exports,
-            "tools_metadata": tools_metadata,
+            "tools_metadata": {"tools": tools_metadata},
         }
         mock_make_request.assert_called_once_with(
             "POST", "/crewai_plus/api/v1/tools", json=params