diff --git a/thunder/core/interpreter.py b/thunder/core/interpreter.py
index 992d1e27ec..6557df1802 100644
--- a/thunder/core/interpreter.py
+++ b/thunder/core/interpreter.py
@@ -2513,7 +2513,9 @@ def __getitem__(self, key):
         except Exception as e:
             return do_raise(e)
 
-        populate_single_dict_item_wrapper(uv, self, key.value)
+        from thunder.core.proxies import Proxy
+
+        populate_single_dict_item_wrapper(uv, self, key if isinstance(key.value, Proxy) else key.value)
         v = self.item_wrappers[key.value]
         assert uv is v.value or uv is v.original_value, f"value for {key.value} out of sync {uv} {v.value}"
         return v
diff --git a/thunder/tests/test_jit_general.py b/thunder/tests/test_jit_general.py
index c7e30a0c58..b9e304e681 100644
--- a/thunder/tests/test_jit_general.py
+++ b/thunder/tests/test_jit_general.py
@@ -1029,7 +1029,6 @@ def forward(self, x):
     ids=("remove_duplicate=False", "remove_duplicate=True"),
 )
 def test_named_params_and_named_buffers(prefix, recurse, remove_duplicate):
-
     buffer_tensor = torch.tensor([1.0])
 
     class SubMod(torch.nn.Module):
@@ -1143,7 +1142,6 @@ def test_custom_autograd_function():
     from torch.testing._internal.common_utils import gradcheck
 
     class MyFunction(torch.autograd.Function):
-
         @staticmethod
         def forward(ctx, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
             return x * 2.0
@@ -1206,7 +1204,6 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 
 def test_autograd_function_apply():
-
     def forward(ctx, x):
         saved_for_backward = (x,)
         return x.sin(), saved_for_backward
@@ -1275,7 +1272,6 @@ def my_sin_with_wrong_backward(x):
 
 
 def test_autograd_function_empty_forward():
-
     class Fn(torch.autograd.Function):
         @staticmethod
         def forward(self, x):
@@ -1464,3 +1460,30 @@ def foo(a):
     expected = foo(a)
 
     assert_close(actual, expected)
+
+
+def test_cache_symbolic_values_dict():
+    def foo(a, v):
+        return a[v].relu()
+
+    jfoo = thunder.jit(foo, cache="symbolic values")
+
+    a = {
+        2: torch.randn(2, 3, 8, requires_grad=True, device="cpu"),
+        5: torch.randn(4, 8, requires_grad=True, device="cpu"),
+    }
+
+    actual = jfoo(a, 2)
+    expected = foo(a, 2)
+
+    assert_close(actual, expected)
+
+    b = {
+        "a": torch.randn(2, 8, requires_grad=True, device="cpu"),
+        "b": torch.randn(7, requires_grad=True, device="cpu"),
+    }
+
+    actual = jfoo(b, "b")
+    expected = foo(b, "b")
+
+    assert_close(actual, expected)