diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a3278a88..908d4b34 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ The original work is also licensed under the Apache 2 License.
 Here's a command-line guide to uploading some payload:
 
 ```
-export BASIC_AUTH='the-token'
+export AUTH='the-token'
 export HOST='the-host'
 
 curl -F "file=@foo.json.gz;type=application/vnd.redhat.runtimes-java-general.analytics+tgz" \
-	-H "Authorization: Basic ${BASIC_AUTH}" \
+	-H "Authorization: Bearer ${AUTH}" \
 	"https://${HOST}/api/ingress/v1/upload" -v --insecure
 ```
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Or if you prefer HTTPie:
 http --verbose --multipart $HOST/api/ingress/v1/upload \
 'file@foo.json.gz;type=application/vnd.redhat.runtimes-java-general.analytics+tgz' \
 type='application/vnd.redhat.runtimes-java-general.analytics+tgz' \
-"Authorization":"Basic ${BASIC_AUTH}"
+"Authorization":"Bearer ${AUTH}"
 ```
 
 ## Environment variables and system properties
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/InsightsJdkHttpClient.java b/runtime/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/InsightsJdkHttpClient.java
index e7248204..28e86f57 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/InsightsJdkHttpClient.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/InsightsJdkHttpClient.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) Red Hat 2023 */
+/* Copyright (C) Red Hat 2023-2024 */
 package com.redhat.insights.core.httpclient;
 
 import static com.redhat.insights.InsightsErrorCode.*;
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ protected void sendInsightsReportWithClient(
 
     if (!configuration.useMTLS()) {
       final var authToken = configuration.getMaybeAuthToken().get();
-      requestBuilder = requestBuilder.setHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + authToken);
+      requestBuilder = requestBuilder.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + authToken);
     }
     requestBuilder =
         requestBuilder.uri(
diff --git a/runtime/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/InsightsJdkHttpClientTest.java b/runtime/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/InsightsJdkHttpClientTest.java
index 1b7d5136..a2f7a080 100644
--- a/runtime/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/InsightsJdkHttpClientTest.java
+++ b/runtime/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/InsightsJdkHttpClientTest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) Red Hat 2023 */
+/* Copyright (C) Red Hat 2023-2024 */
 package com.redhat.insights.core.httpclient;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public void testSendReportWithoutMtls() throws IOException, InterruptedException
 
     // if using token, there should be authorization header
     assertEquals(1, request.get().headers().allValues("Authorization").size());
-    assertEquals("Basic randomToken", request.get().headers().allValues("Authorization").get(0));
+    assertEquals("Bearer randomToken", request.get().headers().allValues("Authorization").get(0));
   }
 
   @Test