diff --git a/charts/mcp-auth-proxy/templates/mcp-auth-proxy-git.yaml b/charts/mcp-auth-proxy/templates/mcp-auth-proxy-git.yaml
index 1f7de74..036e3df 100644
--- a/charts/mcp-auth-proxy/templates/mcp-auth-proxy-git.yaml
+++ b/charts/mcp-auth-proxy/templates/mcp-auth-proxy-git.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ spec:
             - --external-url=https://git-mcp-oauth.dumpnet.chat
             - --no-auto-tls=true
             - --listen=:8080
+            - --proxy-forward-authorization=true
             - http://forgejo-mcp.mcp.svc.cluster.local
           env:
             - name: DATA_PATH