diff --git a/.changeset/clean-plums-crash.md b/.changeset/clean-plums-crash.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77cd94f097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clean-plums-crash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend': patch
+---
+
+Forward authorization header on backend request if present
diff --git a/.changeset/old-coats-suffer.md b/.changeset/old-coats-suffer.md
index 8391f77ee0..5938c60b1e 100644
--- a/.changeset/old-coats-suffer.md
+++ b/.changeset/old-coats-suffer.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 '@backstage/plugin-techdocs': minor
 ---
 
-Add authorization header on techdocs api requests
+Add authorization header on techdocs api requests. Breaking change as clients now needs the Identity API.
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs/src/api.ts b/plugins/techdocs/src/api.ts
index ea176f26eb..6de94b63bb 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs/src/api.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs/src/api.ts
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ export class TechDocsStorageApi implements TechDocsStorage {
     const request = await fetch(
       `${url.endsWith('/') ? url : `${url}/`}index.html`,
       {
-        credentials: 'include',
         headers: token ? { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` } : {},
       },
     );