diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/BearerAuthenticationFilter.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/BearerAuthenticationFilter.java
index 8147149..be71946 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/BearerAuthenticationFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/BearerAuthenticationFilter.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 public class BearerAuthenticationFilter extends AllRequestFilter {
 
   private static final String BEARER_TOKEN = "BearerToken";
+  private static final String BEARER_TOKEN_PREFIX = "Bearer";
   private final DynamicItem<WebSession> session;
   private final String pluginName;
   private final PullReplicationInternalUser pluginUser;
@@ -79,13 +80,14 @@
     HttpServletRequest httpRequest = (HttpServletRequest) servletRequest;
     HttpServletResponse httpResponse = (HttpServletResponse) servletResponse;
     String requestURI = httpRequest.getRequestURI();
+    Optional<String> authorizationHeader =
+        Optional.ofNullable(httpRequest.getHeader("Authorization"));
 
     if (isBasicAuthenticationRequest(requestURI)) {
       filterChain.doFilter(servletRequest, servletResponse);
-    } else if (isPullReplicationApiRequest(requestURI) || isGitUploadPackRequest(httpRequest)) {
-      Optional<String> authorizationHeader =
-          Optional.ofNullable(httpRequest.getHeader("Authorization"));
-
+    } else if (isPullReplicationApiRequest(requestURI)
+        || (isGitUploadPackRequest(httpRequest)
+            && isAuthenticationHeaderWithBearerToken(authorizationHeader))) {
       if (isBearerTokenAuthenticated(authorizationHeader, bearerToken))
         try (ManualRequestContext ctx =
             new ManualRequestContext(pluginUser, threadLocalRequestContext.get())) {
@@ -137,4 +139,8 @@
     }
     return Optional.empty();
   }
+
+  private boolean isAuthenticationHeaderWithBearerToken(Optional<String> authorizationHeader) {
+    return authorizationHeader.map(h -> h.startsWith(BEARER_TOKEN_PREFIX)).orElse(false);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/BearerAuthenticationFilterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/BearerAuthenticationFilterTest.java
index 824496a..ca69f06 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/BearerAuthenticationFilterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/BearerAuthenticationFilterTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import static javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.atMost;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
@@ -108,17 +107,53 @@
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void shouldAuthenticateWhenGitUploadPacket() throws ServletException, IOException {
+  public void shouldAuthenticateWhenGitUploadPack() throws ServletException, IOException {
     authenticateAndFilter("any-prefix/git-upload-pack", NO_QUERY_PARAMETERS);
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void shouldAuthenticateWhenGitUploadPacketInQueryParameter()
+  public void shouldAuthenticateWhenGitUploadPackInQueryParameter()
       throws ServletException, IOException {
     authenticateAndFilter("any-prefix", GIT_UPLOAD_PACK_QUERY_PARAMETER);
   }
 
   @Test
+  public void shouldGoNextInChainWhenGitUploadPackWithoutAuthenticationHeader()
+      throws ServletException, IOException {
+    when(httpServletRequest.getRequestURI()).thenReturn("any-prefix/git-upload-pack");
+
+    final BearerAuthenticationFilter filter =
+        new BearerAuthenticationFilter(
+            session,
+            pluginName,
+            pluginUser,
+            threadLocalRequestContextProvider,
+            "some-bearer-token");
+    filter.doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse, filterChain);
+
+    verify(httpServletRequest).getHeader("Authorization");
+    verify(filterChain).doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldGoNextInChainWhenGitUploadPackWithAuthenticationHeaderDifferentThanBearer()
+      throws ServletException, IOException {
+    when(httpServletRequest.getRequestURI()).thenReturn("any-prefix/git-upload-pack");
+    when(httpServletRequest.getHeader("Authorization")).thenReturn("some-authorization");
+    final BearerAuthenticationFilter filter =
+        new BearerAuthenticationFilter(
+            session,
+            pluginName,
+            pluginUser,
+            threadLocalRequestContextProvider,
+            "some-bearer-token");
+    filter.doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse, filterChain);
+
+    verify(httpServletRequest).getHeader("Authorization");
+    verify(filterChain).doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse);
+  }
+
+  @Test
   public void shouldBe401WhenBearerTokenDoesNotMatch() throws ServletException, IOException {
     when(httpServletRequest.getRequestURI()).thenReturn("any-prefix/pull-replication~fetch");
     when(httpServletRequest.getHeader("Authorization"))
@@ -171,6 +206,7 @@
     filter.doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse, filterChain);
 
     verify(httpServletRequest).getRequestURI();
+    verify(httpServletRequest).getHeader("Authorization");
     verify(httpServletResponse).sendError(SC_UNAUTHORIZED);
   }
 
@@ -187,7 +223,7 @@
             "some-bearer-token");
     filter.doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse, filterChain);
 
-    verify(httpServletRequest, times(2)).getRequestURI();
+    verify(httpServletRequest).getHeader("Authorization");
     verify(filterChain).doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse);
   }
 
@@ -206,7 +242,7 @@
             "some-bearer-token");
     filter.doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse, filterChain);
 
-    verify(httpServletRequest).getRequestURI();
+    verify(httpServletRequest).getHeader("Authorization");
     verify(filterChain).doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse);
   }
 }