diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/RCTHTTPRequestHandler.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/RCTHTTPRequestHandler.mm
index b7b2db1e57e3..b0b7b1c5555f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/RCTHTTPRequestHandler.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/RCTHTTPRequestHandler.mm
@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ - (void)URLSession:(NSURLSession *)session
 
   NSArray<NSHTTPCookie *> *cookies = [[NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage] cookiesForURL:request.URL];
   nextRequest.allHTTPHeaderFields = [NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies:cookies];
+
+  NSString *originalAuthorizationHeader = [task.originalRequest valueForHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization"];
+
+  // Forward the original Authorization header if set
+  if (originalAuthorizationHeader) {
+    [nextRequest addValue:originalAuthorizationHeader forHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization" ];
+  }
   completionHandler(nextRequest);
 }