diff --git a/lib/entry-points.js b/lib/entry-points.js
index d871e6f49..b79a327ea 100644
--- a/lib/entry-points.js
+++ b/lib/entry-points.js
@@ -178468,6 +178468,9 @@ async function uploadBundledDatabase(repositoryNwo, language, commitOid, bundled
   if (uploadsBaseUrl.endsWith("/")) {
     uploadsBaseUrl = uploadsBaseUrl.slice(0, -1);
   }
+  const token = apiDetails.auth?.trim();
+  const hasToken2 = token !== void 0 && token !== "";
+  const authorization = hasToken2 ? `token ${token}` : void 0;
   const bundledDbReadStream = fs18.createReadStream(bundledDb);
   try {
     const startTime = performance.now();
@@ -178482,7 +178485,7 @@ async function uploadBundledDatabase(repositoryNwo, language, commitOid, bundled
         commit_oid: commitOid,
         data: bundledDbReadStream,
         headers: {
-          authorization: `token ${apiDetails.auth}`,
+          authorization,
           "Content-Type": "application/zip",
           "Content-Length": bundledDbSize
         },
diff --git a/src/database-upload.ts b/src/database-upload.ts
index a79669436..df3796e50 100644
--- a/src/database-upload.ts
+++ b/src/database-upload.ts
@@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ async function uploadBundledDatabase(
     uploadsBaseUrl = uploadsBaseUrl.slice(0, -1);
   }
 
+  const token = apiDetails.auth?.trim();
+  const hasToken = token !== undefined && token !== "";
+  const authorization = hasToken ? `token ${token}` : undefined;
+
   const bundledDbReadStream = fs.createReadStream(bundledDb);
   try {
     const startTime = performance.now();
@@ -293,7 +297,7 @@ async function uploadBundledDatabase(
         commit_oid: commitOid,
         data: bundledDbReadStream,
         headers: {
-          authorization: `token ${apiDetails.auth}`,
+          authorization,
           "Content-Type": "application/zip",
           "Content-Length": bundledDbSize,
         },