diff --git a/webapi/Controllers/ChatController.cs b/webapi/Controllers/ChatController.cs
index 2f16c20b0..46ecdf0f2 100644
--- a/webapi/Controllers/ChatController.cs
+++ b/webapi/Controllers/ChatController.cs
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ await planner.Kernel.ImportPluginFunctionsAsync(
         if (openApiSkillsAuthHeaders.TryGetValue("JIRA", out string? JiraAuthHeader))
         {
             this._logger.LogInformation("Registering Jira plugin");
-            var authenticationProvider = new BearerAuthenticationProvider(() => { return Task.FromResult(JiraAuthHeader); });
+            var authenticationProvider = new BasicAuthenticationProvider(() => { return Task.FromResult(JiraAuthHeader); });
             var hasServerUrlOverride = variables.TryGetValue("jira-server-url", out string? serverUrlOverride);
 
             await planner.Kernel.ImportPluginFunctionsAsync(
diff --git a/webapi/Services/SemanticKernelProvider.cs b/webapi/Services/SemanticKernelProvider.cs
index 29763d2ae..44dcd0888 100644
--- a/webapi/Services/SemanticKernelProvider.cs
+++ b/webapi/Services/SemanticKernelProvider.cs
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ IMemoryStore CreateMemoryStore()
                     var qdrantConfig = memoryOptions.GetServiceConfig<QdrantConfig>(configuration, "Qdrant");
 
 #pragma warning disable CA2000 // Ownership passed to QdrantMemoryStore
-                    HttpClient httpClient = new(new HttpClientHandler { CheckCertificateRevocationList = true }); // $$$
+                    HttpClient httpClient = new(new HttpClientHandler { CheckCertificateRevocationList = true });
 #pragma warning restore CA2000 // Ownership passed to QdrantMemoryStore
                     if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(qdrantConfig.APIKey))
                     {