diff --git a/packages/file-handling/src/vpu-fileupload.js b/packages/file-handling/src/vpu-fileupload.js
index 9a04b186e97d05b458c7564c97d32154e9c67299..46b811613cd247416b2a1fdb866fb55fb841cb64 100644
--- a/packages/file-handling/src/vpu-fileupload.js
+++ b/packages/file-handling/src/vpu-fileupload.js
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ class VPUFileUpload extends VPULitElement {
 
         fetch(url, {
             method: 'POST',
+            headers: {
+                'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + window.VPUAuthToken,
+            },
             body: formData
         })
             .then((response) => {