diff --git a/.changeset/hungry-goats-mate.md b/.changeset/hungry-goats-mate.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..733b1c7cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/hungry-goats-mate.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-auth-backend': patch
+---
+
+Updates the OAuth2 Proxy provider to require less infrastructure configuration.
+
+The auth result object of the OAuth2 Proxy now provides access to the request headers, both through the `headers` object as well as `getHeader` method. The existing logic that parses and extracts the user information from ID tokens is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. See the OAuth2 Proxy provider documentation for more details.
+
+The OAuth2 Proxy provider now also has a default `authHandler` implementation that reads the display name and email from the incoming request headers.