diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/api-report.md
index d491933e45..cdb12a70b1 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/api-report.md
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ export class KubernetesBuilder {
     logger: Logger,
     clusterSupplier: KubernetesClustersSupplier_2,
     discovery: DiscoveryService,
+    httpAuth: HttpAuthService,
   ): KubernetesProxy;
   // (undocumented)
   protected buildRouter(
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ export class KubernetesBuilder {
     logger: Logger,
     clusterSupplier: KubernetesClustersSupplier_2,
     discovery: DiscoveryService,
+    httpAuth: HttpAuthService,
   ): KubernetesProxy;
   // (undocumented)
   protected getServiceLocator(): KubernetesServiceLocator_2;
@@ -349,6 +351,7 @@ export type KubernetesProxyOptions = {
   clusterSupplier: KubernetesClustersSupplier;
   authStrategy: AuthenticationStrategy;
   discovery: DiscoveryService;
+  httpAuth?: HttpAuthService;
 };
 
 // @public @deprecated (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.ts
index b48abc8816..b7a5dabf1d 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.ts
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ export class KubernetesFanOutHandler implements KubernetesObjectsProvider {
       entity,
       auth,
       {
-        credentials: options?.credentials,
+        credentials: options.credentials,
       },
       this.objectTypesToFetch,
     );