diff --git a/docs/widgets/services/whatsupdocker.md b/docs/widgets/services/whatsupdocker.md
index 74eb2c977..f7f0f9f94 100644
--- a/docs/widgets/services/whatsupdocker.md
+++ b/docs/widgets/services/whatsupdocker.md
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ widget:
   url: http://whatsupdocker:port
   username: username # optional
   password: password # optional
+  key: bearer-token # optional, takes precedence over username/password
 ```
diff --git a/src/utils/proxy/handlers/credentialed.js b/src/utils/proxy/handlers/credentialed.js
index 1e4e7c481..37c80c363 100644
--- a/src/utils/proxy/handlers/credentialed.js
+++ b/src/utils/proxy/handlers/credentialed.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export default async function credentialedProxyHandler(req, res, map) {
         } else {
           headers.Authorization = basicAuthHeader(widget);
         }
-      } else if (widget.type === "ntfy") {
+      } else if (["ntfy", "whatsupdocker"].includes(widget.type)) {
         if (widget.key) {
           headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${widget.key}`;
         } else if (widget.username && widget.password) {
diff --git a/src/utils/proxy/handlers/credentialed.test.js b/src/utils/proxy/handlers/credentialed.test.js
index 49a154b48..6f1eb91bb 100644
--- a/src/utils/proxy/handlers/credentialed.test.js
+++ b/src/utils/proxy/handlers/credentialed.test.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ vi.mock("widgets/widgets", () => ({
     proxmox: { api: "{url}/api2/json/{endpoint}" },
     truenas: { api: "{url}/api/v2.0/{endpoint}" },
     ntfy: { api: "{url}/{endpoint}" },
+    whatsupdocker: { api: "{url}/{endpoint}" },
     proxmoxbackupserver: { api: "{url}/api2/json/{endpoint}" },
     checkmk: { api: "{url}/{endpoint}" },
     stocks: { api: "{url}/{endpoint}" },
@@ -186,6 +187,24 @@ describe("utils/proxy/handlers/credentialed", () => {
     expect(params.headers.Authorization).toBe("Bearer k");
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    ["Bearer", { key: "token" }, "Bearer token"],
+    ["Basic", { username: "u", password: "p" }, `Basic ${Buffer.from("u:p").toString("base64")}`],
+    ["no", {}, undefined],
+    ["Bearer over Basic", { key: "token", username: "u", password: "p" }, "Bearer token"],
+  ])("uses %s auth for whatsupdocker", async (_mode, credentials, authorization) => {
+    getServiceWidget.mockResolvedValue({ type: "whatsupdocker", url: "http://whatsupdocker", ...credentials });
+    httpProxy.mockResolvedValue([200, "application/json", []]);
+
+    const req = { method: "GET", query: { group: "g", service: "s", endpoint: "api/containers", index: 0 } };
+    const res = createMockRes();
+
+    await credentialedProxyHandler(req, res);
+
+    const [, params] = httpProxy.mock.calls.at(-1);
+    expect(params.headers.Authorization).toBe(authorization);
+  });
+
   it("uses Bearer auth for ntfy when key is provided", async () => {
     getServiceWidget.mockResolvedValue({ type: "ntfy", url: "http://ntfy", topic: "alerts", key: "tk_test" });
     httpProxy.mockResolvedValue([200, "application/json", { ok: true }]);
diff --git a/src/widgets/whatsupdocker/widget.js b/src/widgets/whatsupdocker/widget.js
index a408d33a6..698d94189 100644
--- a/src/widgets/whatsupdocker/widget.js
+++ b/src/widgets/whatsupdocker/widget.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import genericProxyHandler from "utils/proxy/handlers/generic";
+import credentialedProxyHandler from "utils/proxy/handlers/credentialed";
 
 const widget = {
   api: "{url}/{endpoint}",
-  proxyHandler: genericProxyHandler,
+  proxyHandler: credentialedProxyHandler,
 
   mappings: {
     containers: {