diff --git a/pkg/http/http.go b/pkg/http/http.go
index 5b2e4db71..34ddc62ca 100644
--- a/pkg/http/http.go
+++ b/pkg/http/http.go
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func (c *Client) createRequest(method, url string, body io.Reader, header *http.
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(c.username) > 0 && len(c.password) > 0 {
+	if len(c.username) > 0 {
 		request.SetBasicAuth(c.username, c.password)
 		c.logger.Debug("Using Basic Authentication ****/****")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/http/http_test.go b/pkg/http/http_test.go
index 622501141..dd2aa1287 100644
--- a/pkg/http/http_test.go
+++ b/pkg/http/http_test.go
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ func TestUploadRequest(t *testing.T) {
 		{clientOptions: ClientOptions{}, method: "POST", header: map[string][]string{"Testheader": {"Test1", "Test2"}}, expected: "OK"},
 		{clientOptions: ClientOptions{}, cookies: []*http.Cookie{{Name: "TestCookie1", Value: "TestValue1"}, {Name: "TestCookie2", Value: "TestValue2"}}, method: "POST", expected: "OK"},
 		{clientOptions: ClientOptions{Username: "TestUser", Password: "TestPwd"}, method: "POST", expected: "OK"},
+		{clientOptions: ClientOptions{Username: "UserOnly", Password: ""}, method: "POST", expected: "OK"},
 	}
 
 	client := Client{logger: log.Entry().WithField("package", "SAP/jenkins-library/pkg/http")}