diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dc64177b1..35012a146 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "googleapis-common-protos>=1.70.0",
   "culsans>=0.11.0 ; python_full_version < '3.13'",
   "packaging>=24.0",
+  "typing-extensions>=4.0.0",
 ]
 
 classifiers = [
diff --git a/src/a2a/server/tasks/base_push_notification_sender.py b/src/a2a/server/tasks/base_push_notification_sender.py
index ff9ca3ce5..5be3445aa 100644
--- a/src/a2a/server/tasks/base_push_notification_sender.py
+++ b/src/a2a/server/tasks/base_push_notification_sender.py
@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ async def _dispatch_notification(
     ) -> bool:
         url = push_info.url
         try:
-            headers = None
-            if push_info.token:
-                headers = {'X-A2A-Notification-Token': push_info.token}
+            headers = self._build_headers(push_info)
 
             response = await self._client.post(
                 url,
@@ -103,3 +101,23 @@ async def _dispatch_notification(
             )
             return False
         return True
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _authorization_header(
+        push_info: TaskPushNotificationConfig,
+    ) -> str | None:
+        auth = push_info.authentication
+        if not auth.scheme or not auth.credentials:
+            return None
+        return f'{auth.scheme} {auth.credentials}'
+
+    def _build_headers(
+        self, push_info: TaskPushNotificationConfig
+    ) -> dict[str, str] | None:
+        headers: dict[str, str] = {}
+        if push_info.token:
+            headers['X-A2A-Notification-Token'] = push_info.token
+        authorization = self._authorization_header(push_info)
+        if authorization:
+            headers['Authorization'] = authorization
+        return headers or None
diff --git a/tests/server/tasks/test_push_notification_sender.py b/tests/server/tasks/test_push_notification_sender.py
index 990f6c7f5..5006f7d78 100644
--- a/tests/server/tasks/test_push_notification_sender.py
+++ b/tests/server/tasks/test_push_notification_sender.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     BasePushNotificationSender,
 )
 from a2a.types.a2a_pb2 import (
+    AuthenticationInfo,
     StreamResponse,
     Task,
     TaskArtifactUpdateEvent,
@@ -34,8 +35,11 @@ def _create_sample_push_config(
     url: str = 'http://example.com/callback',
     config_id: str = 'cfg1',
     token: str | None = None,
+    authentication: AuthenticationInfo | None = None,
 ) -> TaskPushNotificationConfig:
-    return TaskPushNotificationConfig(id=config_id, url=url, token=token)
+    return TaskPushNotificationConfig(
+        id=config_id, url=url, token=token, authentication=authentication
+    )
 
 
 class TestBasePushNotificationSender(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
@@ -101,6 +105,61 @@ async def test_send_notification_with_token_success(self) -> None:
         )
         mock_response.raise_for_status.assert_called_once()
 
+    async def test_send_notification_with_auth_header(self) -> None:
+        task_id = 'task_send_auth'
+        task_data = _create_sample_task(task_id=task_id)
+        config = _create_sample_push_config(
+            url='http://notify.me/here',
+            token='unique_token',
+            authentication=AuthenticationInfo(
+                scheme='Bearer', credentials='token_or_jwt'
+            ),
+        )
+        self.mock_config_store.get_info_for_dispatch.return_value = [config]
+
+        mock_response = AsyncMock(spec=httpx.Response)
+        mock_response.status_code = 200
+        self.mock_httpx_client.post.return_value = mock_response
+
+        await self.sender.send_notification(task_id, task_data)
+
+        self.mock_config_store.get_info_for_dispatch.assert_awaited_once_with(
+            task_data.id
+        )
+        self.mock_httpx_client.post.assert_awaited_once_with(
+            config.url,
+            json=MessageToDict(StreamResponse(task=task_data)),
+            headers={
+                'X-A2A-Notification-Token': 'unique_token',
+                'Authorization': 'Bearer token_or_jwt',
+            },
+        )
+        mock_response.raise_for_status.assert_called_once()
+
+    def test_authorization_header_requires_scheme_and_credentials(self) -> None:
+        config = _create_sample_push_config()
+        self.assertIsNone(self.sender._authorization_header(config))
+
+        config = _create_sample_push_config(
+            authentication=AuthenticationInfo(credentials='token_or_jwt')
+        )
+        self.assertIsNone(self.sender._authorization_header(config))
+
+        config = _create_sample_push_config(
+            authentication=AuthenticationInfo(scheme='Bearer')
+        )
+        self.assertIsNone(self.sender._authorization_header(config))
+
+        config = _create_sample_push_config(
+            authentication=AuthenticationInfo(
+                scheme='Basic', credentials='token_or_jwt'
+            )
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.sender._authorization_header(config),
+            'Basic token_or_jwt',
+        )
+
     async def test_send_notification_no_config(self) -> None:
         task_id = 'task_send_no_config'
         task_data = _create_sample_task(task_id=task_id)
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index daba3ed6e..fff2dc5fc 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "packaging" },
     { name = "protobuf" },
     { name = "pydantic" },
+    { name = "typing-extensions" },
 ]
 
 [package.optional-dependencies]
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "starlette", marker = "extra == 'all'" },
     { name = "starlette", marker = "extra == 'fastapi'" },
     { name = "starlette", marker = "extra == 'http-server'" },
+    { name = "typing-extensions", specifier = ">=4.0.0" },
 ]
 provides-extras = ["all", "db-cli", "encryption", "fastapi", "grpc", "http-server", "mysql", "postgresql", "signing", "sql", "sqlite", "telemetry"]