diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Modal/StyledWrapper.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Modal/StyledWrapper.js
index f0cb79353..4ec5d4a25 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Modal/StyledWrapper.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Modal/StyledWrapper.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import styled from 'styled-components';
 
 const Wrapper = styled.div`
+  color: ${(props) => props.theme.text};
+
   &.modal--animate-out {
     animation: fade-out 0.5s forwards cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1);
 
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Auth/AuthMode/StyledWrapper.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Auth/AuthMode/StyledWrapper.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6613dd1f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Auth/AuthMode/StyledWrapper.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import styled from 'styled-components';
+
+const Wrapper = styled.div`
+  font-size: 0.8125rem;
+
+  .auth-mode-selector {
+    background: ${(props) => props.theme.requestTabPanel.bodyModeSelect.color};
+    border-radius: 3px;
+
+    .dropdown-item {
+      padding: 0.2rem 0.6rem !important;
+    }
+
+    .label-item {
+      padding: 0.2rem 0.6rem !important;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .caret {
+    color: rgb(140, 140, 140);
+    fill: rgb(140 140 140);
+  }
+`;
+
+export default Wrapper;
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Auth/AuthMode/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Auth/AuthMode/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ad80ce13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Auth/AuthMode/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import React, { useRef, forwardRef } from 'react';
+import get from 'lodash/get';
+import { IconCaretDown } from '@tabler/icons';
+import Dropdown from 'components/Dropdown';
+import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
+import { updateRequestAuthMode } from 'providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections';
+import { humanizeRequestAuthMode } from 'utils/collections';
+import StyledWrapper from './StyledWrapper';
+
+const AuthMode = ({ item, collection }) => {
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const dropdownTippyRef = useRef();
+  const onDropdownCreate = (ref) => (dropdownTippyRef.current = ref);
+  const authMode = item.draft ? get(item, 'draft.request.auth.mode') : get(item, 'request.auth.mode');
+
+  const Icon = forwardRef((props, ref) => {
+    return (
+      <div ref={ref} className="flex items-center justify-center pl-3 py-1 select-none">
+        {humanizeRequestAuthMode(authMode)} <IconCaretDown className="caret ml-2 mr-2" size={14} strokeWidth={2} />
+      </div>
+    );
+  });
+
+  const onModeChange = (value) => {
+    dispatch(
+      updateRequestAuthMode({
+        itemUid: item.uid,
+        collectionUid: collection.uid,
+        mode: value
+      })
+    );
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <StyledWrapper>
+      <div className="inline-flex items-center cursor-pointer auth-mode-selector">
+        <Dropdown onCreate={onDropdownCreate} icon={<Icon />} placement="bottom-end">
+          <div
+            className="dropdown-item"
+            onClick={() => {
+              dropdownTippyRef.current.hide();
+              onModeChange('basic');
+            }}
+          >
+            Basic Auth
+          </div>
+          <div
+            className="dropdown-item"
+            onClick={() => {
+              dropdownTippyRef.current.hide();
+              onModeChange('bearer');
+            }}
+          >
+            Bearer Token
+          </div>
+          <div
+            className="dropdown-item"
+            onClick={() => {
+              dropdownTippyRef.current.hide();
+              onModeChange('none');
+            }}
+          >
+            No Auth
+          </div>
+        </Dropdown>
+      </div>
+    </StyledWrapper>
+  );
+};
+export default AuthMode;
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Auth/StyledWrapper.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Auth/StyledWrapper.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e49220854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Auth/StyledWrapper.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import styled from 'styled-components';
+
+const Wrapper = styled.div``;
+
+export default Wrapper;
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Auth/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Auth/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2f345d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Auth/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import get from 'lodash/get';
+import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
+import { updateRequestBody } from 'providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections';
+import { sendRequest, saveRequest } from 'providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/actions';
+import StyledWrapper from './StyledWrapper';
+
+const RequestBody = ({ item, collection }) => {
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const authMode = item.draft ? get(item, 'draft.request.auth.mode') : get(item, 'request.auth.mode');
+
+  const onEdit = (value) => {
+    // dispatch(
+    //   updateRequestBody({
+    //     content: value,
+    //     itemUid: item.uid,
+    //     collectionUid: collection.uid
+    //   })
+    // );
+  };
+
+  if (authMode === 'basic') {
+    return <div>Basic Auth</div>;
+  }
+
+  if (authMode === 'bearer') {
+    return <div>Bearer Token</div>;
+  }
+
+  return <StyledWrapper className="w-full">No Auth</StyledWrapper>;
+};
+export default RequestBody;
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/HttpRequestPane/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/HttpRequestPane/index.js
index caace776f..652414a62 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/HttpRequestPane/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/HttpRequestPane/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import QueryParams from 'components/RequestPane/QueryParams';
 import RequestHeaders from 'components/RequestPane/RequestHeaders';
 import RequestBody from 'components/RequestPane/RequestBody';
 import RequestBodyMode from 'components/RequestPane/RequestBody/RequestBodyMode';
+import Auth from 'components/RequestPane/Auth';
+import AuthMode from 'components/RequestPane/Auth/AuthMode';
 import Vars from 'components/RequestPane/Vars';
 import Assertions from 'components/RequestPane/Assertions';
 import Script from 'components/RequestPane/Script';
@@ -38,6 +40,9 @@ const HttpRequestPane = ({ item, collection, leftPaneWidth }) => {
       case 'headers': {
         return <RequestHeaders item={item} collection={collection} />;
       }
+      case 'auth': {
+        return <Auth item={item} collection={collection} />;
+      }
       case 'vars': {
         return <Vars item={item} collection={collection} />;
       }
@@ -83,6 +88,9 @@ const HttpRequestPane = ({ item, collection, leftPaneWidth }) => {
         <div className={getTabClassname('headers')} role="tab" onClick={() => selectTab('headers')}>
           Headers
         </div>
+        <div className={getTabClassname('auth')} role="tab" onClick={() => selectTab('auth')}>
+          Auth
+        </div>
         <div className={getTabClassname('vars')} role="tab" onClick={() => selectTab('vars')}>
           Vars
         </div>
@@ -95,13 +103,16 @@ const HttpRequestPane = ({ item, collection, leftPaneWidth }) => {
         <div className={getTabClassname('tests')} role="tab" onClick={() => selectTab('tests')}>
           Tests
         </div>
-        {/* Moved to post mvp */}
-        {/* <div className={getTabClassname('auth')} role="tab" onClick={() => selectTab('auth')}>Auth</div> */}
         {focusedTab.requestPaneTab === 'body' ? (
           <div className="flex flex-grow justify-end items-center">
             <RequestBodyMode item={item} collection={collection} />
           </div>
         ) : null}
+        {focusedTab.requestPaneTab === 'auth' ? (
+          <div className="flex flex-grow justify-end items-center">
+            <AuthMode item={item} collection={collection} />
+          </div>
+        ) : null}
       </div>
       <section className={`flex w-full ${['script', 'vars'].includes(focusedTab.requestPaneTab) ? '' : 'mt-5'}`}>
         {getTabPanel(focusedTab.requestPaneTab)}
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/index.js
index 213761029..176926e19 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/index.js
@@ -578,6 +578,20 @@ export const collectionsSlice = createSlice({
         }
       }
     },
+    updateRequestAuthMode: (state, action) => {
+      const collection = findCollectionByUid(state.collections, action.payload.collectionUid);
+
+      if (collection && collection.items && collection.items.length) {
+        const item = findItemInCollection(collection, action.payload.itemUid);
+
+        if (item && isItemARequest(item)) {
+          if (!item.draft) {
+            item.draft = cloneDeep(item);
+          }
+          item.draft.request.auth.mode = action.payload.mode;
+        }
+      }
+    },
     updateRequestBodyMode: (state, action) => {
       const collection = findCollectionByUid(state.collections, action.payload.collectionUid);
 
@@ -1186,6 +1200,7 @@ export const {
   addMultipartFormParam,
   updateMultipartFormParam,
   deleteMultipartFormParam,
+  updateRequestAuthMode,
   updateRequestBodyMode,
   updateRequestBody,
   updateRequestGraphqlQuery,
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/collections/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/collections/index.js
index 0a20cb448..a1688890a 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/collections/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/collections/index.js
@@ -449,6 +449,22 @@ export const humanizeRequestBodyMode = (mode) => {
   return label;
 };
 
+export const humanizeRequestAuthMode = (mode) => {
+  let label = 'No Auth';
+  switch (mode) {
+    case 'basic': {
+      label = 'Basic Auth';
+      break;
+    }
+    case 'bearer': {
+      label = 'Bearer Token';
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return label;
+};
+
 export const refreshUidsInItem = (item) => {
   item.uid = uuid();
 
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.js
index c5eaa93ab..992ec233e 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.js
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ export const safeStringifyJSON = (obj, indent = false) => {
   }
 };
 
-export const safeParseXML = (str) => {
+export const safeParseXML = (str, options) => {
   if (!str || !str.length || typeof str !== 'string') {
     return str;
   }
   try {
-    return xmlFormat(str);
+    return xmlFormat(str, options);
   } catch (e) {
     return str;
   }
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/bru/index.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/bru/index.js
index 45b10004f..a28c04a7b 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/bru/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/bru/index.js
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ const bruToJson = (bru) => {
         url: _.get(json, 'http.url'),
         params: _.get(json, 'query', []),
         headers: _.get(json, 'headers', []),
+        auth: _.get(json, 'auth', {}),
         body: _.get(json, 'body', {}),
         script: _.get(json, 'script', {}),
         vars: _.get(json, 'vars', {}),
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ const bruToJson = (bru) => {
       }
     };
 
+    transformedJson.request.auth.mode = _.get(json, 'http.auth', 'none');
     transformedJson.request.body.mode = _.get(json, 'http.body', 'none');
 
     return transformedJson;
@@ -104,10 +106,12 @@ const jsonToBru = (json) => {
     http: {
       method: _.lowerCase(_.get(json, 'request.method')),
       url: _.get(json, 'request.url'),
+      auth: _.get(json, 'request.auth.mode', 'none'),
       body: _.get(json, 'request.body.mode', 'none')
     },
     query: _.get(json, 'request.params', []),
     headers: _.get(json, 'request.headers', []),
+    auth: _.get(json, 'request.auth', {}),
     body: _.get(json, 'request.body', {}),
     script: _.get(json, 'request.script', {}),
     vars: {
diff --git a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/bruToJson.js b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/bruToJson.js
index 2241ca554..576c58c24 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/bruToJson.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/bruToJson.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ const { outdentString } = require('../../v1/src/utils');
  *
  */
 const grammar = ohm.grammar(`Bru {
-  BruFile = (meta | http | query | headers | bodies | varsandassert | script | tests | docs)*
+  BruFile = (meta | http | query | headers | auths | bodies | varsandassert | script | tests | docs)*
+  auths = authbasic | authbearer 
   bodies = bodyjson | bodytext | bodyxml | bodygraphql | bodygraphqlvars | bodyforms | body
   bodyforms = bodyformurlencoded | bodymultipart
 
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ const grammar = ohm.grammar(`Bru {
   varsres = "vars:post-response" dictionary
   assert = "assert" assertdictionary
 
+  authbasic = "auth:basic" dictionary
+  authbearer = "auth:bearer" dictionary
+
   body = "body" st* "{" nl* textblock tagend
   bodyjson = "body:json" st* "{" nl* textblock tagend
   bodytext = "body:text" st* "{" nl* textblock tagend
@@ -92,13 +96,21 @@ const grammar = ohm.grammar(`Bru {
   docs = "docs" st* "{" nl* textblock tagend
 }`);
 
-const mapPairListToKeyValPairs = (pairList = []) => {
+const mapPairListToKeyValPairs = (pairList = [], parseEnabled = true) => {
   if (!pairList.length) {
     return [];
   }
   return _.map(pairList[0], (pair) => {
     let name = _.keys(pair)[0];
     let value = pair[name];
+
+    if (!parseEnabled) {
+      return {
+        name,
+        value
+      };
+    }
+
     let enabled = true;
     if (name && name.length && name.charAt(0) === '~') {
       name = name.slice(1);
@@ -282,6 +294,33 @@ const sem = grammar.createSemantics().addAttribute('ast', {
       headers: mapPairListToKeyValPairs(dictionary.ast)
     };
   },
+  authbasic(_1, dictionary) {
+    const auth = mapPairListToKeyValPairs(dictionary.ast, false);
+    const usernameKey = _.find(auth, { name: 'username' });
+    const passwordKey = _.find(auth, { name: 'password' });
+    const username = usernameKey ? usernameKey.value : '';
+    const password = passwordKey ? passwordKey.value : '';
+    return {
+      auth: {
+        basic: {
+          username,
+          password
+        }
+      }
+    };
+  },
+  authbearer(_1, dictionary) {
+    const auth = mapPairListToKeyValPairs(dictionary.ast, false);
+    const tokenKey = _.find(auth, { name: 'token' });
+    const token = tokenKey ? tokenKey.value : '';
+    return {
+      auth: {
+        bearer: {
+          token
+        }
+      }
+    };
+  },
   bodyformurlencoded(_1, dictionary) {
     return {
       body: {
diff --git a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/jsonToBru.js b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/jsonToBru.js
index 818d7c9cb..b9a5779fa 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/jsonToBru.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/jsonToBru.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const stripLastLine = (text) => {
 };
 
 const jsonToBru = (json) => {
-  const { meta, http, query, headers, body, script, tests, vars, assertions, docs } = json;
+  const { meta, http, query, headers, auth, body, script, tests, vars, assertions, docs } = json;
 
   let bru = '';
 
@@ -82,6 +82,23 @@ const jsonToBru = (json) => {
     bru += '\n}\n\n';
   }
 
+  if (auth && auth.basic) {
+    bru += `auth:basic {
+${indentString(`username: ${auth.basic.username}`)}
+${indentString(`password: ${auth.basic.password}`)}
+}
+
+`;
+  }
+
+  if (auth && auth.bearer) {
+    bru += `auth:bearer {
+${indentString(`token: ${auth.bearer.token}`)}
+}
+
+`;
+  }
+
   if (body && body.json && body.json.length) {
     bru += `body:json {
 ${indentString(body.json)}
diff --git a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/fixtures/request.bru b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/fixtures/request.bru
index ae7318da5..f340bb9a4 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/fixtures/request.bru
+++ b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/fixtures/request.bru
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ headers {
   ~transaction-id: {{transactionId}}
 }
 
+auth:basic {
+  username: john
+  password: secret
+}
+
+auth:bearer {
+  token: 123
+}
+
 body:json {
   {
     "hello": "world"
diff --git a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/fixtures/request.json b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/fixtures/request.json
index 867229de8..47995832d 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/fixtures/request.json
+++ b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/fixtures/request.json
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@
       "enabled": false
     }
   ],
+  "auth": {
+    "basic": {
+      "username": "john",
+      "password": "secret"
+    },
+    "bearer": {
+      "token": "123"
+    }
+  },
   "body": {
     "json": "{\n  \"hello\": \"world\"\n}",
     "text": "This is a text body",
diff --git a/packages/bruno-schema/src/collections/index.js b/packages/bruno-schema/src/collections/index.js
index 7076175b5..81cd2528b 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-schema/src/collections/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-schema/src/collections/index.js
@@ -69,6 +69,27 @@ const requestBodySchema = Yup.object({
   .noUnknown(true)
   .strict();
 
+const authBasicSchema = Yup.object({
+  username: Yup.string().nullable(),
+  password: Yup.string().nullable()
+})
+  .noUnknown(true)
+  .strict();
+
+const authBearerSchema = Yup.object({
+  token: Yup.string().nullable()
+})
+  .noUnknown(true)
+  .strict();
+
+const authSchema = Yup.object({
+  mode: Yup.string().oneOf(['none', 'basic', 'bearer']).required('mode is required'),
+  basic: authBasicSchema.nullable(),
+  bearer: authBearerSchema.nullable()
+})
+  .noUnknown(true)
+  .strict();
+
 // Right now, the request schema is very tightly coupled with http request
 // As we introduce more request types in the future, we will improve the definition to support
 // schema structure based on other request type
@@ -77,6 +98,7 @@ const requestSchema = Yup.object({
   method: requestMethodSchema,
   headers: Yup.array().of(keyValueSchema).required('headers are required'),
   params: Yup.array().of(keyValueSchema).required('params are required'),
+  auth: authSchema,
   body: requestBodySchema,
   script: Yup.object({
     req: Yup.string().nullable(),