diff --git a/gcube-geoserver-connector/CHANGELOG.md b/gcube-geoserver-connector/CHANGELOG.md
index b775927..397ed05 100644
--- a/gcube-geoserver-connector/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/gcube-geoserver-connector/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 ## [v0.2.0-SNAPSHOT] - 2021-2-11
 Migrated to git
+Embedded gcube-application-handlers.xml file
diff --git a/gcube-geoserver-connector/src/main/resources/META-INF/gcube-application-handlers.xml b/gcube-geoserver-connector/src/main/resources/META-INF/gcube-application-handlers.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f5e5fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcube-geoserver-connector/src/main/resources/META-INF/gcube-application-handlers.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<handlers>
+    <request>
+        <authentication-filter /> 
+    </request>
+</handlers>
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