diff --git a/v2/crates/wifi-densepose-sensing-server/src/bearer_auth.rs b/v2/crates/wifi-densepose-sensing-server/src/bearer_auth.rs
index c7acd168..be313afa 100644
--- a/v2/crates/wifi-densepose-sensing-server/src/bearer_auth.rs
+++ b/v2/crates/wifi-densepose-sensing-server/src/bearer_auth.rs
@@ -100,7 +100,17 @@ pub async fn require_bearer(
         .headers()
         .get(AUTHORIZATION)
         .and_then(|v| v.to_str().ok())
-        .and_then(|s| s.strip_prefix("Bearer "));
+        // RFC 6750 §2.1 / RFC 7235 §2.1: the auth-scheme ("Bearer") is
+        // case-insensitive. Match it as such (and tolerate extra leading
+        // whitespace before the token) so a correct token isn't rejected
+        // just because a client sent `bearer`/`BEARER`. The token compare
+        // below stays exact + constant-time.
+        .and_then(|s| {
+            let (scheme, token) = s.split_once(' ')?;
+            scheme
+                .eq_ignore_ascii_case("Bearer")
+                .then(|| token.trim_start())
+        });
     let ok = supplied
         .map(|s| ct_eq(s.as_bytes(), expected.as_bytes()))
         .unwrap_or(false);
@@ -185,6 +195,31 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn accepts_case_insensitive_bearer_scheme() {
+        // RFC 6750 §2.1 / RFC 7235 §2.1: the auth-scheme is case-insensitive.
+        // A correct token must authenticate regardless of scheme casing or
+        // extra whitespace; a wrong token must still be rejected.
+        async fn req_status(auth_value: &str) -> StatusCode {
+            let r = wrap(AuthState::from_token("s3cr3t"));
+            let mut req = Request::builder()
+                .method("GET")
+                .uri("/api/v1/info")
+                .body(Body::empty())
+                .unwrap();
+            req.headers_mut()
+                .insert(AUTHORIZATION, auth_value.parse().unwrap());
+            r.oneshot(req).await.unwrap().status()
+        }
+        assert_eq!(req_status("Bearer s3cr3t").await, StatusCode::OK);
+        assert_eq!(req_status("bearer s3cr3t").await, StatusCode::OK);
+        assert_eq!(req_status("BEARER s3cr3t").await, StatusCode::OK);
+        assert_eq!(req_status("Bearer  s3cr3t").await, StatusCode::OK); // extra space
+        // Scheme leniency must NOT weaken the token check.
+        assert_eq!(req_status("bearer nope").await, StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED);
+        assert_eq!(req_status("Basic s3cr3t").await, StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED);
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn enabled_blocks_api_with_wrong_bearer() {
         let r = wrap(AuthState::from_token("s3cr3t"));