diff --git a/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/assets.json b/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/assets.json
index 40e1348f85d3..b262b7d234a7 100644
--- a/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/assets.json
+++ b/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/assets.json
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "AssetsRepo" : "Azure/azure-sdk-assets",
   "AssetsRepoPrefixPath" : "java",
   "TagPrefix" : "java/ai/azure-ai-inference",
-  "Tag" : "java/ai/azure-ai-inference_afe7d4c15e"
+  "Tag" : "java/ai/azure-ai-inference_9ec2ae5fbb"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/src/main/java/com/azure/ai/inference/ChatCompletionsClientBuilder.java b/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/src/main/java/com/azure/ai/inference/ChatCompletionsClientBuilder.java
index c17977bbfc3a..00dc0b24b938 100644
--- a/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/src/main/java/com/azure/ai/inference/ChatCompletionsClientBuilder.java
+++ b/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/src/main/java/com/azure/ai/inference/ChatCompletionsClientBuilder.java
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ private HttpPipeline createHttpPipeline() {
         policies.add(new AddDatePolicy());
         if (keyCredential != null) {
             policies.add(new KeyCredentialPolicy("api-key", keyCredential));
+            policies.add(new KeyCredentialPolicy("Authorization", keyCredential));
         }
         if (tokenCredential != null) {
             policies.add(new BearerTokenAuthenticationPolicy(tokenCredential, this.scopes));
diff --git a/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/src/main/java/com/azure/ai/inference/EmbeddingsClientBuilder.java b/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/src/main/java/com/azure/ai/inference/EmbeddingsClientBuilder.java
index 30f1737cbcd9..47e2136b727c 100644
--- a/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/src/main/java/com/azure/ai/inference/EmbeddingsClientBuilder.java
+++ b/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/src/main/java/com/azure/ai/inference/EmbeddingsClientBuilder.java
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ private HttpPipeline createHttpPipeline() {
         policies.add(new AddDatePolicy());
         if (keyCredential != null) {
             policies.add(new KeyCredentialPolicy("api-key", keyCredential));
+            policies.add(new KeyCredentialPolicy("Authorization", keyCredential));
         }
         if (tokenCredential != null) {
             policies.add(new BearerTokenAuthenticationPolicy(tokenCredential, this.scopes));
diff --git a/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/src/main/java/com/azure/ai/inference/ImageEmbeddingsClientBuilder.java b/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/src/main/java/com/azure/ai/inference/ImageEmbeddingsClientBuilder.java
index 1d426a158d79..a9ea0a28beac 100644
--- a/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/src/main/java/com/azure/ai/inference/ImageEmbeddingsClientBuilder.java
+++ b/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/src/main/java/com/azure/ai/inference/ImageEmbeddingsClientBuilder.java
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ private void validateClient() {
         Objects.requireNonNull(endpoint, "'endpoint' cannot be null.");
     }
 
-    @Generated
     private HttpPipeline createHttpPipeline() {
         Configuration buildConfiguration
             = (configuration == null) ? Configuration.getGlobalConfiguration() : configuration;
@@ -315,6 +314,7 @@ private HttpPipeline createHttpPipeline() {
         policies.add(new AddDatePolicy());
         if (keyCredential != null) {
             policies.add(new KeyCredentialPolicy("api-key", keyCredential));
+            policies.add(new KeyCredentialPolicy("Authorization", keyCredential));
         }
         if (tokenCredential != null) {
             policies.add(new BearerTokenAuthenticationPolicy(tokenCredential, DEFAULT_SCOPES));