diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/common/render.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/common/render.ts
index e3f24ee9d7..d6af7135a7 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/common/render.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/common/render.ts
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ export async function getRenderContextAncestors(
     models.request.type,
     models.grpcRequest.type,
     models.webSocketRequest.type,
+    models.mcpRequest.type,
     models.requestGroup.type,
     models.workspace.type,
     models.project.type,
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/main/network/mcp.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/main/network/mcp.ts
index 8a49889a30..4ad0d16fb4 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/main/network/mcp.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/main/network/mcp.ts
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ import * as models from '~/models';
 import { TRANSPORT_TYPES, type TransportType } from '~/models/mcp-request';
 import type { McpResponse } from '~/models/mcp-response';
 import type { RequestAuthentication, RequestHeader } from '~/models/request';
-import { getBasicAuthHeader } from '~/network/basic-auth/get-header';
-import { getBearerAuthHeader } from '~/network/bearer-auth/get-header';
 import { invariant } from '~/utils/invariant';
 
 import { ipcMainHandle, ipcMainOn } from '../ipc/electron';
@@ -383,21 +381,6 @@ const createStreamableHTTPTransport = (
     throw new Error('MCP server url is required');
   }
 
-  if (!options.authentication.disabled) {
-    if (options.authentication.type === 'basic') {
-      const { username, password, useISO88591 } = options.authentication;
-      const encoding = useISO88591 ? 'latin1' : 'utf8';
-      options.headers.push(getBasicAuthHeader(username, password, encoding));
-    }
-    if (options.authentication.type === 'apikey') {
-      const { key = '', value = '' } = options.authentication;
-      options.headers.push({ name: key, value: value });
-    }
-    if (options.authentication.type === 'bearer' && options.authentication.token) {
-      const { token, prefix } = options.authentication;
-      options.headers.push(getBearerAuthHeader(token, prefix));
-    }
-  }
   const reduceArrayToLowerCaseKeyedDictionary = (acc: Record<string, string>, { name, value }: RequestHeader) => ({
     ...acc,
     [name.toLowerCase() || '']: value || '',
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/network/network.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/network/network.ts
index ea0a1b6a09..8df66178c8 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/network/network.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/network/network.ts
@@ -245,6 +245,43 @@ export const fetchRequestData = async (
   };
 };
 
+export const fetchMcpRequestData = async (mcpRequestId: string) => {
+  const mcpRequest = await models.mcpRequest.getById(mcpRequestId);
+  invariant(mcpRequest, 'failed to find MCP request ' + mcpRequestId);
+
+  const workspace = await models.workspace.getById(mcpRequest.parentId);
+  invariant(workspace, 'failed to find workspace');
+  const workspaceId = workspace._id;
+  const workspaceMeta = await models.workspaceMeta.getOrCreateByParentId(workspaceId);
+  const activeEnvironmentId = workspaceMeta.activeEnvironmentId;
+  const activeEnvironment = activeEnvironmentId && (await models.environment.getById(activeEnvironmentId));
+  const baseEnvironment = await models.environment.getOrCreateForParentId(workspaceId);
+  // no active environment in workspaceMeta, fallback to workspace root environment as active environment
+  const environment = activeEnvironment || baseEnvironment;
+  invariant(environment, 'failed to find environment ' + activeEnvironmentId);
+
+  const settings = await models.settings.get();
+  invariant(settings, 'failed to create settings');
+
+  const responseId = generateId('res');
+  const responsesDir = pathJoin(
+    process.env['INSOMNIA_DATA_PATH'] ||
+      (process.type === 'renderer' ? window : require('electron')).app.getPath('userData'),
+    'responses',
+  );
+  const timelinePath = pathJoin(responsesDir, responseId + '.timeline');
+
+  return {
+    environment,
+    settings,
+    clientCertificates: [] as ClientCertificate[],
+    caCert: undefined,
+    activeEnvironmentId,
+    timelinePath,
+    responseId,
+  };
+};
+
 export const tryToExecutePreRequestScript = async (
   {
     request,
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/network/o-auth-2/get-token.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/network/o-auth-2/get-token.ts
index 66dd55a357..10b7432a60 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/network/o-auth-2/get-token.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/network/o-auth-2/get-token.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import querystring from 'node:querystring';
 
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 
+import { isMcpRequestId } from '~/models/mcp-request';
+
 import { version } from '../../../package.json';
 import { getOauthRedirectUrl } from '../../common/constants';
 import { database as db } from '../../common/database';
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ import { setDefaultProtocol } from '../../utils/url/protocol';
 import { getAuthObjectOrNull, isAuthEnabled } from '../authentication';
 import { getBasicAuthHeader } from '../basic-auth/get-header';
 import {
+  fetchMcpRequestData,
   fetchRequestData,
   fetchRequestGroupData,
   responseTransform,
@@ -252,16 +255,21 @@ async function getExistingAccessTokenAndRefreshIfExpired(
   authentication: AuthTypeOAuth2,
   forceRefresh: boolean,
 ): Promise<{ oAuth2Token: OAuth2Token | undefined; closestAuthId: string }> {
-  const activeRequest = await models.request.getById(requestId);
-  const requestGroups = (
-    await db.withAncestors<Request | RequestGroup>(activeRequest, [models.requestGroup.type])
-  ).filter(isRequestGroup) as RequestGroup[];
-  const closestFolderAuth = [...requestGroups]
-    .reverse()
-    .find(({ authentication }) => getAuthObjectOrNull(authentication) && isAuthEnabled(authentication));
-  const isRequestAuthEnabled =
-    getAuthObjectOrNull(activeRequest?.authentication) && isAuthEnabled(activeRequest?.authentication);
-  const closestAuthId = isRequestAuthEnabled ? requestId : closestFolderAuth?._id || requestId;
+  let closestAuthId = requestId;
+
+  if (!isMcpRequestId(requestId)) {
+    const activeRequest = await models.request.getById(requestId);
+    const requestGroups = (
+      await db.withAncestors<Request | RequestGroup>(activeRequest, [models.requestGroup.type])
+    ).filter(isRequestGroup) as RequestGroup[];
+    const closestFolderAuth = [...requestGroups]
+      .reverse()
+      .find(({ authentication }) => getAuthObjectOrNull(authentication) && isAuthEnabled(authentication));
+    const isRequestAuthEnabled =
+      getAuthObjectOrNull(activeRequest?.authentication) && isAuthEnabled(activeRequest?.authentication);
+    closestAuthId = isRequestAuthEnabled ? requestId : closestFolderAuth?._id || requestId;
+  }
+
   const token = await models.oAuth2Token.getByParentId(closestAuthId);
   if (!token) {
     return { oAuth2Token: undefined, closestAuthId };
@@ -391,10 +399,12 @@ const sendAccessTokenRequest = async (
 ) => {
   invariant(authentication.accessTokenUrl, 'Missing access token URL');
   console.log(`[network] Sending with settings req=${requestOrGroupId}`);
-  // @TODO unpack oauth into regular timeline and remove oauth timeine dialog
+  // @TODO unpack oauth into regular timeline and remove oauth timeline dialog
   const initializedData = isRequestGroupId(requestOrGroupId)
     ? await fetchRequestGroupData(requestOrGroupId)
-    : await fetchRequestData(requestOrGroupId);
+    : isMcpRequestId(requestOrGroupId)
+      ? await fetchMcpRequestData(requestOrGroupId)
+      : await fetchRequestData(requestOrGroupId);
 
   const { environment, settings, clientCertificates, caCert, activeEnvironmentId, timelinePath, responseId } =
     initializedData;
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/dropdowns/auth-dropdown.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/dropdowns/auth-dropdown.tsx
index fc7b4c364d..9c844f9d0b 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/dropdowns/auth-dropdown.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/dropdowns/auth-dropdown.tsx
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ interface Props {
   authTypes?: AuthTypes[];
   disabled?: boolean;
   hideOthers?: boolean;
+  hideInherit?: boolean;
 }
 
 export const AuthDropdown: FC<Props> = ({
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ export const AuthDropdown: FC<Props> = ({
   authTypes = defaultTypes,
   disabled = false,
   hideOthers = false,
+  hideInherit = false,
 }) => {
   const { requestId, requestGroupId } = useParams() as {
     organizationId: string;
@@ -257,10 +259,14 @@ export const AuthDropdown: FC<Props> = ({
           name: 'Other',
           icon: 'ellipsis-h',
           items: [
-            {
-              id: 'inherit',
-              name: 'Inherit from parent',
-            },
+            ...(hideInherit
+              ? []
+              : [
+                  {
+                    id: 'inherit',
+                    name: 'Inherit from parent',
+                  } as const,
+                ]),
             {
               id: 'none',
               name: 'None',
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/editors/auth/auth-wrapper.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/editors/auth/auth-wrapper.tsx
index f9bf2e3830..d569d1f5c8 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/editors/auth/auth-wrapper.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/editors/auth/auth-wrapper.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ export const AuthWrapper: FC<{
   disabled?: boolean;
   authTypes?: AuthTypes[];
   hideOthers?: boolean;
-}> = ({ authentication, disabled = false, authTypes, hideOthers }) => {
+  hideInherit?: boolean;
+}> = ({ authentication, disabled = false, authTypes, hideOthers, hideInherit }) => {
   const type = getAuthObjectOrNull(authentication)?.type || '';
   let authBody: ReactNode = null;
 
@@ -74,7 +75,12 @@ export const AuthWrapper: FC<{
   return (
     <>
       <Toolbar className="flex h-[--line-height-sm] w-full flex-shrink-0 items-center border-b border-solid border-[--hl-md] px-2">
-        <AuthDropdown authentication={authentication} authTypes={authTypes} hideOthers={hideOthers} />
+        <AuthDropdown
+          authentication={authentication}
+          authTypes={authTypes}
+          hideOthers={hideOthers}
+          hideInherit={hideInherit}
+        />
       </Toolbar>
       <div className="flex-1 overflow-y-auto">{authBody}</div>
     </>
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/mcp/mcp-request-pane.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/mcp/mcp-request-pane.tsx
index b69d7bf7a5..a6b8868bf7 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/mcp/mcp-request-pane.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/mcp/mcp-request-pane.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { Pane } from '../panes/pane';
 import { McpUrlActionBar } from './mcp-url-bar';
 import type { PrimitiveSubItem } from './types';
 
-const supportedAuthTypes: AuthTypes[] = ['apikey', 'oauth2', 'bearer'];
+const supportedAuthTypes: AuthTypes[] = ['basic', 'oauth2', 'bearer'];
 
 const PaneReadOnlyBanner = () => {
   return (
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ export const McpRequestPane: FC<Props> = ({ environment, readyState, selectedPri
             authentication={activeRequest.authentication}
             disabled={readyState}
             authTypes={supportedAuthTypes}
-            hideOthers
+            hideInherit
           />
         </TabPanel>
         <TabPanel className="w-full flex-1 overflow-y-auto" id="headers">
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/mcp/mcp-url-bar.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/mcp/mcp-url-bar.tsx
index 6689aff274..ba0d230158 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/mcp/mcp-url-bar.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/mcp/mcp-url-bar.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ import { useParams } from 'react-router';
 import { useLatest } from 'react-use';
 
 import { type Project } from '~/models/project';
+import type { AuthTypeOAuth2 } from '~/models/request';
+import { _buildBearerHeader } from '~/network/authentication';
+import { getBasicAuthHeader } from '~/network/basic-auth/get-header';
+import { getBearerAuthHeader } from '~/network/bearer-auth/get-header';
+import { getOAuth2Token } from '~/network/o-auth-2/get-token';
 import {
   type ConnectActionParams,
   useRequestConnectActionFetcher,
@@ -90,10 +95,33 @@ export const McpUrlActionBar = ({
         env: getDataFromKVPair(request.env).data,
       },
     });
+
+    const { authentication, headers } = rendered;
+
+    if (!authentication.disabled) {
+      if (authentication.type === 'basic') {
+        const { username, password, useISO88591 } = authentication;
+        const encoding = useISO88591 ? 'latin1' : 'utf8';
+        headers.push(getBasicAuthHeader(username, password, encoding));
+      } else if (authentication.type === 'bearer' && authentication.token) {
+        const { token, prefix } = authentication;
+        headers.push(getBearerAuthHeader(token, prefix));
+      } else if (authentication.type === 'oauth2') {
+        const oAuth2Token = await getOAuth2Token(request._id, authentication as AuthTypeOAuth2);
+        if (oAuth2Token) {
+          const token = oAuth2Token.accessToken;
+          const authHeader = _buildBearerHeader(token, authentication.tokenPrefix);
+          if (authHeader) {
+            headers.push(authHeader);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     return {
       url: rendered.url,
       transportType: request.transportType,
-      headers: rendered.headers,
+      headers: headers,
       authentication: rendered.authentication,
       suppressUserAgent: rendered.suppressUserAgent,
       cookieJar: rendered.workspaceCookieJar,