diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 419f3c0..e160b92 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -529,6 +529,8 @@ func (c *Client) HeaderAuthorizationKey() string {
 
 // SetHeaderAuthorizationKey method sets the given HTTP header name for Authorization in the client instance.
 //
+// It can be overridden at the request level; see [Request.SetHeaderAuthorizationKey].
+//
 //	client.SetHeaderAuthorizationKey("X-Custom-Authorization")
 func (c *Client) SetHeaderAuthorizationKey(k string) *Client {
 	c.lock.Lock()
diff --git a/request.go b/request.go
index 0f1b10b..a1b4ec4 100644
--- a/request.go
+++ b/request.go
@@ -654,6 +654,16 @@ func (r *Request) SetAuthScheme(scheme string) *Request {
 	return r
 }
 
+// SetHeaderAuthorizationKey method sets the given HTTP header name for Authorization in the request.
+//
+// It overrides the `Authorization` header name set by method [Client.SetHeaderAuthorizationKey].
+//
+//	client.R().SetHeaderAuthorizationKey("X-Custom-Authorization")
+func (r *Request) SetHeaderAuthorizationKey(k string) *Request {
+	r.HeaderAuthorizationKey = k
+	return r
+}
+
 // SetOutputFileName method sets the output file for the current HTTP request. The current
 // HTTP response will be saved in the given file. It is similar to the `curl -o` flag.
 //
diff --git a/request_test.go b/request_test.go
index 7320d25..d988c0a 100644
--- a/request_test.go
+++ b/request_test.go
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ func TestRequestAuthScheme(t *testing.T) {
 		assertEqual(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode())
 	})
 
-	t.Run("empty auth scheme GH954", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("empty auth scheme at client level GH954", func(t *testing.T) {
 		tokenValue := "004DDB79-6801-4587-B976-F093E6AC44FF"
 
 		// set client level
@@ -695,6 +695,38 @@ func TestRequestAuthScheme(t *testing.T) {
 		assertEqual(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode())
 		assertEqual(t, tokenValue, resp.Request.Header.Get(hdrAuthorizationKey))
 	})
+
+	t.Run("empty auth scheme at request level GH954", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tokenValue := "004DDB79-6801-4587-B976-F093E6AC44FF"
+
+		// set client level
+		c := dcnl().
+			SetTLSClientConfig(&tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true}).
+			SetAuthToken(tokenValue)
+
+		resp, err := c.R().
+			SetAuthScheme("").
+			Get(ts.URL + "/profile")
+
+		assertError(t, err)
+		assertEqual(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode())
+		assertEqual(t, tokenValue, resp.Request.Header.Get(hdrAuthorizationKey))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("only client level auth token GH959", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tokenValue := "004DDB79-6801-4587-B976-F093E6AC44FF"
+
+		c := dcnl().
+			SetTLSClientConfig(&tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true}).
+			SetAuthToken(tokenValue)
+
+		resp, err := c.R().
+			Get(ts.URL + "/profile")
+
+		assertError(t, err)
+		assertEqual(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode())
+		assertEqual(t, "Bearer "+tokenValue, resp.Request.Header.Get(hdrAuthorizationKey))
+	})
 }
 
 func TestFormData(t *testing.T) {
@@ -2364,6 +2396,11 @@ func TestRequestSettingsCoverage(t *testing.T) {
 	r5.EnableRetryDefaultConditions()
 	assertEqual(t, true, r5.IsRetryDefaultConditions)
 
+	r6 := c.R()
+	customAuthHeader := "X-Custom-Authorization"
+	r6.SetHeaderAuthorizationKey(customAuthHeader)
+	assertEqual(t, customAuthHeader, r6.HeaderAuthorizationKey)
+
 	invalidJsonBytes := []byte(`{\" \": "value here"}`)
 	result := jsonIndent(invalidJsonBytes)
 	assertEqual(t, string(invalidJsonBytes), string(result))
@@ -2378,10 +2415,10 @@ func TestRequestSettingsCoverage(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 	}()
-	r6 := c.R()
+	rc := c.R()
 	//lint:ignore SA1012 test case nil check
-	r62 := r6.Clone(nil)
-	assertEqual(t, nil, r62.ctx)
+	rc2 := rc.Clone(nil)
+	assertEqual(t, nil, rc2.ctx)
 }
 
 func TestRequestDataRace(t *testing.T) {