diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/comments/hooks/useCommentsClient.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/comments/hooks/useCommentsClient.ts
index 7e6d52ef69f7..ca4078a9dd7d 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/comments/hooks/useCommentsClient.ts
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/comments/hooks/useCommentsClient.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
-import {SanityClient, createClient} from '@sanity/client'
+import {SanityClient} from '@sanity/client'
 import {useMemo} from 'react'
 import {useWorkspace} from '../../studio'
+import {useClient} from '../../hooks'
 
 export function useCommentsClient(): SanityClient {
   const {dataset, projectId} = useWorkspace()
-
+  const originalClient = useClient()
   // Initialize client scoped to adjacent metacontent dataset
+  // It's a clone of the default client for the studio,
+  // in order to have the authentication properly configured
+  // based on cookie support (use JWT auth if cookies are not supported)
   const client = useMemo(() => {
-    return createClient({
+    return originalClient.withConfig({
       apiVersion: 'v2022-05-09',
       dataset: `${dataset}-metacontent-comments`,
       projectId,
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@ export function useCommentsClient(): SanityClient {
       useCdn: false,
       withCredentials: true,
     })
-  }, [dataset, projectId])
+  }, [dataset, originalClient, projectId])
 
   return client
 }