diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6789ea504..d66d20a6f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4601,6 +4601,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ed25519-dalek",
  "fs_extra",
  "hex",
+ "httpmock",
  "predicates",
  "sep5",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/Cargo.toml b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/Cargo.toml
index d035652d1..13d313cba 100644
--- a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ assert_fs = "1.0.7"
 predicates = { workspace = true }
 fs_extra = "1.3.0"
 toml = { workspace = true }
-
+httpmock = "0.7.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde_json = "1.0.93"
diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/src/lib.rs b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/src/lib.rs
index f0aaa5325..c2e3d9ea8 100644
--- a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/src/lib.rs
@@ -118,6 +118,22 @@ impl TestEnv {
         env
     }
 
+    pub fn with_rpc_provider(rpc_url: &str, rpc_headers: Vec<(String, String)>) -> TestEnv {
+        let mut env = TestEnv {
+            network: network::Network {
+                rpc_url: rpc_url.to_string(),
+                rpc_headers,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        if let Ok(network_passphrase) = std::env::var("STELLAR_NETWORK_PASSPHRASE") {
+            env.network.network_passphrase = network_passphrase;
+        };
+        env.generate_account("test", None).assert().success();
+        env
+    }
+
     pub fn new() -> TestEnv {
         if let Ok(rpc_url) = std::env::var("SOROBAN_RPC_URL") {
             return Self::with_rpc_url(&rpc_url);
@@ -139,6 +155,13 @@ impl TestEnv {
         cmd.arg(subcommand)
             .env("SOROBAN_ACCOUNT", TEST_ACCOUNT)
             .env("SOROBAN_RPC_URL", &self.network.rpc_url)
+            .env(
+                "STELLAR_RPC_HEADERS",
+                format!(
+                    "{}:{}",
+                    &self.network.rpc_headers[0].0, &self.network.rpc_headers[0].1
+                ),
+            )
             .env("SOROBAN_NETWORK_PASSPHRASE", LOCAL_NETWORK_PASSPHRASE)
             .env("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", self.temp_dir.join("config").as_os_str())
             .env("XDG_DATA_HOME", self.temp_dir.join("data").as_os_str())
diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/main.rs b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/main.rs
index e06c1a47d..4dc54a194 100644
--- a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/main.rs
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/main.rs
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ mod init;
 // #[cfg(feature = "it")]
 mod integration;
 mod plugin;
+mod rpc_provider;
 mod util;
 mod version;
diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/rpc_provider.rs b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/rpc_provider.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f32e07b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/rpc_provider.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+use httpmock::{prelude::*, Mock};
+use serde_json::json;
+use soroban_cli::commands::{env, tx::new};
+use soroban_rpc::{GetEventsResponse, GetNetworkResponse};
+use soroban_test::{TestEnv, LOCAL_NETWORK_PASSPHRASE};
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_use_rpc_provider_with_auth_header() {
+    // mock out http request to rpc provider
+    let server = MockServer::start();
+    let generate_account_mock = mock_generate_account(&server);
+    let get_network_mock = mock_get_network(&server);
+    let get_events_mock = mock_get_events(&server);
+
+    // create a new test environment with the mock server
+    let rpc_url = server.url("");
+    let rpc_headers = vec![("Authorization".to_string(), "Bearer test-token".to_string())];
+    let sandbox = &TestEnv::with_rpc_provider(&rpc_url, rpc_headers);
+
+    sandbox
+        .new_assert_cmd("events")
+        .arg("--start-ledger")
+        .arg("1000")
+        .assert()
+        .success();
+
+    // generate account is being called in `with_rpc_provider`
+    generate_account_mock.assert();
+    // get_network and get_events are being called in the `stellar events` command
+    get_network_mock.assert();
+    get_events_mock.assert();
+}
+
+fn mock_generate_account(server: &MockServer) -> Mock {
+    server.mock(|when, then| {
+        when.method(GET)
+            .path("/friendbot")
+            .header("accept", "*/*")
+            .header("user-agent", "soroban-cli/22.0.1"); //update this to be future proof
+        then.status(200);
+    })
+}
+
+fn mock_get_network(server: &MockServer) -> Mock {
+    server.mock(|when, then| {
+        when.method(POST)
+            .path("/")
+            .header("authorization", "Bearer test-token")
+            .json_body(json!({
+                "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+                "id": 0,
+                "method": "getNetwork"
+            }));
+
+        then.status(200).json_body(json!({
+            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+            "id": 0,
+            "result": GetNetworkResponse {
+                friendbot_url: None,
+                passphrase: LOCAL_NETWORK_PASSPHRASE.to_string(),
+                protocol_version: 22}
+        }));
+    })
+}
+
+fn mock_get_events(server: &MockServer) -> Mock {
+    server.mock(|when, then| {
+        when.method(POST)
+            .path("/")
+            .header("authorization", "Bearer test-token")
+            .json_body(json!({
+                "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+                "id": 1,
+                "method": "getEvents",
+                "params": {
+                    "startLedger": 1000,
+                    "filters": [
+                        {
+                            "contractIds": [],
+                            "topics": []
+                        }
+                    ],
+                    "pagination": {
+                        "limit": 10
+                    }
+                }
+            }));
+
+        then.status(200).json_body(json!({
+            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+            "id": 1,
+            "result": GetEventsResponse {
+                events: vec![],
+                latest_ledger: 1000
+            }
+        }));
+    })
+}