diff --git a/src/test/java/com/onfido/integration/SdkTokenTest.java b/src/test/java/com/onfido/integration/SdkTokenTest.java
index 86090ce..a0f6537 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/onfido/integration/SdkTokenTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/onfido/integration/SdkTokenTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import com.onfido.model.Applicant;
 import com.onfido.model.SdkToken;
 import com.onfido.model.SdkTokenBuilder;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -21,5 +22,16 @@ public void generateTokenTest() throws Exception {
     Assertions.assertTrue(token.getToken().length() > 0);
 
     Assertions.assertNotNull(token.toJson());
+
+    // Smoke test to detect any authentication issues
+    java.net.URL url =
+        new java.net.URL("https://api.onfido.com/v3.6/workflow_runs/" + UUID.randomUUID());
+    java.net.HttpURLConnection connection = (java.net.HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+    connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
+    connection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer " + token.getToken());
+    connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
+
+    Assertions.assertNotEquals(
+        401, connection.getResponseCode(), "Authentication error occurred with the token");
   }
 }