diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index 06d0b13..f0bef21 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ let package = Package(
         .library(name: "LoggingELK", targets: ["LoggingELK"])
     ],
     dependencies: [
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-log.git", .upToNextMinor(from: "1.4.0")),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/swift-server/async-http-client.git", .upToNextMinor(from: "1.5.0"))
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-log.git", .upToNextMajor(from: "1.4.0")),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/swift-server/async-http-client.git", .upToNextMajor(from: "1.5.0"))
     ],
     targets: [
         .target(
diff --git a/Sources/LoggingELK/LogstashLogHandler+HTTPFormatting.swift b/Sources/LoggingELK/LogstashLogHandler+HTTPFormatting.swift
index 9e3d3f9..f9e62fd 100644
--- a/Sources/LoggingELK/LogstashLogHandler+HTTPFormatting.swift
+++ b/Sources/LoggingELK/LogstashLogHandler+HTTPFormatting.swift
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ extension LogstashLogHandler {
         }
 
         // Set headers that always stay consistent over all requests
+        if let authorization = self.authorization {
+            httpRequest.headers.add(name: "Authorization", value: authorization.value)
+        }
+        
         httpRequest.headers.add(name: "Content-Type", value: "application/json")
         httpRequest.headers.add(name: "Accept", value: "application/json")
         // Keep-alive header to keep the connection open
diff --git a/Sources/LoggingELK/LogstashLogHandler.swift b/Sources/LoggingELK/LogstashLogHandler.swift
index 63ac70f..7d07fb2 100644
--- a/Sources/LoggingELK/LogstashLogHandler.swift
+++ b/Sources/LoggingELK/LogstashLogHandler.swift
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import AsyncHTTPClient
 
 /// `LogstashLogHandler` is a simple implementation of `LogHandler` for directing
 /// `Logger` output to Logstash via HTTP requests
+@available(iOS 13.0, *)
 public struct LogstashLogHandler: LogHandler {
     /// The label of the `LogHandler`
     let label: String
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ public struct LogstashLogHandler: LogHandler {
     static var port: Int?
     /// Specifies if the HTTP connection to Logstash should be encrypted via TLS (so HTTPS instead of HTTP)
     static var useHTTPS: Bool?
+    /// Specifies  the authorization schema for the HTTP request
+    static var authorization: Authorizable?
     /// The `EventLoopGroup` which is used to create the `HTTPClient`
     static var eventLoopGroup: EventLoopGroup?
     /// Used to log background activity of the `LogstashLogHandler` and `HTTPClient`
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ public struct LogstashLogHandler: LogHandler {
     public static func setup(hostname: String,
                              port: Int,
                              useHTTPS: Bool = false,
+                             authorization: Authorizable? = nil,
                              eventLoopGroup: EventLoopGroup = MultiThreadedEventLoopGroup(numberOfThreads: (System.coreCount != 1) ? System.coreCount / 2 : 1),
                              backgroundActivityLogger: Logger = Logger(label: "backgroundActivity-logstashHandler"),
                              uploadInterval: TimeAmount = TimeAmount.seconds(3),
@@ -101,6 +105,7 @@ public struct LogstashLogHandler: LogHandler {
         Self.hostname = hostname
         Self.port = port
         Self.useHTTPS = useHTTPS
+        Self.authorization = authorization
         Self.eventLoopGroup = eventLoopGroup
         Self.backgroundActivityLogger = backgroundActivityLogger
         Self.uploadInterval = uploadInterval
diff --git a/Sources/LoggingELK/Utils/Authorization.swift b/Sources/LoggingELK/Utils/Authorization.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66659f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/LoggingELK/Utils/Authorization.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+//
+//  Authentication.swift
+//  
+//
+//  Created by Oleg Bragin on 09.11.2022.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+
+/// Describes the property which should be used to set the authorization header
+/// to access a remote resource
+public protocol Authorizable {
+    /// Should return authorization header value.
+    var value: String { get }
+}
+
+/// Defines the most commonly used authroization type names: Basic and Bearer
+/// Basically define the first part of overall Authorization header value, e.g.:
+/// `Basic <token>`, etc.
+public enum AuthorizationType: String {
+    case basic
+    case bearer
+    
+    public var name: String {
+        switch self {
+        case .basic:
+            return "Basic"
+        case .bearer:
+            return "Bearer"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Defines the default way of providing the authorization header to caller
+public struct Authorization: Authorizable {
+    /// Type of authorization
+    let type: AuthorizationType
+    /// Token string, which should generated outside
+    let token: String
+    
+    /// Initialize a new authroization structure to provide access to
+    /// some protected url
+    /// - Parameters:
+    ///   - type: authorization type, e.g. `basic`, `bearer`, ...
+    ///   - token: generated authorization token
+    public init(type: AuthorizationType, token: String) {
+        self.type = type
+        self.token = token
+    }
+    
+    /// A string concatenated from type name and token itself for authroization header field
+    public var value: String {
+        return "\(type.name) \(token)"
+    }
+}