diff --git a/conf/backend_config.py b/conf/backend_config.py
index c7fc467f..3c1c4189 100644
--- a/conf/backend_config.py
+++ b/conf/backend_config.py
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
     capabilities_description="openEO Platform, provided through openEO Aggregator Driver",
     capabilities_backend_version=openeo_aggregator.about.__version__,
     capabilities_deploy_metadata=deploy_metadata,
+    enable_basic_auth=False,
 )
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ac0c0272..d2ed2fe7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         "requests",
         "attrs",
         "openeo>=0.25.0",
-        "openeo_driver>=0.68.1.dev",
+        "openeo_driver>=0.75.0.dev",
         "flask~=2.0",
         "gunicorn~=20.0",
         "python-json-logger>=2.0.0",
diff --git a/src/openeo_aggregator/backend.py b/src/openeo_aggregator/backend.py
index 1c0d3fba..25040a09 100644
--- a/src/openeo_aggregator/backend.py
+++ b/src/openeo_aggregator/backend.py
@@ -1237,8 +1237,6 @@ def delete(self, user_id: str, process_id: str) -> None:
 
 
 class AggregatorBackendImplementation(OpenEoBackendImplementation):
-    # No basic auth: OIDC auth is required (to get EGI Check-in eduperson_entitlement data)
-    enable_basic_auth = False
 
     # Simplify mocking time for unit tests.
     _clock = time.time  # TODO: centralized helper for this test pattern