diff --git a/backend/__tests__/middlewares/auth.spec.ts b/backend/__tests__/middlewares/auth.spec.ts
index fc679171a..37d638ae7 100644
--- a/backend/__tests__/middlewares/auth.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/__tests__/middlewares/auth.spec.ts
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ describe("middlewares/auth", () => {
       await expect(() =>
         authenticate({ headers: { authorization: "Uid 123" } }),
       ).rejects.toMatchMonkeyError(
-        new MonkeyError(401, "Baerer type uid is not supported"),
+        new MonkeyError(401, "Bearer type uid is not supported"),
       );
     });
     it("should fail without authentication", async () => {
diff --git a/backend/src/middlewares/auth.ts b/backend/src/middlewares/auth.ts
index b7ba840a5..d90003c43 100644
--- a/backend/src/middlewares/auth.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middlewares/auth.ts
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ async function authenticateWithApeKey(
 
 async function authenticateWithUid(token: string): Promise<DecodedToken> {
   if (!isDevEnvironment()) {
-    throw new MonkeyError(401, "Baerer type uid is not supported");
+    throw new MonkeyError(401, "Bearer type uid is not supported");
   }
   const [uid, email] = token.split("|");