diff --git a/src/registry/artifactory.rs b/src/registry/artifactory.rs
index 33428092..ab88869c 100644
--- a/src/registry/artifactory.rs
+++ b/src/registry/artifactory.rs
@@ -54,9 +54,45 @@ impl Artifactory {
             uri.into()
         };
 
-        let response = self.client.get(repositories_url).send().await?;
+        let response = {
+            let builder = reqwest::Client::builder()
+                .redirect(reqwest::redirect::Policy::none())
+                .build()
+                .wrap_err("client error")?
+                .get(repositories_uri.as_str());
+
+            let builder = if let Some(token) = self.credentials.registry_tokens.get(&self.registry)
+            {
+                tracing::info!(
+                    uri=?repositories_uri.as_str(),
+                    token_length=?token.len(),
+                    "Pinging with the {} header set",
+                    Self::JFROG_AUTH_HEADER,
+                );
+                builder.header(Self::JFROG_AUTH_HEADER, token)
+            } else {
+                tracing::info!(
+                    uri=?repositories_uri.as_str(),
+                    "Pinging WITHOUT the {} header set",
+                    Self::JFROG_AUTH_HEADER
+                );
+                builder
+            };
+
+            builder.send().await?
+        };
 
-        ensure!(response.status().is_success(), "Failed to ping artifactory");
+        let status = response.status();
+
+        if !status.is_success() {
+            tracing::info!("Artifactory response header: {:?}", response);
+        }
+
+        ensure!(
+            status.is_success(),
+            "Failed to ping artifactory. Status {status}",
+            status = status.as_u16()
+        );
 
         tracing::debug!("pinging artifactory succeeded");