diff --git a/apps/base/artifactapi/configmap.yaml b/apps/base/artifactapi/configmap.yaml
index f1ad42e..dce875d 100644
--- a/apps/base/artifactapi/configmap.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/artifactapi/configmap.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   name: api-env
   namespace: artifactapi
 data:
+  ARTIFACTAPI_AUTH_UPLOADS: "true"
   ARTIFACTAPI_OIDC_AUDIENCE: artifactapi
   ARTIFACTAPI_OIDC_ISSUER: https://vault.service.consul:8200/v1/identity/oidc
   DBHOST: postgres-pooler