diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Auth/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Auth/index.js
index 730facf69b..c959d5faf6 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Auth/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Auth/index.js
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@ const Auth = ({ item, collection }) => {
       }
       case 'inherit': {
         return (
-          <div className="flex flex-row w-full mt-2 gap-4">
+          <div className="flex flex-row w-full mt-2 gap-2">
             <div>Auth inherited from the Collection: </div>
             <div className="inherit-mode-text">{humanizeRequestAuthMode(collectionAuth?.mode)}</div>
           </div>
         );
       }
+    }
   };
 
   return (
@@ -51,4 +52,5 @@ const Auth = ({ item, collection }) => {
     </StyledWrapper>
   );
 };
+
 export default Auth;
diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/prepare-request.js b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/prepare-request.js
index c2e5b13f76..b6c9e74e02 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/prepare-request.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/prepare-request.js
@@ -31,12 +31,19 @@ const prepareRequest = (request, collectionRoot) => {
     headers: headers
   };
 
-  // Authentication
-  // A request can override the collection auth with another auth
-  // But it cannot override the collection auth with no auth
-  // We will provide support for disabling the auth via scripting in the future
+  /**
+   * 27 Feb 2024:
+   * ['inherit', 'none'].includes(request.auth.mode)
+   * We are mainitaining the old behavior where 'none' used to inherit the collection auth.
+   *
+   * Very soon, 'none' will be treated as no auth and 'inherit' will be the only way to inherit collection auth.
+   * We will request users to update their collection files to use 'inherit' instead of 'none'.
+   * Don't want to break ongoing CI pipelines.
+   *
+   * Hoping to remove this by 1 April 2024.
+   */
   const collectionAuth = get(collectionRoot, 'request.auth');
-  if (collectionAuth && request.auth.mode == 'inherit') {
+  if (collectionAuth && ['inherit', 'none'].includes(request.auth.mode)) {
     if (collectionAuth.mode === 'basic') {
       axiosRequest.auth = {
         username: get(collectionAuth, 'basic.username'),
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-request.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-request.js
index c1ec520a97..b4ec49d5ba 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-request.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-request.js
@@ -29,13 +29,20 @@ const parseFormData = (datas, collectionPath) => {
   return form;
 };
 
-// Authentication
-// A request can override the collection auth with another auth
-// But it cannot override the collection auth with no auth
-// We will provide support for disabling the auth via scripting in the future
+/**
+ * 27 Feb 2024:
+ * ['inherit', 'none'].includes(request.auth.mode)
+ * We are mainitaining the old behavior where 'none' used to inherit the collection auth.
+ *
+ * Very soon, 'none' will be treated as no auth and 'inherit' will be the only way to inherit collection auth.
+ * We will request users to update their collection files to use 'inherit' instead of 'none'.
+ * Don't want to break ongoing CI pipelines.
+ *
+ * Hoping to remove this by 1 April 2024.
+ */
 const setAuthHeaders = (axiosRequest, request, collectionRoot) => {
   const collectionAuth = get(collectionRoot, 'request.auth');
-  if (collectionAuth && request.auth.mode == 'inherit') {
+  if (collectionAuth && ['inherit', 'none'].includes(request.auth.mode)) {
     switch (collectionAuth.mode) {
       case 'awsv4':
         axiosRequest.awsv4config = {