diff --git a/content/fetchers/curl.c b/content/fetchers/curl.c
index f24e3de86..2644c68d4 100644
--- a/content/fetchers/curl.c
+++ b/content/fetchers/curl.c
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ static CURLcode fetch_curl_set_options(struct curl_fetch_info *f)
 	}
 
 	if ((auth = urldb_get_auth_details(f->url, NULL)) != NULL) {
-		SETOPT(CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY);
+		SETOPT(CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
 		SETOPT(CURLOPT_USERPWD, auth);
 	} else {
 		SETOPT(CURLOPT_USERPWD, NULL);