diff --git a/publish-common/pom.xml b/publish-common/pom.xml
index 11d11f9c..822c2362 100644
--- a/publish-common/pom.xml
+++ b/publish-common/pom.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@
             <artifactId>spring-security-ldap</artifactId>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.ldap</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-ldap-core</artifactId>
+            <version>2.3.8.RELEASE</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
             <artifactId>springfox-swagger2</artifactId>
diff --git a/publish-service/src/main/java/com/ericsson/eiffel/remrem/publish/config/SecurityConfig.java b/publish-service/src/main/java/com/ericsson/eiffel/remrem/publish/config/SecurityConfig.java
index ab4fe376..078e7316 100644
--- a/publish-service/src/main/java/com/ericsson/eiffel/remrem/publish/config/SecurityConfig.java
+++ b/publish-service/src/main/java/com/ericsson/eiffel/remrem/publish/config/SecurityConfig.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.support.BaseLdapPathContextSource;
@@ -29,6 +30,17 @@
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
+import org.springframework.security.ldap.authentication.BindAuthenticator;
+import org.springframework.security.ldap.authentication.LdapAuthenticationProvider;
+import org.springframework.security.ldap.authentication.LdapAuthenticator;
+import org.springframework.security.ldap.search.FilterBasedLdapUserSearch;
+import org.springframework.ldap.pool.validation.DefaultDirContextValidator;
+import org.springframework.ldap.pool.factory.PoolingContextSource;
+import org.springframework.ldap.core.ContextSource;
+import org.springframework.ldap.core.support.BaseLdapPathContextSource;
+
 
 /**
  * This class is used to enable the ldap authentication based on property
@@ -74,20 +86,33 @@ public Integer getTimeOut() {
     @Autowired
     private CustomAuthenticationEntryPoint customAuthenticationEntryPoint;
 
-    @Autowired
-    protected void configureGlobal(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
+    @Override
+    public void configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
         final String jasyptKey = RabbitMqPropertiesConfig.readJasyptKeyFile(jasyptKeyFilePath);
         if (managerPassword.startsWith("{ENC(") && managerPassword.endsWith("}")) {
             managerPassword = DecryptionUtils.decryptString(
                     managerPassword.substring(1, managerPassword.length() - 1), jasyptKey);
         }
-        LOGGER.debug("LDAP server url: " + ldapUrl);
-        auth.ldapAuthentication()
-            .userSearchFilter(userSearchFilter)
-            .contextSource(ldapContextSource());
+        LOGGER.debug("LDAP server url: {}", ldapUrl);
+
+        // Initialize and configure the LdapContextSource
+        LdapContextSource contextSource = ldapContextSource();
+
+        // Configure BindAuthenticator with the context source and user search filter
+        BindAuthenticator bindAuthenticator = new BindAuthenticator(contextSource);
+        bindAuthenticator.setUserSearch(new FilterBasedLdapUserSearch(
+                "",  // Empty base indicates search starts at root DN provided in contextSource
+                userSearchFilter,
+                contextSource));
+
+        // Setup LdapAuthenticationProvider
+        LdapAuthenticationProvider ldapAuthProvider = new LdapAuthenticationProvider(bindAuthenticator);
+
+        // Configure the authentication provider
+        auth.authenticationProvider(ldapAuthProvider);
     }
 
-    public BaseLdapPathContextSource ldapContextSource() {
+    public LdapContextSource ldapContextSource() {
         LdapContextSource ldap = new LdapContextSource();
         ldap.setUrl(ldapUrl);
         ldap.setBase(rootDn);