diff --git a/src/server/auth-client.test.ts b/src/server/auth-client.test.ts
index 7395ad81..b36cdd49 100644
--- a/src/server/auth-client.test.ts
+++ b/src/server/auth-client.test.ts
@@ -464,6 +464,8 @@ ca/T0LLtgmbMmxSv/MmzIg==
       });
 
       it("should pass the request through if there is no session", async () => {
+        const spyOnNextResponseNext = vi.spyOn(NextResponse, 'next');
+
         const secret = await generateSecret(32);
         const transactionStore = new TransactionStore({
           secret
@@ -489,10 +491,14 @@ ca/T0LLtgmbMmxSv/MmzIg==
           fetch: getMockAuthorizationServer()
         });
 
+        const headers = new Headers();
+        headers.append("x-custom-header", `custom-header-value`);
+
         const request = new NextRequest(
           "https://example.com/dashboard/projects",
           {
-            method: "GET"
+            method: "GET",
+            headers
           }
         );
 
@@ -504,6 +510,9 @@ ca/T0LLtgmbMmxSv/MmzIg==
         // assert session has not been updated
         const updatedSessionCookie = response.cookies.get("__session");
         expect(updatedSessionCookie).toBeUndefined();
+
+        // assert that an original request is retained
+        expect(spyOnNextResponseNext).toHaveBeenCalledWith({request});
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/src/server/auth-client.ts b/src/server/auth-client.ts
index 4664cc9e..ae15547c 100644
--- a/src/server/auth-client.ts
+++ b/src/server/auth-client.ts
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ export class AuthClient {
       // no auth handler found, simply touch the sessions
       // TODO: this should only happen if rolling sessions are enabled. Also, we should
       // try to avoid reading from the DB (for stateful sessions) on every request if possible.
-      const res = NextResponse.next();
+      const res = NextResponse.next({request: req});
       const session = await this.sessionStore.get(req.cookies);
 
       if (session) {