diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/HttpOptions.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/HttpOptions.php
index dc4b82afdcdab..2a29fc66fbebf 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/HttpOptions.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/HttpOptions.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public function setAuthBasic(string $user, string $password = '')
      */
     public function setAuthBearer(string $token)
     {
-        $this->options['bearer'] = $token;
+        $this->options['auth_bearer'] = $token;
 
         return $this;
     }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Tests/HttpOptionsTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Tests/HttpOptionsTest.php
index d319bf1680419..65d0ae59db7d5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Tests/HttpOptionsTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Tests/HttpOptionsTest.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  */
 class HttpOptionsTest extends TestCase
 {
-    public function provideSetAuth()
+    public function provideSetAuthBasic()
     {
         yield ['user:password', 'user', 'password'];
         yield ['user:password', 'user:password'];
@@ -28,10 +28,15 @@ public function provideSetAuth()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @dataProvider provideSetAuth
+     * @dataProvider provideSetAuthBasic
      */
-    public function testSetAuth(string $expected, string $user, string $password = '')
+    public function testSetAuthBasic(string $expected, string $user, string $password = '')
     {
         $this->assertSame($expected, (new HttpOptions())->setAuthBasic($user, $password)->toArray()['auth_basic']);
     }
+
+    public function testSetAuthBearer()
+    {
+        $this->assertSame('foobar', (new HttpOptions())->setAuthBearer('foobar')->toArray()['auth_bearer']);
+    }
 }