diff --git a/federation/src/client/1_0/AuthenticationClient.ts b/federation/src/client/1_0/AuthenticationClient.ts
index 10a9265f5..2742846b0 100644
--- a/federation/src/client/1_0/AuthenticationClient.ts
+++ b/federation/src/client/1_0/AuthenticationClient.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export class AuthenticationClient {
       const { data } = await this.client.rawRequest<any>(authenticate, { args })
       logger.debug('Authentication: after authenticate: data:', data)
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
-      const authUuid: string = data?.authenticate.uuid
+      const authUuid: string = data?.authenticate
       if (authUuid) {
         logger.debug('Authentication: received authenticated uuid', authUuid)
         return authUuid
diff --git a/federation/src/client/1_0/query/authenticate.ts b/federation/src/client/1_0/query/authenticate.ts
index 7d4e50578..843d8b78b 100644
--- a/federation/src/client/1_0/query/authenticate.ts
+++ b/federation/src/client/1_0/query/authenticate.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ import { gql } from 'graphql-request'
 
 export const authenticate = gql`
   mutation ($args: AuthenticationArgs!) {
-    authenticate(data: $args) {
-      uuid
-    }
+    authenticate(data: $args)
   }
 `