diff --git a/kamelets/azure-cosmosdb-sink.kamelet.yaml b/kamelets/azure-cosmosdb-sink.kamelet.yaml
index a45cc6671..29421a059 100644
--- a/kamelets/azure-cosmosdb-sink.kamelet.yaml
+++ b/kamelets/azure-cosmosdb-sink.kamelet.yaml
@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@ spec:
       In the headers, you can optionally set the `itemPartitionKey` / `ce-itemPartitionKey` property to specify the partition key for a specific item.
 
       If you do not set the property in the header, you'll need to use the static property itemPartitonKey.
+      
+      There are two different mechanism of authentication `SHARED_ACCOUNT_KEY` and `AZURE_IDENTITY`, you could specify with credentialType property. If you're using `SHARED_ACCOUNT_KEY` accountKey property will be needed.
+      
+      In case of `AZURE_IDENTITY` selection, the DefaultAzureCredential will attempt to authenticate via the following mechanisms in the following order enviroment, Workload Identity, Managed Identity, Azure Developer CLI, IntelliJ, Azure CLI and Azure Powershell. 
     required:
       - databaseName
       - containerName
-      - accountKey
       - databaseEndpoint
     type: object
     properties:
@@ -67,6 +70,12 @@ spec:
         title: Item Partition Key
         description: Represents a partition key value in the Azure Cosmos DB database service. A partition key identifies the partition where the item is stored in.
         type: string
+      credentialType:
+        title: Credential Type
+        description: Determines the credential strategy to adopt.
+        type: string
+        enum: ["SHARED_ACCOUNT_KEY", "AZURE_IDENTITY"]
+        default: "SHARED_ACCOUNT_KEY"
   types:
     in:
       mediaType: application/json
@@ -102,8 +111,9 @@ spec:
       - to:
           uri: "azure-cosmosdb:{{databaseName}}/{{containerName}}"
           parameters:
-            accountKey: "{{accountKey}}"
+            accountKey: "{{?accountKey}}"
             databaseEndpoint: "{{databaseEndpoint}}"
             itemPartitionKey: "{{?itemPartitionKey}}"
             operation: createItem
+            credentialType: "{{credentialType}}"
 
diff --git a/kamelets/azure-cosmosdb-source.kamelet.yaml b/kamelets/azure-cosmosdb-source.kamelet.yaml
index bcd2b335e..f94196095 100644
--- a/kamelets/azure-cosmosdb-source.kamelet.yaml
+++ b/kamelets/azure-cosmosdb-source.kamelet.yaml
@@ -32,11 +32,14 @@ spec:
   definition:
     title: "Azure CosmosDB Source"
     description: |-
-      Consume Changes from a CosmosDB instance
+      Consume Changes from a CosmosDB instance.
+      
+      There are two different mechanism of authentication `SHARED_ACCOUNT_KEY` and `AZURE_IDENTITY`, you could specify with credentialType property. If you're using `SHARED_ACCOUNT_KEY` accountKey property will be needed.
+      
+      In case of `AZURE_IDENTITY` selection, the DefaultAzureCredential will attempt to authenticate via the following mechanisms in the following order enviroment, Workload Identity, Managed Identity, Azure Developer CLI, IntelliJ, Azure CLI and Azure Powershell. 
     required:
       - databaseName
       - containerName
-      - accountKey
       - databaseEndpoint
     type: object
     properties:
@@ -77,6 +80,12 @@ spec:
         title: Database Endpoint
         description: Sets the Azure Cosmos database endpoint the component will connect to.
         type: string
+      credentialType:
+        title: Credential Type
+        description: Determines the credential strategy to adopt.
+        type: string
+        enum: ["SHARED_ACCOUNT_KEY", "AZURE_IDENTITY"]
+        default: "SHARED_ACCOUNT_KEY"
   types:
     out:
       mediaType: application/json
@@ -90,10 +99,11 @@ spec:
       parameters:
         leaseDatabaseName: "{{?leaseDatabaseName}}"
         leaseContainerName: "{{?leaseContainerName}}"
-        accountKey: "{{accountKey}}"
+        accountKey: "{{?accountKey}}"
         createLeaseDatabaseIfNotExists: "{{createLeaseDatabaseIfNotExists}}"
         createLeaseContainerIfNotExists: "{{createLeaseContainerIfNotExists}}"
         databaseEndpoint: "{{databaseEndpoint}}"
+        credentialType: "{{credentialType}}"
       steps:
       - marshal:
           json: {}
diff --git a/library/camel-kamelets-catalog/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/kamelets/catalog/KameletsCatalogTest.java b/library/camel-kamelets-catalog/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/kamelets/catalog/KameletsCatalogTest.java
index abb5b9957..993a7fd6f 100644
--- a/library/camel-kamelets-catalog/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/kamelets/catalog/KameletsCatalogTest.java
+++ b/library/camel-kamelets-catalog/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/kamelets/catalog/KameletsCatalogTest.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void testAllKameletDependencies() throws Exception {
     void testSupportedHeaders() throws Exception {
         verifyHeaders("aws-s3-source", 20);
         verifyHeaders("aws-s3-sink", 27);
-        verifyHeaders("aws-cloudtrail-source", 0);
+        verifyHeaders("aws-cloudtrail-source", 4);
         verifyHeaders("aws-redshift-source", 0);
         verifyHeaders("aws-not-exists", 0);
         verifyHeaders("azure-eventhubs-sink", 2);
diff --git a/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/azure-cosmosdb-sink.kamelet.yaml b/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/azure-cosmosdb-sink.kamelet.yaml
index a45cc6671..29421a059 100644
--- a/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/azure-cosmosdb-sink.kamelet.yaml
+++ b/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/azure-cosmosdb-sink.kamelet.yaml
@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@ spec:
       In the headers, you can optionally set the `itemPartitionKey` / `ce-itemPartitionKey` property to specify the partition key for a specific item.
 
       If you do not set the property in the header, you'll need to use the static property itemPartitonKey.
+      
+      There are two different mechanism of authentication `SHARED_ACCOUNT_KEY` and `AZURE_IDENTITY`, you could specify with credentialType property. If you're using `SHARED_ACCOUNT_KEY` accountKey property will be needed.
+      
+      In case of `AZURE_IDENTITY` selection, the DefaultAzureCredential will attempt to authenticate via the following mechanisms in the following order enviroment, Workload Identity, Managed Identity, Azure Developer CLI, IntelliJ, Azure CLI and Azure Powershell. 
     required:
       - databaseName
       - containerName
-      - accountKey
       - databaseEndpoint
     type: object
     properties:
@@ -67,6 +70,12 @@ spec:
         title: Item Partition Key
         description: Represents a partition key value in the Azure Cosmos DB database service. A partition key identifies the partition where the item is stored in.
         type: string
+      credentialType:
+        title: Credential Type
+        description: Determines the credential strategy to adopt.
+        type: string
+        enum: ["SHARED_ACCOUNT_KEY", "AZURE_IDENTITY"]
+        default: "SHARED_ACCOUNT_KEY"
   types:
     in:
       mediaType: application/json
@@ -102,8 +111,9 @@ spec:
       - to:
           uri: "azure-cosmosdb:{{databaseName}}/{{containerName}}"
           parameters:
-            accountKey: "{{accountKey}}"
+            accountKey: "{{?accountKey}}"
             databaseEndpoint: "{{databaseEndpoint}}"
             itemPartitionKey: "{{?itemPartitionKey}}"
             operation: createItem
+            credentialType: "{{credentialType}}"
 
diff --git a/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/azure-cosmosdb-source.kamelet.yaml b/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/azure-cosmosdb-source.kamelet.yaml
index bcd2b335e..f94196095 100644
--- a/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/azure-cosmosdb-source.kamelet.yaml
+++ b/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/azure-cosmosdb-source.kamelet.yaml
@@ -32,11 +32,14 @@ spec:
   definition:
     title: "Azure CosmosDB Source"
     description: |-
-      Consume Changes from a CosmosDB instance
+      Consume Changes from a CosmosDB instance.
+      
+      There are two different mechanism of authentication `SHARED_ACCOUNT_KEY` and `AZURE_IDENTITY`, you could specify with credentialType property. If you're using `SHARED_ACCOUNT_KEY` accountKey property will be needed.
+      
+      In case of `AZURE_IDENTITY` selection, the DefaultAzureCredential will attempt to authenticate via the following mechanisms in the following order enviroment, Workload Identity, Managed Identity, Azure Developer CLI, IntelliJ, Azure CLI and Azure Powershell. 
     required:
       - databaseName
       - containerName
-      - accountKey
       - databaseEndpoint
     type: object
     properties:
@@ -77,6 +80,12 @@ spec:
         title: Database Endpoint
         description: Sets the Azure Cosmos database endpoint the component will connect to.
         type: string
+      credentialType:
+        title: Credential Type
+        description: Determines the credential strategy to adopt.
+        type: string
+        enum: ["SHARED_ACCOUNT_KEY", "AZURE_IDENTITY"]
+        default: "SHARED_ACCOUNT_KEY"
   types:
     out:
       mediaType: application/json
@@ -90,10 +99,11 @@ spec:
       parameters:
         leaseDatabaseName: "{{?leaseDatabaseName}}"
         leaseContainerName: "{{?leaseContainerName}}"
-        accountKey: "{{accountKey}}"
+        accountKey: "{{?accountKey}}"
         createLeaseDatabaseIfNotExists: "{{createLeaseDatabaseIfNotExists}}"
         createLeaseContainerIfNotExists: "{{createLeaseContainerIfNotExists}}"
         databaseEndpoint: "{{databaseEndpoint}}"
+        credentialType: "{{credentialType}}"
       steps:
       - marshal:
           json: {}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2c3cdf352..94e4b37a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>4.3.0</version>
+        <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.camel.kamelets</groupId>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         <apache-rat-plugin.version>0.16</apache-rat-plugin.version>
         <cyclonedx-maven-plugin-version>2.7.11</cyclonedx-maven-plugin-version>
 
-        <camel.version>4.3.0</camel.version>
+        <camel.version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</camel.version>
         <camel.k.crds.version>2.2.0</camel.k.crds.version>
 
         <citrus.version>4.1.0</citrus.version>