diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a9ca974b..45b9b7b60 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - (Feature) Recreation member in the high plan
 - (Feature) Add 'crd install' subcommand
 - (Bugfix) Fix `internal` metrics mode
+- (Bugfix) Create agency dump if auth is disabled
 
 ## [1.2.14](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/1.2.14) (2022-07-14)
 - (Feature) Add ArangoSync TLS based rotation
diff --git a/cmd/admin.go b/cmd/admin.go
index 882409ba9..e49987d36 100644
--- a/cmd/admin.go
+++ b/cmd/admin.go
@@ -211,10 +211,12 @@ func getDeploymentAndCredentials(ctx context.Context,
 		return
 	}
 
-	auth, err = getJWTTokenFromSecrets(ctx, secrets, d.Spec.Authentication.GetJWTSecretName())
-	if err != nil {
-		err = errors.WithMessage(err, "failed to get JWT token")
-		return
+	if d.Spec.IsAuthenticated() {
+		auth, err = getJWTTokenFromSecrets(ctx, secrets, d.Spec.Authentication.GetJWTSecretName())
+		if err != nil {
+			err = errors.WithMessage(err, "failed to get JWT token")
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	return