diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 87666aaa5..76b5d2921 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - Allow to abort ArangoBackup uploads by removing spec.upload
 - Add Agency Cache internally
 - Add Recovery during PlanBuild operation
+- Fix Exporter in Deployments without authentication
 
 ## [1.2.5](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/1.2.5) (2021-10-25)
 - Split & Unify Lifecycle management functionality
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/resources/exporter.go b/pkg/deployment/resources/exporter.go
index cf33856ea..6f84fa265 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/resources/exporter.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/resources/exporter.go
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ func createInternalExporterArgs(spec api.DeploymentSpec, groupSpec api.ServerGro
 	tokenpath := filepath.Join(k8sutil.ExporterJWTVolumeMountDir, constants.SecretKeyToken)
 	options := k8sutil.CreateOptionPairs(64)
 
-	options.Add("--arangodb.jwt-file", tokenpath)
+	if spec.Authentication.IsAuthenticated() {
+		options.Add("--arangodb.jwt-file", tokenpath)
+	}
 
 	path := k8sutil.ArangoExporterInternalEndpoint
 	if version.CompareTo("3.8.0") >= 0 {