diff --git a/WorkFlow.API/Filters/APIKeyAuthHeaderOpFilter.cs b/WorkFlow.API/Filters/APIKeyAuthHeaderOpFilter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9a6036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/WorkFlow.API/Filters/APIKeyAuthHeaderOpFilter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using Microsoft.OpenApi.Models;
+using Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen;
+using WorkFlow.API.Models;
+
+namespace WorkFlow.API.Filters
+{
+    public class APIKeyAuthHeaderOpFilter(IOptions<APIKeyAuthOptions> options) : IOperationFilter
+    {
+        private readonly APIKeyAuthOptions apiKeyAuthOptions = options.Value;
+
+        public void Apply(OpenApiOperation operation, OperationFilterContext context)
+        {
+            var param = new OpenApiParameter
+            {
+                Name = apiKeyAuthOptions.HeaderName,
+                In = ParameterLocation.Header,
+                Required = true
+            };
+
+            if(apiKeyAuthOptions.SwaggerDescription is not null)
+                param.Description = apiKeyAuthOptions.SwaggerDescription;
+
+            operation.Parameters = [param];
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/WorkFlow.API/Models/APIKeyAuthOptions.cs b/WorkFlow.API/Models/APIKeyAuthOptions.cs
index 75718c0..876c1f2 100644
--- a/WorkFlow.API/Models/APIKeyAuthOptions.cs
+++ b/WorkFlow.API/Models/APIKeyAuthOptions.cs
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@
         public required string Key { get; init; }
 
         public string HeaderName { get; init; } = "X-API-Key";
+
+        public string? SwaggerDescription { get; init; } = null;
     }
 }
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diff --git a/WorkFlow.API/Program.cs b/WorkFlow.API/Program.cs
index 25d99ce..19a783d 100644
--- a/WorkFlow.API/Program.cs
+++ b/WorkFlow.API/Program.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using NLog;
 using NLog.Web;
 using WorkFlow.API.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using WorkFlow.API.Filters;
 
 var logger = LogManager.Setup().LoadConfigurationFromAppSettings().GetCurrentClassLogger();
 logger.Info("Logging initialized.");
@@ -36,9 +37,15 @@ try
     {
         Claims = user.ToClaimList().ToDictionary(claim => claim.Type, claim => claim.Value as object)
     });
-    
-    if (config.GetSection("APIKeyAuth").Get<APIKeyAuthOptions>() is APIKeyAuthOptions options)
+
+    var apiKeyAuthSection = config.GetSection("APIKeyAuth");
+    var useApiKey = false;
+    if (apiKeyAuthSection.Get<APIKeyAuthOptions>() is APIKeyAuthOptions options)
+    {
+        builder.Services.Configure<APIKeyAuthOptions>(apiKeyAuthSection);
         builder.Services.AddAPIKeyAuth(options);
+        useApiKey = true;
+    }        
 
     builder.Services.AddControllers();
 
@@ -56,7 +63,11 @@ try
         });
 
     builder.Services.AddEndpointsApiExplorer();
-    builder.Services.AddSwaggerGen();
+    builder.Services.AddSwaggerGen(c =>
+    {
+        if(useApiKey)
+            c.OperationFilter<APIKeyAuthHeaderOpFilter>();
+    });
 
     var app = builder.Build();
 
diff --git a/WorkFlow.API/appsettings.json b/WorkFlow.API/appsettings.json
index aa629dc..fbc7ad8 100644
--- a/WorkFlow.API/appsettings.json
+++ b/WorkFlow.API/appsettings.json
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
   },
   "APIKeyAuth": {
     "Key": "ULbcOUiAXAoCXPviyCGtObZUGnrCHNgDmtNbQNpq5MOhB0EFQn18dObdQ93INNy8xIcnOPMJfEHqOotllELVrJ2R5AjqOfQszT2j00w215GanD3UiJGwFhwmdoNFsmNj",
-    "HeaderName": "X-API-Key"
+    "HeaderName": "X-API-Key",
+    "SwaggerDescription": "Required header for API key authentication. Enter a valid API key."
   }
 }
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