diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/credentials/FreshserviceApi.credentials.ts b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/FreshserviceApi.credentials.ts
index 5d028787836..687f30d3920 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/credentials/FreshserviceApi.credentials.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/FreshserviceApi.credentials.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import type { ICredentialType, INodeProperties } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import type {
+	IAuthenticateGeneric,
+	ICredentialTestRequest,
+	ICredentialType,
+	INodeProperties,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 export class FreshserviceApi implements ICredentialType {
 	name = 'freshserviceApi';
@@ -26,4 +31,21 @@ export class FreshserviceApi implements ICredentialType {
 				'Domain in the Freshservice org URL. For example, in <code>https://n8n.freshservice.com</code>, the domain is <code>n8n</code>',
 		},
 	];
+
+	authenticate: IAuthenticateGeneric = {
+		type: 'generic',
+		properties: {
+			auth: {
+				username: '={{$credentials.apiKey}}',
+				password: 'X',
+			},
+		},
+	};
+
+	test: ICredentialTestRequest = {
+		request: {
+			baseURL: '=https://{{$credentials.domain}}.freshservice.com/api/v2',
+			url: '/agents/me',
+		},
+	};
 }
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/credentials/test/FreshserviceApi.credentials.test.ts b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/test/FreshserviceApi.credentials.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6745f4af6b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/test/FreshserviceApi.credentials.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import type { IAuthenticateGeneric } from 'n8n-workflow';
+
+import { FreshserviceApi } from '../FreshserviceApi.credentials';
+
+describe('FreshserviceApi Credential', () => {
+	const freshserviceApi = new FreshserviceApi();
+
+	it('should have correct metadata and properties', () => {
+		expect(freshserviceApi.name).toBe('freshserviceApi');
+		expect(freshserviceApi.displayName).toBe('Freshservice API');
+		expect(freshserviceApi.documentationUrl).toBe('freshservice');
+		expect(freshserviceApi.properties).toHaveLength(2);
+		expect(freshserviceApi.properties[0].name).toBe('apiKey');
+		expect(freshserviceApi.properties[0].typeOptions).toEqual({ password: true });
+		expect(freshserviceApi.properties[1].name).toBe('domain');
+	});
+
+	it('should have correct test request configuration', () => {
+		expect(freshserviceApi.test.request.baseURL).toBe(
+			'=https://{{$credentials.domain}}.freshservice.com/api/v2',
+		);
+		expect(freshserviceApi.test.request.url).toBe('/agents/me');
+	});
+
+	describe('authenticate', () => {
+		it('should be configured for basic auth with apiKey as username and X as password', () => {
+			const auth = freshserviceApi.authenticate as IAuthenticateGeneric;
+
+			expect(auth.type).toBe('generic');
+			expect(auth.properties.auth).toBeDefined();
+			expect(auth.properties.auth?.username).toBe('={{$credentials.apiKey}}');
+			expect(auth.properties.auth?.password).toBe('X');
+		});
+	});
+});