diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index 2b3f3f751..51dd8280f 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -1897,6 +1897,10 @@ var expectedErrors = []struct {
 		filename: "uyuni_no_server.bad.yml",
 		errMsg:   "Uyuni SD configuration requires server host",
 	},
+	{
+		filename: "uyuni_token_file.bad.yml",
+		errMsg:   "at most one of bearer_token & bearer_token_file must be configured",
+	},
 	{
 		filename: "ionos_datacenter.bad.yml",
 		errMsg:   "datacenter id can't be empty",
diff --git a/config/testdata/uyuni_token_file.bad.yml b/config/testdata/uyuni_token_file.bad.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a061dadf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/testdata/uyuni_token_file.bad.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: uyuni
+    uyuni_sd_configs:
+      - server: "server"
+        username: "username"
+        password: "password"
+        bearer_token: foo
+        bearer_token_file: foo
diff --git a/discovery/uyuni/uyuni.go b/discovery/uyuni/uyuni.go
index e37acbf98..bc33d28cb 100644
--- a/discovery/uyuni/uyuni.go
+++ b/discovery/uyuni/uyuni.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func (c *SDConfig) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 	if c.Password == "" {
 		return errors.New("Uyuni SD configuration requires a password")
 	}
-	return nil
+	return c.HTTPClientConfig.Validate()
 }
 
 func login(rpcclient *xmlrpc.Client, user, pass string, duration int) (string, error) {