diff --git a/packages/appservice-rest/package.json b/packages/appservice-rest/package.json
index 47b8329..e06d8da 100644
--- a/packages/appservice-rest/package.json
+++ b/packages/appservice-rest/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "azure-actions-appservice-rest",
-  "version": "1.3.9",
+  "version": "1.3.10",
   "description": "Azure resource manager and kudu node rest module",
   "keywords": [
     "appservice",
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "@actions/core": "^1.1.10",
     "@actions/io": "^1.0.1",
     "@types/node": "^14.14.31",
-    "azure-actions-webclient": "^1.1.0",
+    "azure-actions-webclient": "^1.1.1",
     "copy": "^0.3.2",
     "fs": "0.0.1-security",
     "util": "^0.12.1",
diff --git a/packages/appservice-rest/src/Arm/azure-app-service.ts b/packages/appservice-rest/src/Arm/azure-app-service.ts
index fcd201c..e7ae2f0 100644
--- a/packages/appservice-rest/src/Arm/azure-app-service.ts
+++ b/packages/appservice-rest/src/Arm/azure-app-service.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ export class AzureAppService {
         }
     }
 
+    public getAccessToken(): Promise<string> {
+        return this._client.getAccessToken();
+    }
+
     public async getApplicationSettings(force?: boolean): Promise<AzureAppServiceConfigurationDetails> {
         if(force || !this._appServiceApplicationSetings) {
             this._appServiceApplicationSetings = await this._getApplicationSettings();
@@ -604,4 +608,4 @@ export class AzureAppService {
             setTimeout(resolve, sleepDurationInSeconds * 1000);
         });
     }
- }
\ No newline at end of file
+ }
diff --git a/packages/appservice-rest/src/Kudu/KuduServiceClient.ts b/packages/appservice-rest/src/Kudu/KuduServiceClient.ts
index 09b17c9..2df27c5 100644
--- a/packages/appservice-rest/src/Kudu/KuduServiceClient.ts
+++ b/packages/appservice-rest/src/Kudu/KuduServiceClient.ts
@@ -6,19 +6,21 @@ import core = require('@actions/core');
 
 export class KuduServiceClient {
     private _scmUri;
-    private _accesssToken: string;
+    private _accessToken: string;
+    private _accessTokenType: "Basic" | "Bearer";
     private _cookie: string[];
     private _webClient: WebClient;
 
-    constructor(scmUri: string, accessToken: string) {
-        this._accesssToken = accessToken;
+    constructor(scmUri: string, accessToken: string, accessTokenType: "Basic" | "Bearer") {
+        this._accessToken = accessToken;
+        this._accessTokenType = accessTokenType;
         this._scmUri = scmUri;
         this._webClient = new WebClient();
     }
 
     public async beginRequest(request: WebRequest, reqOptions?: WebRequestOptions, contentType?: string): Promise<WebResponse> {
         request.headers = request.headers || {};
-        request.headers["Authorization"] = "Basic " + this._accesssToken;
+        request.headers["Authorization"] = `${this._accessTokenType} ${this._accessToken}`
         request.headers['Content-Type'] = contentType || 'application/json; charset=utf-8';
 
         if(!!this._cookie) {
@@ -71,4 +73,4 @@ export class KuduServiceClient {
     public getScmUri(): string {
         return this._scmUri;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/appservice-rest/src/Kudu/azure-app-kudu-service.ts b/packages/appservice-rest/src/Kudu/azure-app-kudu-service.ts
index 09a1950..a007777 100644
--- a/packages/appservice-rest/src/Kudu/azure-app-kudu-service.ts
+++ b/packages/appservice-rest/src/Kudu/azure-app-kudu-service.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ export const KUDU_DEPLOYMENT_CONSTANTS = {
 export class Kudu {
     private _client: KuduServiceClient;
 
-    constructor(scmUri: string, username: string, password: string) {
-        var base64EncodedCredential = (new Buffer(username + ':' + password).toString('base64'));
-        this._client = new KuduServiceClient(scmUri, base64EncodedCredential);
+    constructor(scmUri: string, credentials: {username: string, password: string} | string) {
+        const accessToken = typeof credentials === 'string'
+            ? credentials
+            : (new Buffer(credentials.username + ':' + credentials.password).toString('base64'));
+        const accessTokenType = typeof credentials === 'string' ? "Bearer" : "Basic"
+
+        this._client = new KuduServiceClient(scmUri, accessToken, accessTokenType);
     }
 
     public async updateDeployment(requestBody: any): Promise<string> {
@@ -406,4 +410,4 @@ export class Kudu {
             setTimeout(resolve, sleepDurationInSeconds * 1000);
         });
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/appservice-rest/src/Utilities/AzureAppServiceUtility.ts b/packages/appservice-rest/src/Utilities/AzureAppServiceUtility.ts
index 09136cb..e1ab72a 100644
--- a/packages/appservice-rest/src/Utilities/AzureAppServiceUtility.ts
+++ b/packages/appservice-rest/src/Utilities/AzureAppServiceUtility.ts
@@ -79,15 +79,29 @@ export class AzureAppServiceUtility {
     }
 
     public async getKuduService(): Promise<Kudu> {
+        try {
+            const token = await this._appService.getAccessToken()
+            if (!!token) {
+                console.log(`::add-mask::${token}`);
+                const app = await this._appService.get()
+                const scmUri = (app.properties["hostNameSslStates"] || []).find(n => n.hostType == "Repository");
+                if (!!scmUri) {
+                    return new Kudu(`https://${scmUri["name"]}`, token)
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.log('Error getting accessToken. Falling back to publishing profile: ' + e);
+        }
+
         var publishingCredentials = await this._appService.getPublishingCredentials();
         if(publishingCredentials.properties["scmUri"]) {
-            let userName = publishingCredentials.properties["publishingUserName"];
+            let username = publishingCredentials.properties["publishingUserName"];
             let password = publishingCredentials.properties["publishingPassword"];
 
             // masking kudu password
             console.log(`::add-mask::${password}`);
             
-            return new Kudu(publishingCredentials.properties["scmUri"], userName, password);
+            return new Kudu(publishingCredentials.properties["scmUri"], { username, password });
         }
 
         throw Error('KUDU SCM details are empty');
@@ -151,4 +165,4 @@ export class AzureAppServiceUtility {
         
         return isNewValueUpdated;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/webclient/package.json b/packages/webclient/package.json
index 0c57505..08cbe32 100644
--- a/packages/webclient/package.json
+++ b/packages/webclient/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "azure-actions-webclient",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.1.1",
   "description": "Authorize to azure and make rest calls",
   "keywords": [
     "webclient",
diff --git a/packages/webclient/src/AzureRestClient.ts b/packages/webclient/src/AzureRestClient.ts
index 8be979b..f93e8e9 100644
--- a/packages/webclient/src/AzureRestClient.ts
+++ b/packages/webclient/src/AzureRestClient.ts
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ export class ServiceClient {
         return response;
     }
 
+    public getAccessToken(): Promise<string> {
+        return this._authorizer.getToken()
+    }
+
     private _sleep(sleepDurationInSeconds: number): Promise<any> {
         return new Promise((resolve) => {
             setTimeout(resolve, sleepDurationInSeconds * 1000);