diff --git a/release/docker/README.md b/release/docker/README.md
index 1acd44ba39..1c78ac2889 100644
--- a/release/docker/README.md
+++ b/release/docker/README.md
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Below is an example command which can also be used to run the built image.
 ```
 docker run \
  --name data-prepper-test \
- --expose 21890 \
- -v /workplace/github/simple-ingest-transformation-utility-pipeline/examples/config/example-pipelines.yaml:/usr/share/data-prepper/pipelines.yaml \
- -v /workplace/github/simple-ingest-transformation-utility-pipeline/examples/config/example-data-prepper-config.yaml:/usr/share/data-prepper/data-prepper-config.yaml \
- data-prepper/data-prepper:1.0.0
-```
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+ -p 21890:21890 -p 4900 \
+ -v ${PWD}/examples/config/example-pipelines.yaml:/usr/share/data-prepper/pipelines.yaml \
+ -v ${PWD}/examples/config/example-data-prepper-config.yaml:/usr/share/data-prepper/data-prepper-config.yaml \
+ opensearch-data-prepper:1.2.0-SNAPSHOT
+```
diff --git a/release/docker/config/default-data-prepper-config.yaml b/release/docker/config/default-data-prepper-config.yaml
index 1e0b9fc782..63a411bc84 100644
--- a/release/docker/config/default-data-prepper-config.yaml
+++ b/release/docker/config/default-data-prepper-config.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ keyStoreFilePath: "/usr/share/data-prepper/keystore.p12"
 keyStorePassword: "password"
 privateKeyPassword: "password"
 serverPort: 4900
-metricRegistries: [Prometheus]
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+metricRegistries: [Prometheus]
+authentication:
+  http_basic:
+    username: admin
+    password: admin