diff --git a/gns3server/services/authentication.py b/gns3server/services/authentication.py
index 3d165c55d..c507c01a8 100644
--- a/gns3server/services/authentication.py
+++ b/gns3server/services/authentication.py
@@ -73,21 +73,23 @@ class AuthService:
         encoded_jwt = jwt.encode({"alg": algorithm}, to_encode, key)
         return encoded_jwt
 
-    def create_access_token(self, username, token_version: int = 0, secret_key: str = None, expires_in: int = 0) -> str:
+    def create_access_token(
+        self, username, token_version: int = 0, secret_key: Optional[str] = None, expires_in: int = 0
+    ) -> str:
 
         if not expires_in:
             expires_in = Config.instance().settings.Controller.jwt_access_token_expire_minutes
         return self._create_token(username, token_version, "access", expires_in, secret_key)
 
     def create_refresh_token(
-        self, username, token_version: int = 0, secret_key: str = None, expires_in: int = 0
+        self, username, token_version: int = 0, secret_key: Optional[str] = None, expires_in: int = 0
     ) -> str:
 
         if not expires_in:
             expires_in = Config.instance().settings.Controller.jwt_refresh_token_expire_minutes
         return self._create_token(username, token_version, "refresh", expires_in, secret_key)
 
-    def get_token_data(self, token: str, secret_key: str = None) -> TokenData:
+    def get_token_data(self, token: str, secret_key: Optional[str] = None) -> TokenData:
 
         def auth_error(detail: str) -> HTTPException:
             return HTTPException(
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ class AuthService:
         key = OctKey.import_key(secret_key)
         try:
             payload = jwt.decode(token, key, algorithms=[algorithm])
-            username: str = payload.claims.get("sub")
+            username: Optional[str] = payload.claims.get("sub")
             if username is None:
                 raise auth_error("Invalid token: missing subject claim")
             # Validate the exp claim — joserfc does not validate time-based claims by default
@@ -123,5 +125,5 @@ class AuthService:
             raise auth_error(f"Invalid token ({type(e).__name__})")
         return token_data
 
-    def get_username_from_token(self, token: str, secret_key: str = None) -> Optional[str]:
+    def get_username_from_token(self, token: str, secret_key: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[str]:
         return self.get_token_data(token, secret_key).username
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 21c8a9ba6..8535a81b4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ module = [
   "gns3server.schemas.controller.templates.virtualbox_templates",  # 1
   "gns3server.schemas.controller.templates.vmware_templates",  # 1
   "gns3server.schemas.qemu_disk_image",  # 2
-  "gns3server.services.authentication",  # 5
   "gns3server.services.computes",  # 4
   "gns3server.services.templates",  # 18
   "gns3server.utils.asyncio.aiozipstream",  # 8