diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/V2/HttpRequestV2.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/V2/HttpRequestV2.node.ts
index ad954e361a..db136e16a9 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/V2/HttpRequestV2.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/V2/HttpRequestV2.node.ts
@@ -627,24 +627,33 @@ export class HttpRequestV2 implements INodeType {
 		let nodeCredentialType;
 
 		if (authentication === 'genericCredentialType') {
-			try {
-				httpBasicAuth = await this.getCredentials('httpBasicAuth');
-			} catch (_) {}
-			try {
-				httpDigestAuth = await this.getCredentials('httpDigestAuth');
-			} catch (_) {}
-			try {
-				httpHeaderAuth = await this.getCredentials('httpHeaderAuth');
-			} catch (_) {}
-			try {
-				httpQueryAuth = await this.getCredentials('httpQueryAuth');
-			} catch (_) {}
-			try {
-				oAuth1Api = await this.getCredentials('oAuth1Api');
-			} catch (_) {}
-			try {
-				oAuth2Api = await this.getCredentials('oAuth2Api');
-			} catch (_) {}
+			const genericAuthType = this.getNodeParameter('genericAuthType', 0) as string;
+
+			if (genericAuthType === 'httpBasicAuth') {
+				try {
+					httpBasicAuth = await this.getCredentials('httpBasicAuth');
+				} catch (_) {}
+			} else if (genericAuthType === 'httpDigestAuth') {
+				try {
+					httpDigestAuth = await this.getCredentials('httpDigestAuth');
+				} catch (_) {}
+			} else if (genericAuthType === 'httpHeaderAuth') {
+				try {
+					httpHeaderAuth = await this.getCredentials('httpHeaderAuth');
+				} catch (_) {}
+			} else if (genericAuthType === 'httpQueryAuth') {
+				try {
+					httpQueryAuth = await this.getCredentials('httpQueryAuth');
+				} catch (_) {}
+			} else if (genericAuthType === 'oAuth1Api') {
+				try {
+					oAuth1Api = await this.getCredentials('oAuth1Api');
+				} catch (_) {}
+			} else if (genericAuthType === 'oAuth2Api') {
+				try {
+					oAuth2Api = await this.getCredentials('oAuth2Api');
+				} catch (_) {}
+			}
 		} else if (authentication === 'predefinedCredentialType') {
 			try {
 				nodeCredentialType = this.getNodeParameter('nodeCredentialType', 0) as string;