diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/@/constants/thirdweb-client.client.ts b/apps/dashboard/src/@/constants/thirdweb-client.client.ts
index 428684ca171..3b38795a0e8 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/@/constants/thirdweb-client.client.ts
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/@/constants/thirdweb-client.client.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ import { getConfiguredThirdwebClient } from "./thirdweb.server";
 export function getClientThirdwebClient(params?: {
   jwt: string | undefined | null;
   teamId: string | undefined | null;
+  projectClientId?: string;
 }) {
   return getConfiguredThirdwebClient({
     secretKey: params?.jwt ?? undefined,
     teamId: params?.teamId ?? undefined,
+    projectClientId: params?.projectClientId,
   });
 }
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/@/constants/thirdweb.server.ts b/apps/dashboard/src/@/constants/thirdweb.server.ts
index cd7aab19f8b..033bb7ed7dc 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/@/constants/thirdweb.server.ts
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/@/constants/thirdweb.server.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { getVercelEnv } from "@/utils/vercel";
 export function getConfiguredThirdwebClient(options: {
   secretKey: string | undefined;
   teamId: string | undefined;
+  projectClientId: string | undefined;
 }): ThirdwebClient {
   if (getVercelEnv() !== "production") {
     // if not on production: run this when creating a client to set the domains
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ export function getConfiguredThirdwebClient(options: {
     },
     secretKey: secretKey,
     teamId: options.teamId,
+    projectClientId: options.projectClientId,
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/app/(app)/team/[team_slug]/[project_slug]/(sidebar)/tokens/create/token/page.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/app/(app)/team/[team_slug]/[project_slug]/(sidebar)/tokens/create/token/page.tsx
index 555eb0065c5..9328ff3d07f 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/app/(app)/team/[team_slug]/[project_slug]/(sidebar)/tokens/create/token/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/app/(app)/team/[team_slug]/[project_slug]/(sidebar)/tokens/create/token/page.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ export default async function Page(props: {
   const client = getClientThirdwebClient({
     jwt: authToken,
     teamId: team.id,
-  });
+    projectClientId: project.publishableKey,
+   });
 
   return (
     <div className="flex grow flex-col">
diff --git a/packages/thirdweb/src/client/client.ts b/packages/thirdweb/src/client/client.ts
index 4c10e25f30f..6bd1186b7d1 100644
--- a/packages/thirdweb/src/client/client.ts
+++ b/packages/thirdweb/src/client/client.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ type ClientOptions = Prettify<{
    * @hidden
    */
   teamId?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The project client ID for thirdweb dashboard usage.
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  projectClientId?: string;
 }>;
 
 export type CreateThirdwebClientOptions = Prettify<
diff --git a/packages/thirdweb/src/utils/fetch.ts b/packages/thirdweb/src/utils/fetch.ts
index e09dcfe80bb..1bec8a4dc16 100644
--- a/packages/thirdweb/src/utils/fetch.ts
+++ b/packages/thirdweb/src/utils/fetch.ts
@@ -57,15 +57,10 @@ export function getClientFetch(client: ThirdwebClient, ecosystem?: Ecosystem) {
           : undefined;
       const clientId = client.clientId;
 
-      if (authToken && isBundlerUrl(urlString)) {
+      if (authToken && isBundlerUrl(urlString) && client.projectClientId && client.teamId) {
         headers.set("authorization", `Bearer ${authToken}`);
-        if (client.teamId) {
-          headers.set("x-team-id", client.teamId);
-        }
-
-        if (clientId) {
-          headers.set("x-client-id", clientId);
-        }
+        headers.set("x-team-id", client.teamId);
+        headers.set("x-client-id", client.projectClientId);
       }
       // if we have an auth token set, use that (thirdweb dashboard sets this for the user)
       // pay urls should never send the auth token, because we always want the "developer" to be the one making the request, not the "end user"