diff --git a/apps/ssi-abstraction/src/config/validation.ts b/apps/ssi-abstraction/src/config/validation.ts
index ea1891b558c386e7ed7cab673d9d94eb9be6f102..a485d6a9f15a105053046c36e88b2b5ea0c0abf3 100644
--- a/apps/ssi-abstraction/src/config/validation.ts
+++ b/apps/ssi-abstraction/src/config/validation.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import Joi from 'joi';
 
 export const validationSchema = Joi.object({
   NATS_URL: Joi.string().required(),
+  NATS_USER: Joi.string().optional(),
+  NATS_PASSWORD: Joi.string().optional(),
   PORT: Joi.number().required(),
 
   AGENT_NAME: Joi.string().required(),