diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fd569d3..1efa195 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/acl v0.8.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/event v0.18.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.18.0
-	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.21.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.26.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/cache v0.10.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git v0.35.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git/gogit v0.38.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/gittestserver v0.18.0
-	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.79.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.80.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/ssh v0.20.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api v1.6.1
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.6.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 27af2fc..9b7e79a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/event v0.18.0 h1:PNbWk9gvX8gMIi6VsJapnuDO+giLEeY+6olL
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/event v0.18.0/go.mod h1:7S/DGboLolfbZ6stO6dcDhG1SfkPWQ9foCULvbiYpiA=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.18.0 h1:ACHrMIjlcioE9GKS7NGk62KX4NshqNewr8sBwMcXABs=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.18.0/go.mod h1:97l3hTwBpJbXBY+wetNbqrUsvES8B1jGioKcBUxmqd8=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.21.0 h1:ckAQqP12wuptXEkMY18SQKWEY09m9e6yI0mEMsDV15M=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.21.0/go.mod h1:MXmpsXT97c874HCw5hnfqFUP7TsG8/Ss1vFrk8JccfM=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.26.0 h1:jw128zPI4aRSvkGbFfAQcFNF3oK58P4rDdKIpj2/7yM=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.26.0/go.mod h1:YEAHpBFuW5oLlH9ekuJaQdnJ2Q3A7Ny8kha3WY7QMnY=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/cache v0.10.0 h1:M+OGDM4da1cnz7q+sZSBtkBJHpiJsLnKVmR9OdMWxEY=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/cache v0.10.0/go.mod h1:pPXRzQUDQagsCniuOolqVhnAkbNgYOg8d2cTliPs7ME=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git v0.35.0 h1:mAauhsdfxNW4yQdXviVlvcN/uCGGG0+6p5D1+HFZI9w=
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git/gogit v0.38.0 h1:222KmjpKf9pxqi8rAtm1omDcpGTY4JkahLrAw
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git/gogit v0.38.0/go.mod h1:kHStdfd/AtkH5ED0UEWP2tmMGnfxg1GG92D29M+lRJ0=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/gittestserver v0.18.0 h1:jkuLmzWFfq+v1ziI0LspZrUzc5WzCO98BaWb8OVRPtk=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/gittestserver v0.18.0/go.mod h1:2wDLqUkPuixk/8pGQdef9ewaGJXf7Z+xHDVq8PIFG4E=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.79.0 h1:9tv79EiQDx/QJH9mYDd9kZ9WybCVWBUGoiBHij+eKkc=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.79.0/go.mod h1:iGhdaEq+lMJQTJNAFEPOU4gUJ7kt3yeDcJPZy7O9IUw=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.80.0 h1:vknT2vdQSGTFnAhz4xGk2ZXUWCrXh3whsISStgA57Go=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.80.0/go.mod h1:iGhdaEq+lMJQTJNAFEPOU4gUJ7kt3yeDcJPZy7O9IUw=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/ssh v0.20.0 h1:Ak0laIYIc/L8lEfqls/LDWRW8wYPESGaravQsCRGLb8=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/ssh v0.20.0/go.mod h1:sRfAAkxx1GwCGjYirKPnTKdNkNrJRo9kqzWLVFXKv7E=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/version v0.9.0 h1:pQBHMt9TbnnTUzj3EoMhRi5JUkNBqrTBSAaoLG1ovUA=
diff --git a/internal/source/git.go b/internal/source/git.go
index 5f93eb1..995a0ae 100644
--- a/internal/source/git.go
+++ b/internal/source/git.go
@@ -204,7 +204,10 @@ func getAuthOpts(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, repo *sourcev1.GitReposit
 	switch provider := repo.GetProvider(); provider {
 	case sourcev1.GitProviderAzure: // If AWS or GCP are added in the future they can be added here separated by a comma.
 		getCreds = func() (*authutils.GitCredentials, error) {
-			var opts []auth.Option
+			opts := []auth.Option{
+				auth.WithClient(c),
+				auth.WithServiceAccountNamespace(srcOpts.objNamespace),
+			}
 
 			if srcOpts.tokenCache != nil {
 				involvedObject := cache.InvolvedObject{
@@ -227,8 +230,7 @@ func getAuthOpts(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, repo *sourcev1.GitReposit
 		if repo.Spec.SecretRef == nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("secretRef with github app data must be specified when provider is set to github: %w", ErrInvalidSourceConfiguration)
 		}
-		targetURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s", u.Scheme, u.Host)
-		authMethods, err := secrets.AuthMethodsFromSecret(ctx, secret, secrets.WithTargetURL(targetURL), secrets.WithTLSSystemCertPool())
+		authMethods, err := secrets.AuthMethodsFromSecret(ctx, secret, secrets.WithTLSSystemCertPool())
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 528d089..9593e63 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -93,12 +93,15 @@ func main() {
 		watchOptions          helper.WatchOptions
 		concurrent            int
 		tokenCacheOptions     cache.TokenFlags
+		defaultServiceAccount string
 	)
 
 	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-addr", ":8080", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.StringVar(&eventsAddr, "events-addr", "", "The address of the events receiver.")
 	flag.StringVar(&healthAddr, "health-addr", ":9440", "The address the health endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.IntVar(&concurrent, "concurrent", 4, "The number of concurrent resource reconciles.")
+	flag.StringVar(&defaultServiceAccount, auth.ControllerFlagDefaultServiceAccount,
+		"", "Default service account to use for workload identity when not specified in resources.")
 	flag.StringSliceVar(&git.KexAlgos, "ssh-kex-algos", []string{},
 		"The list of key exchange algorithms to use for ssh connections, arranged from most preferred to the least.")
 	flag.StringSliceVar(&git.HostKeyAlgos, "ssh-hostkey-algos", []string{},
@@ -115,6 +118,10 @@ func main() {
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	if defaultServiceAccount != "" {
+		auth.SetDefaultServiceAccount(defaultServiceAccount)
+	}
+
 	logger.SetLogger(logger.NewLogger(logOptions))
 
 	err := featureGates.WithLogger(setupLog).