diff --git a/haystack/nodes/query_classifier/transformers.py b/haystack/nodes/query_classifier/transformers.py
index 4a4f1e01b..7fb926e04 100644
--- a/haystack/nodes/query_classifier/transformers.py
+++ b/haystack/nodes/query_classifier/transformers.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class TransformersQueryClassifier(BaseQueryClassifier):
             tokenizer=tokenizer,
             device=resolved_devices[0],
             revision=model_version,
-            use_auth_token=use_auth_token,
+            token=use_auth_token,
         )
 
         self.labels = labels
diff --git a/test/nodes/test_query_classifier.py b/test/nodes/test_query_classifier.py
index acc8907e7..50021f635 100644
--- a/test/nodes/test_query_classifier.py
+++ b/test/nodes/test_query_classifier.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from unittest.mock import patch
 import pytest
 from pathlib import Path
 from urllib.error import URLError
@@ -15,6 +16,14 @@ def test_sklearnqueryclassifier_deprecation():
             pass
 
 
+@pytest.mark.unit
+def test_query_classifier_initialized_with_token_instead_of_use_auth_token():
+    with patch("haystack.nodes.query_classifier.transformers.pipeline") as mock_transformers_pipeline:
+        classifier = TransformersQueryClassifier(task="zero-shot-classification")
+        assert "token" in mock_transformers_pipeline.call_args.kwargs
+        assert "use_auth_token" not in mock_transformers_pipeline.call_args.kwargs
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def transformers_query_classifier():
     return TransformersQueryClassifier(