diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 261e4dfd58..d50ed97b0c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ This is the log of notable changes to EAS CLI and related packages.
 
 ### 🐛 Bug fixes
 
+- Make `eas config` command not require authentication when running in `--eas-json-only` mode. ([#2517](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/2517) by [@szdziedzic](https://github.com/szdziedzic))
+
 ### 🧹 Chores
 
 ## [11.0.0](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/releases/tag/v11.0.0) - 2024-08-26
diff --git a/packages/eas-cli/src/commands/config.ts b/packages/eas-cli/src/commands/config.ts
index 65e8689639..7f66f67aef 100644
--- a/packages/eas-cli/src/commands/config.ts
+++ b/packages/eas-cli/src/commands/config.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 
 import { evaluateConfigWithEnvVarsAsync } from '../build/evaluateConfigWithEnvVarsAsync';
 import EasCommand from '../commandUtils/EasCommand';
+import { createGraphqlClient } from '../commandUtils/context/contextUtils/createGraphqlClient';
 import { EASEnvironmentFlagHidden, EasNonInteractiveAndJsonFlags } from '../commandUtils/flags';
 import { toAppPlatform } from '../graphql/types/AppPlatform';
 import Log from '../log';
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export default class Config extends EasCommand {
   static override contextDefinition = {
     ...this.ContextOptions.DynamicProjectConfig,
     ...this.ContextOptions.ProjectDir,
-    ...this.ContextOptions.LoggedIn,
+    ...this.ContextOptions.SessionManagment,
   };
 
   async runAsync(): Promise<void> {
@@ -43,14 +44,15 @@ export default class Config extends EasCommand {
     if (flags.json) {
       enableJsonOutput();
     }
-    const { platform: maybePlatform, profile: maybeProfile } = flags;
     const {
-      getDynamicPublicProjectConfigAsync,
-      projectDir,
-      loggedIn: { graphqlClient },
-    } = await this.getContextAsync(Config, {
-      nonInteractive: false,
-    });
+      platform: maybePlatform,
+      profile: maybeProfile,
+      'non-interactive': nonInteractive,
+    } = flags;
+    const { getDynamicPublicProjectConfigAsync, projectDir, sessionManager } =
+      await this.getContextAsync(Config, {
+        nonInteractive,
+      });
 
     const accessor = EasJsonAccessor.fromProjectPath(projectDir);
     const profileName =
@@ -87,6 +89,10 @@ export default class Config extends EasCommand {
         Log.log(JSON.stringify(profile, null, 2));
       }
     } else {
+      const { authenticationInfo } = await sessionManager.ensureLoggedInAsync({
+        nonInteractive,
+      });
+      const graphqlClient = createGraphqlClient(authenticationInfo);
       const { exp: appConfig } = await evaluateConfigWithEnvVarsAsync({
         flags,
         buildProfile: profile,