diff --git a/lib/DefaultOptions.ts b/lib/DefaultOptions.ts
index 596db49..6918a6f 100644
--- a/lib/DefaultOptions.ts
+++ b/lib/DefaultOptions.ts
@@ -15,17 +15,25 @@ export class DefaultOptions extends Options {
     name: 'user',
     flag: 'u',
     description: 'Username for checking all confluence documents',
-    required: true,
+    required: false,
   })
-  confluenceUser: string
+  confluenceUser = ''
 
   @option({
     name: 'password',
     flag: 'p',
     description: 'Password for the user',
-    required: true,
+    required: false,
+  })
+  confluencePassword = ''
+
+  @option({
+    name: 'token',
+    flag: 't',
+    description: 'Personal Access Token for the user. If set user and password will be ignored',
+    required: false,
   })
-  confluencePassword: string
+  confluencePersonalAccessToken = ''
 
   @option({
     description: 'Log-Level to use (trace, debug, verbose, info, warn, error)',
diff --git a/lib/api/Configuration.ts b/lib/api/Configuration.ts
index 8eb4665..5ca4756 100644
--- a/lib/api/Configuration.ts
+++ b/lib/api/Configuration.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ export class Configuration {
    */
   public confluencePassword: string
 
+  /**
+   * The personal access token of the Confluence user
+   */
+  public confluencePersonalAccessToken: string
+
   /**
    * The document id of the configuration document
    */
@@ -94,10 +99,17 @@ export class Configuration {
    */
   private _log: Logger
 
-  constructor(confluenceUrl: string, confluenceUser: string, confluencePassword: string, configurationDocumentId: string) {
+  constructor(
+    confluenceUrl: string,
+    confluenceUser: string,
+    confluencePassword: string,
+    confluencePersonalAccessToken: string,
+    configurationDocumentId: string
+  ) {
     this.confluenceUrl = confluenceUrl
     this.confluenceUser = confluenceUser
     this.confluencePassword = confluencePassword
+    this.confluencePersonalAccessToken = confluencePersonalAccessToken
     this.configurationDocumentId = configurationDocumentId
     this._loaded = false
 
@@ -134,11 +146,20 @@ export class Configuration {
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
       let configurationDocument: any
       try {
-        configurationDocument = await got(configurationUrl, {
-          username: this.confluenceUser,
-          password: this.confluencePassword,
-          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-        }).json<any>()
+        if (this.confluencePersonalAccessToken !== '') {
+          configurationDocument = await got(configurationUrl, {
+            headers: {
+              Authorization: 'Bearer ' + this.confluencePersonalAccessToken,
+            },
+            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+          }).json<any>()
+        } else {
+          configurationDocument = await got(configurationUrl, {
+            username: this.confluenceUser,
+            password: this.confluencePassword,
+            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+          }).json<any>()
+        }
       } catch (e) {
         this._log.error(`Can't fetch configuration document: (${e.name}) ${e.message}`)
         throw e
diff --git a/lib/api/Confluence.ts b/lib/api/Confluence.ts
index 4670db8..72933ff 100644
--- a/lib/api/Confluence.ts
+++ b/lib/api/Confluence.ts
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ export class Confluence {
   public confluenceUrl: string
   public confluenceUser: string
   public confluencePassword: string
+  public confluencePersonalAccessToken: string
   private _log: Logger
 
-  constructor(confluenceUrl: string, confluenceUser: string, confluencePassword: string) {
+  constructor(confluenceUrl: string, confluenceUser: string, confluencePassword: string, confluencePersonalAccessToken: string) {
     this.confluenceUrl = confluenceUrl
     this.confluenceUser = confluenceUser
     this.confluencePassword = confluencePassword
+    this.confluencePersonalAccessToken = confluencePersonalAccessToken
 
     this._log = log.getLogger('Confluence')
   }
@@ -47,11 +49,20 @@ export class Confluence {
     this._log.debug(`Searching for documents with ${cql}`)
     do {
       const configurationUrl = `${this.confluenceUrl}/rest/api/content/search?cql=${cql}&start=${start}&limit=${limit}`
-      results = await got(configurationUrl, {
-        username: this.confluenceUser,
-        password: this.confluencePassword,
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-      }).json<any>()
+      if (this.confluencePersonalAccessToken !== '') {
+        results = await got(configurationUrl, {
+          headers: {
+            Authorization: 'Bearer ' + this.confluencePersonalAccessToken,
+          },
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+        }).json<any>()
+      } else {
+        results = await got(configurationUrl, {
+          username: this.confluenceUser,
+          password: this.confluencePassword,
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+        }).json<any>()
+      }
       for (const result of results.results) {
         documentInfos.push(await this.getDocumentInfo(result.id))
       }
@@ -69,12 +80,21 @@ export class Confluence {
   public async getDocumentInfo(documentId: number): Promise<DocumentInfo> {
     this._log.debug(`Getting document information of document ${documentId}`)
     const documentUrl = `${this.confluenceUrl}/rest/api/content/${documentId}?expand=ancestors,version,metadata.labels,history`
-    const document = await got(documentUrl, {
-      username: this.confluenceUser,
-      password: this.confluencePassword,
-      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    }).json<any>()
-
+    let document
+    if (this.confluencePersonalAccessToken !== '') {
+      document = await got(documentUrl, {
+        headers: {
+          Authorization: 'Bearer ' + this.confluencePersonalAccessToken,
+        },
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      }).json<any>()
+    } else {
+      document = await got(documentUrl, {
+        username: this.confluenceUser,
+        password: this.confluencePassword,
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      }).json<any>()
+    }
     const author = document.version.by.username ?? null
     const creator = document.history['createdBy'].username ?? null
 
@@ -142,31 +162,61 @@ export class Confluence {
   public async createConfigurationDocument(space: string, title: string, parentId: string): Promise<string> {
     const template = await fs.promises.readFile(path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'resources', 'configurationDocument.html'), 'utf-8')
 
-    const response = await got
-      .post(`${this.confluenceUrl}/rest/api/content`, {
-        json: {
-          type: 'page',
-          title: title,
-          space: {
-            key: space,
+    let response: any
+    if (this.confluencePersonalAccessToken !== '') {
+      response = await got
+        .post(`${this.confluenceUrl}/rest/api/content`, {
+          json: {
+            type: 'page',
+            title: title,
+            space: {
+              key: space,
+            },
+            ancestors: [
+              {
+                id: parentId,
+              },
+            ],
+            body: {
+              storage: {
+                value: template,
+                representation: 'storage',
+              },
+            },
+          },
+          headers: {
+            Authorization: 'Bearer ' + this.confluencePersonalAccessToken,
           },
-          ancestors: [
-            {
-              id: parentId,
+        })
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+        .json<any>()
+    } else {
+      response = await got
+        .post(`${this.confluenceUrl}/rest/api/content`, {
+          json: {
+            type: 'page',
+            title: title,
+            space: {
+              key: space,
             },
-          ],
-          body: {
-            storage: {
-              value: template,
-              representation: 'storage',
+            ancestors: [
+              {
+                id: parentId,
+              },
+            ],
+            body: {
+              storage: {
+                value: template,
+                representation: 'storage',
+              },
             },
           },
-        },
-        username: this.confluenceUser,
-        password: this.confluencePassword,
-      })
-      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-      .json<any>()
+          username: this.confluenceUser,
+          password: this.confluencePassword,
+        })
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+        .json<any>()
+    }
     return response.id
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/commands/Check.ts b/lib/commands/Check.ts
index 23b4c46..fb51136 100644
--- a/lib/commands/Check.ts
+++ b/lib/commands/Check.ts
@@ -38,17 +38,28 @@ export default class extends Command {
   public async execute(options: CheckOptions): Promise<void> {
     const log = options.getLogger()
 
+    if (options.confluencePersonalAccessToken === '' && (options.confluenceUser === '' || options.confluencePassword === '')) {
+      log.error('user and/or password parameter not set or empty! When not using the token parameter both of these have to be set!')
+      return
+    }
+
     log.info('Checking for outdated documents')
 
     const configuration = new Configuration(
       options.confluenceUrl,
       options.confluenceUser,
       options.confluencePassword,
+      options.confluencePersonalAccessToken,
       options.configurationDocumentId
     )
     await configuration.load()
 
-    const confluence = new Confluence(options.confluenceUrl, options.confluenceUser, options.confluencePassword)
+    const confluence = new Confluence(
+      options.confluenceUrl,
+      options.confluenceUser,
+      options.confluencePassword,
+      options.confluencePersonalAccessToken
+    )
 
     const notification = new Notification(configuration, options.smtpTransportUrl, confluence, null, options.dryRun)
 
diff --git a/lib/commands/CreateConfigurationDocument.ts b/lib/commands/CreateConfigurationDocument.ts
index 44b6e3a..e2616ea 100644
--- a/lib/commands/CreateConfigurationDocument.ts
+++ b/lib/commands/CreateConfigurationDocument.ts
@@ -36,9 +36,19 @@ export default class extends Command {
   public async execute(options: CheckOptions): Promise<string> {
     const log = options.getLogger()
 
+    if (options.confluencePersonalAccessToken === '' && (options.confluenceUser === '' || options.confluencePassword === '')) {
+      log.error('user and/or password parameter not set or empty! When not using the token parameter both of these have to be set!')
+      return
+    }
+
     log.info('Checking for outdated documents')
 
-    const confluence = new Confluence(options.confluenceUrl, options.confluenceUser, options.confluencePassword)
+    const confluence = new Confluence(
+      options.confluenceUrl,
+      options.confluenceUser,
+      options.confluencePassword,
+      options.confluencePersonalAccessToken
+    )
 
     const pageId = await confluence.createConfigurationDocument(options.space, options.title, options.parentId)
 
diff --git a/test/ConfigurationTest.ts b/test/ConfigurationTest.ts
index 4fef776..6efaff5 100644
--- a/test/ConfigurationTest.ts
+++ b/test/ConfigurationTest.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe('The Configuration API', (): void => {
     const mockServer = new MockServer('https://example.com')
     mockServer.addConfigurationDocumentEndpoint()
 
-    const configuration = new Configuration('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing', '12345')
+    const configuration = new Configuration('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing', '', '12345')
     await configuration.load()
     chai.expect(configuration.checks).to.have.lengthOf(2)
     chai.expect(configuration.checks[0].labels).to.contain('test1')
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe('The Configuration API', (): void => {
     const mockServer = new MockServer('https://example.com')
     mockServer.addConfigurationDocumentEndpoint()
 
-    const configuration = new Configuration('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing', '12346')
+    const configuration = new Configuration('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing', '', '12346')
     await configuration.load()
 
     chai.expect(configuration.exceptions).to.have.lengthOf(0)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe('The Configuration API', (): void => {
     const mockServer = new MockServer('https://example.com')
     mockServer.addConfigurationDocumentEndpoint()
 
-    const configuration = new Configuration('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing', '12347')
+    const configuration = new Configuration('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing', '', '12347')
     await configuration.load()
     chai.expect(configuration.maintainer).to.have.lengthOf(1)
   })
diff --git a/test/ConfluenceTest.ts b/test/ConfluenceTest.ts
index ee9d810..6229224 100644
--- a/test/ConfluenceTest.ts
+++ b/test/ConfluenceTest.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe('The Confluence API', (): void => {
     const mockServer = new MockServer('https://example.com')
     mockServer.addSearchEndpoint()
     mockServer.addDocumentEndpoint()
-    const confluence = new Confluence('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing')
+    const confluence = new Confluence('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing', '')
     const results = await confluence.findDocumentsOlderThan('', 1, 1)
     chai.expect(results).to.have.lengthOf(2)
     chai.expect(results[0].url).to.eq('https://example.com/display/SAMPLE/Test')
@@ -35,7 +35,40 @@ describe('The Confluence API', (): void => {
   it('should add a configuration document', async (): Promise<void> => {
     const mockServer = new MockServer('https://example.com')
     mockServer.addCreateEndpoint()
-    const confluence = new Confluence('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing')
+    const confluence = new Confluence('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing', '')
+    const result = await confluence.createConfigurationDocument('example', 'test', '0123')
+    chai.expect(result).to.eq('12345')
+  })
+
+  it('should search for old documents using an access token', async (): Promise<void> => {
+    const mockServer = new MockServer('https://example.com')
+    mockServer.addSearchEndpointToken()
+    mockServer.addDocumentEndpointToken()
+    const confluence = new Confluence('https://example.com', 'nobody', '', 'nothing')
+    const results = await confluence.findDocumentsOlderThan('', 1, 1)
+    chai.expect(results).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+    chai.expect(results[0].url).to.eq('https://example.com/display/SAMPLE/Test')
+    chai.expect(results[0].shortUrl).to.eq('/display/SAMPLE/Test')
+    chai.expect(results[0].author).to.eq('author')
+    chai.expect(results[0].id).to.eq(123)
+    chai.expect(results[0].lastVersionDate).to.eq('2019-12-31T22:00:00.000Z')
+    chai.expect(results[0].lastVersionMessage).to.eq('Some change')
+    chai.expect(results[0].title).to.eq('Test')
+    chai.expect(results[1].url).to.eq('https://example.com/display/SAMPLE/Test2')
+    chai.expect(results[1].shortUrl).to.eq('/display/SAMPLE/Test2')
+    chai.expect(results[1].author).to.eq('author2')
+    chai.expect(results[1].id).to.eq(234)
+    chai.expect(results[1].lastVersionDate).to.eq('2020-01-31T22:00:00.000Z')
+    chai.expect(results[1].lastVersionMessage).to.eq('')
+    chai.expect(results[1].title).to.eq('Test2')
+    chai.expect(results[0].labels.length).to.eq(1)
+    chai.expect(results[0].labels[0]).to.eq('Test')
+  })
+
+  it('should add a configuration document using an access token', async (): Promise<void> => {
+    const mockServer = new MockServer('https://example.com')
+    mockServer.addCreateEndpointToken()
+    const confluence = new Confluence('https://example.com', 'nobody', '', 'nothing')
     const result = await confluence.createConfigurationDocument('example', 'test', '0123')
     chai.expect(result).to.eq('12345')
   })
diff --git a/test/MockServer.ts b/test/MockServer.ts
index 7ae816c..65b3dad 100644
--- a/test/MockServer.ts
+++ b/test/MockServer.ts
@@ -665,6 +665,34 @@ export class MockServer {
       })
   }
 
+  public addSearchEndpointToken(): void {
+    this._scope
+      .get(new RegExp('/rest/api/content/search\\?cql=.+&start=0'))
+      .matchHeader('authorization', 'Bearer nothing')
+      .reply(200, {
+        results: [
+          {
+            id: 123,
+          },
+        ],
+        start: 0,
+        size: 1,
+        totalSize: 2,
+      })
+      .get(new RegExp('/rest/api/content/search\\?cql=.+&start=1'))
+      .matchHeader('authorization', 'Bearer nothing')
+      .reply(200, {
+        results: [
+          {
+            id: 234,
+          },
+        ],
+        start: 1,
+        size: 1,
+        totalSize: 2,
+      })
+  }
+
   public addDocumentEndpoint(): void {
     this._scope
       .get('/rest/api/content/123?expand=ancestors,version,metadata.labels,history')
@@ -740,6 +768,75 @@ export class MockServer {
       })
   }
 
+  public addDocumentEndpointToken(): void {
+    this._scope
+      .get('/rest/api/content/123?expand=ancestors,version,metadata.labels,history')
+      .matchHeader('authorization', 'Bearer nothing')
+      .reply(200, {
+        _links: {
+          base: 'https://example.com',
+          webui: '/display/SAMPLE/Test',
+        },
+        ancestors: [
+          {
+            title: 'main',
+          },
+        ],
+        version: {
+          by: {
+            username: 'author',
+          },
+          when: '2020-01-01T00:00:00.000+02:00',
+          message: 'Some change',
+        },
+        history: {
+          createdBy: {
+            username: 'creator',
+          },
+        },
+        title: 'Test',
+        metadata: {
+          labels: {
+            results: [
+              {
+                prefix: 'global',
+                name: 'Test',
+                id: '90734603',
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        },
+      })
+      .get('/rest/api/content/234?expand=ancestors,version,metadata.labels,history')
+      .matchHeader('authorization', 'Bearer nothing')
+      .reply(200, {
+        _links: {
+          base: 'https://example.com',
+          webui: '/display/SAMPLE/Test2',
+        },
+        ancestors: [
+          {
+            title: 'main',
+          },
+          {
+            title: 'Test',
+          },
+        ],
+        history: {
+          createdBy: {
+            username: 'creator',
+          },
+        },
+        version: {
+          by: {
+            username: 'author2',
+          },
+          when: '2020-02-01T00:00:00.000+02:00',
+        },
+        title: 'Test2',
+      })
+  }
+
   public addCreateEndpoint(): void {
     this._scope
       .post('/rest/api/content')
@@ -754,4 +851,16 @@ export class MockServer {
         return requestObject
       })
   }
+
+  public addCreateEndpointToken(): void {
+    this._scope
+      .post('/rest/api/content')
+      .matchHeader('authorization', 'Bearer nothing')
+      .reply(200, (uri, requestBody) => {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+        const requestObject = requestBody as Record<string, any>
+        requestObject.id = '12345'
+        return requestObject
+      })
+  }
 }
diff --git a/test/NotificationTest.ts b/test/NotificationTest.ts
index 12a987c..20f5e52 100644
--- a/test/NotificationTest.ts
+++ b/test/NotificationTest.ts
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ describe('The Notification API', (): void => {
     mockServer.addConfigurationDocumentEndpoint()
     mockServer.addSearchEndpoint()
     mockServer.addDocumentEndpoint()
-    configuration = new Configuration('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing', '12345')
+    configuration = new Configuration('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing', '', '12345')
     await configuration.load()
-    confluence = new Confluence('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing')
+    confluence = new Confluence('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing', '')
     transportStub = sinon.createStubInstance(Mail.prototype.constructor, {
       sendMail: sinon.stub().resolves(),
     }) as Mail
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe('The Notification API', (): void => {
     ).to.be.true
   })
   it('should use a maintainer when configured', async (): Promise<void> => {
-    configuration = new Configuration('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing', '12347')
+    configuration = new Configuration('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing', '', '12347')
     await configuration.load()
     const notification = new Notification(configuration, '', confluence, transportStub)
     const documentInfo = new DocumentInfo(
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ describe('The Notification API', (): void => {
   })
 
   it('should use creator author if specified', async (): Promise<void> => {
-    configuration = new Configuration('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing', '12348')
+    configuration = new Configuration('https://example.com', 'nobody', 'nothing', '', '12348')
     await configuration.load()
     const notification = new Notification(configuration, '', confluence, transportStub, false)
     const documentInfo = new DocumentInfo(