diff --git a/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index db62503cb4bccd653de9f3302b5d4ca676aeebff..15743798b4124847d52737f40c9e89b9fac23e8d 100644
--- a/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ spec:
               value: osdu-db
             - name: entitlements_service_endpoint
               value: http://entitlements/api/entitlements/v2
+            - name: entitlements_service_api_key
+              value: "OBSOLETE"
             - name: registeration_service_endpoint
               value: http://register/api/register/v1
             - name: partition_service_endpoint
diff --git a/provider/notification-azure/src/main/resources/application.properties b/provider/notification-azure/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 34360637b6d88990c68ee70d365434b93c473440..a5e8bdbbddf801f90fbfef055acc712a647ae505 100644
--- a/provider/notification-azure/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/provider/notification-azure/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ logging.slf4jlogger.enabled=true
 logging.mdccontext.enabled=false
 logging.ignore.servlet.paths=/swagger-ui.html
 
+# Need below two properties for Entitlements config bean initialization due to a primary bean added in core-lib-azure which takes precedence over EntitlementsClientFactory class in notification service
+AUTHORIZE_API=${entitlements_service_endpoint}
+AUTHORIZE_API_KEY=${entitlements_service_api_key}
+
 # Service settings
 PARTITION_API=${partition_service_endpoint}
 app.entitlements=${entitlements_service_endpoint}