diff --git a/lib/requester.js b/lib/requester.js
index bb063426..8f922a2c 100644
--- a/lib/requester.js
+++ b/lib/requester.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 * Copyright © 2015-2025 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 */
 'use strict';
-var createAuthInitializer = require('./www-authenticate/www-authenticate');
+var createAuthInitializer = require('./www-authenticate-patched/www-authenticate');
 var Kerberos              = require('./optional.js')
                             .libraryProperty('kerberos', 'Kerberos');
 var Multipart             = require('multipart-stream');
diff --git a/lib/www-authenticate/md5.js b/lib/www-authenticate-patched/md5.js
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/www-authenticate/md5.js
rename to lib/www-authenticate-patched/md5.js
diff --git a/lib/www-authenticate/parsers.js b/lib/www-authenticate-patched/parsers.js
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/www-authenticate/parsers.js
rename to lib/www-authenticate-patched/parsers.js
diff --git a/lib/www-authenticate/user-credentials.js b/lib/www-authenticate-patched/user-credentials.js
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/www-authenticate/user-credentials.js
rename to lib/www-authenticate-patched/user-credentials.js
diff --git a/lib/www-authenticate/www-authenticate.js b/lib/www-authenticate-patched/www-authenticate.js
similarity index 98%
rename from lib/www-authenticate/www-authenticate.js
rename to lib/www-authenticate-patched/www-authenticate.js
index f09c16ba..15aa8f6f 100644
--- a/lib/www-authenticate/www-authenticate.js
+++ b/lib/www-authenticate-patched/www-authenticate.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 /*
  * www-authenticate
  * https://github.com/randymized/www-authenticate
@@ -7,8 +8,8 @@
  */
 
 /*
-* Copyright © 2015-2025 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
-*/
+ * Copyright © 2015-2025 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
 
 'use strict';
 
diff --git a/test-basic/digestauth-fips-nomd5load.js b/test-basic/digestauth-fips-nomd5load.js
index c90ca73d..fd244643 100644
--- a/test-basic/digestauth-fips-nomd5load.js
+++ b/test-basic/digestauth-fips-nomd5load.js
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ describe('FIPS test - ensure MD5 hash digester object is not loaded by default o
      * To simulate the require/load, we first delete the module from Node's require cache
      * and then require it again, which forces a reload of the module.
      */
-    delete require.cache[require.resolve('../lib/www-authenticate/www-authenticate')];
-    delete require.cache[require.resolve('../lib/www-authenticate/md5')];
+    delete require.cache[require.resolve('../lib/www-authenticate-patched/www-authenticate')];
+    delete require.cache[require.resolve('../lib/www-authenticate-patched/md5')];
     const crypto = require('crypto');
     const originalCreateHash = crypto.createHash;
 
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ describe('FIPS test - ensure MD5 hash digester object is not loaded by default o
       (() => crypto.createHash('md5')).should.throw('FIPS emulation: MD5 digest algorithm is not allowed on this system!');
 
       // Require the module - should not call to get MD5 digester so should not throw
-      (() => require('../lib/www-authenticate/md5')).should.not.throw();
-      (() => require('../lib/www-authenticate/www-authenticate')).should.not.throw();
+      (() => require('../lib/www-authenticate-patched/md5')).should.not.throw();
+      (() => require('../lib/www-authenticate-patched/www-authenticate')).should.not.throw();
 
     } finally {
       // Restore the original createHash function to avoid side effects