diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/firewatch/report-issues/firewatch-report-issues-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/firewatch/report-issues/firewatch-report-issues-commands.sh
index 005ed25e1ae46..0597051b1c151 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/firewatch/report-issues/firewatch-report-issues-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/firewatch/report-issues/firewatch-report-issues-commands.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
 
-# Create the Jira configuration file
-firewatch jira-config-gen --token-path "${FIREWATCH_JIRA_API_TOKEN_PATH}" --server-url "${FIREWATCH_JIRA_SERVER}"
+jira_config_cmd="firewatch jira-config-gen --token-path ${FIREWATCH_JIRA_API_TOKEN_PATH} --server-url ${FIREWATCH_JIRA_SERVER}"
+
+if [ -f "${FIREWATCH_JIRA_EMAIL_PATH}" ]; then
+    jira_config_cmd+=" --email $(cat "${FIREWATCH_JIRA_EMAIL_PATH}")"
+fi
+
+eval "${jira_config_cmd}"
 
 report_command="firewatch report"
 
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/firewatch/report-issues/firewatch-report-issues-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/firewatch/report-issues/firewatch-report-issues-ref.yaml
index 1c8ee28399fce..f3da045038b39 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/firewatch/report-issues/firewatch-report-issues-ref.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/firewatch/report-issues/firewatch-report-issues-ref.yaml
@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@ ref:
       memory: 100Mi
   env:
   - name: FIREWATCH_JIRA_SERVER
-    default: https://issues.redhat.com
+    default: https://redhat.atlassian.net
     documentation: The Jira server issues are to be reported to.
   - name: FIREWATCH_JIRA_API_TOKEN_PATH
     default: /tmp/secrets/jira/access_token
     documentation: The path to the file containing the Jira API token.
+  - name: FIREWATCH_JIRA_EMAIL_PATH
+    default: /tmp/secrets/jira/email
+    documentation: The path to the file containing the email address for Jira Cloud Basic auth. If the file exists, Basic auth (email + API token) is used instead of Bearer token auth.
   - name: FIREWATCH_FAIL_WITH_TEST_FAILURES
     default: "false"
     documentation: If you would like this ref to fail with a non-zero exit code if a test failure is found, set to "true"