During September 2025, B. Taurosevicius developed OAuth2 client scopes support for the Apicurio/apicurio-registry Maven plugin, enhancing access control by updating the createClient logic to conditionally include clientScope parameters. This work improved the plugin’s security posture by allowing more granular authentication configurations and introduced detailed logging for various authentication methods, aiding observability and troubleshooting for operators. The implementation was carried out in Java, leveraging Maven plugin development and OAuth2 integration skills. While no major bugs were addressed during this period, the feature delivered depth in both security and traceability, reflecting a focused engineering effort on authentication and plugin extensibility.