diff --git a/doc/xml/release/2020s/2026/2.59.2.xml b/doc/xml/release/2020s/2026/2.59.2.xml
index 71d4a15ff..3647b5fec 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release/2020s/2026/2.59.2.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release/2020s/2026/2.59.2.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@
                 <p>Disable read retry when filters are passed to the driver.</p>
             </release-item>
 
+            <release-item>
+                <github-issue id="2840"/>
+                <github-pull-request id="2848"/>
+
+                <release-item-contributor-list>
+                    <release-item-ideator id="florian.helmberger"/>
+                    <release-item-contributor id="david.steele"/>
+                    <release-item-reviewer id="douglas.j.hunley"/>
+                </release-item-contributor-list>
+
+                <p>Set the <proper>Azure</proper> version header for <id>SAS</id> authentication.</p>
+            </release-item>
+
             <release-item>
                 <commit subject="Fix annotate and manifest commands on a remote encrypted repository."/>
 
diff --git a/doc/xml/release/contributor.xml b/doc/xml/release/contributor.xml
index aee1fa716..0368b6900 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release/contributor.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release/contributor.xml
@@ -433,6 +433,11 @@
     <contributor-id type="github">fatihmtekin</contributor-id>
 </contributor>
 
+<contributor id="florian.helmberger">
+    <contributor-name-display>Florian Helmberger</contributor-name-display>
+    <contributor-id type="github">fhelmberger</contributor-id>
+</contributor>
+
 <contributor id="francisco.miguel.biete">
     <contributor-name-display>Francisco Miguel Biete Banon</contributor-name-display>
     <contributor-id type="github">fmbiete</contributor-id>
diff --git a/src/storage/azure/storage.c b/src/storage/azure/storage.c
index 24abc6529..aa10c1daa 100644
--- a/src/storage/azure/storage.c
+++ b/src/storage/azure/storage.c
@@ -153,9 +153,10 @@ storageAzureAuth(
         if (this->keyType == storageAzureKeyTypeShared)
             httpHeaderPut(httpHeader, HTTP_HEADER_DATE_STR, dateTime);
 
-        // Set version header (required for shared key and auto auth types, not for SAS) but never on batch sub-requests,
-        // which inherit the version from the top-level batch request
-        if (this->keyType != storageAzureKeyTypeSas && !subRequest)
+        // Set version header but never on batch sub-requests, which inherit the version from the top-level batch request. SAS
+        // specifies a version in the sv parameter, but that is not sufficient for batch, which rejects the request when the version
+        // is not set explicitly.
+        if (!subRequest)
             httpHeaderPut(httpHeader, AZURE_HEADER_VERSION_STR, AZURE_HEADER_VERSION_VALUE_STR);
 
         // Shared key authentication
diff --git a/test/src/module/storage/azureTest.c b/test/src/module/storage/azureTest.c
index 5bcb4ddcc..243df75b8 100644
--- a/test/src/module/storage/azureTest.c
+++ b/test/src/module/storage/azureTest.c
@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ testRequest(IoWrite *write, const char *verb, const char *path, TestRequestParam
         strCatFmt(request, "x-ms-tags:%s\r\n", param.tag);
 
     // Add version
-    if (driver->sharedKey != NULL || driver->credHttpClient != NULL)
-        strCatZ(request, "x-ms-version:2024-08-04\r\n");
+    strCatZ(request, "x-ms-version:2024-08-04\r\n");
 
     // Complete headers
     strCatZ(request, "\r\n");
@@ -474,7 +473,9 @@ testRun(void)
         TEST_RESULT_VOID(
             storageAzureAuth(storage, HTTP_VERB_GET_STR, STRDEF("/path/file"), query, dateTime, header, false), "auth");
         TEST_RESULT_VOID(FUNCTION_LOG_OBJECT_FORMAT(header, httpHeaderToLog, logBuf, sizeof(logBuf)), "httpHeaderToLog");
-        TEST_RESULT_Z(logBuf, "{content-length: '66', host: 'account.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net'}", "check headers");
+        TEST_RESULT_Z(
+            logBuf, "{content-length: '66', host: 'account.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net', x-ms-version: '2024-08-04'}",
+            "check headers");
         TEST_RESULT_STR_Z(httpQueryRenderP(query), "a=b&sig=key", "check query");
     }
 
@@ -1133,7 +1134,8 @@ testRun(void)
                     "GET /account/container?comp=list&restype=container&sig=<redacted>\n"
                     "*** Request Headers ***:\n"
                     "content-length: 0\n"
-                    "host: %s",
+                    "host: %s\n"
+                    "x-ms-version: 2024-08-04",
                     strZ(hrnServerHost()));
 
                 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------