diff --git a/pkg/detectors/ngrok/ngrok.go b/pkg/detectors/ngrok/ngrok.go
index 0ad7063f5..bd2219876 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/ngrok/ngrok.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/ngrok/ngrok.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 
 	regexp "github.com/wasilibs/go-re2"
 
@@ -31,6 +32,11 @@ func (s Scanner) Keywords() []string {
 	return []string{"ngrok"}
 }
 
+const (
+	ngrokVerificationURL      = "https://api.ngrok.com/agent_ingresses"
+	tunnelCredentialErrorCode = "ERR_NGROK_206"
+)
+
 var (
 	keyPat = regexp.MustCompile(detectors.PrefixRegex([]string{"ngrok"}) + `\b(2[a-zA-Z0-9]{26}_\d[a-zA-Z0-9]{20})\b`)
 )
@@ -69,7 +75,7 @@ func (s Scanner) FromData(ctx context.Context, verify bool, data []byte) (result
 }
 
 func verifyMatch(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client, token string) (bool, error) {
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, "https://api.ngrok.com/agent_ingresses", nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, ngrokVerificationURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
@@ -90,7 +96,16 @@ func verifyMatch(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client, token string) (bool,
 		return true, nil
 	case http.StatusUnauthorized:
 		return false, nil
-	default:
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("ngrok: unexpected status code: %d", res.StatusCode)
+	case http.StatusBadRequest:
+		bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		// Check if the error code is "ERR_NGROK_206" which indicates that
+		// the credential is a valid tunnel Authtoken rather than an API key.
+		if strings.Contains(string(bodyBytes), tunnelCredentialErrorCode) {
+			return true, nil
+		}
 	}
+	return false, fmt.Errorf("ngrok: unexpected status code: %d", res.StatusCode)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/ngrok/ngrok_integration_test.go b/pkg/detectors/ngrok/ngrok_integration_test.go
index 234785e80..4882b2110 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/ngrok/ngrok_integration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/ngrok/ngrok_integration_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ func TestNgrok_FromChunk(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("could not get test secrets from GCP: %s", err)
 	}
-	secret := testSecrets.MustGetField("NGROK")
+	secretAPIKey := testSecrets.MustGetField("NGROK")
+	secretAuthtoken := testSecrets.MustGetField("NGROK_AUTHTOKEN")
 	inactiveSecret := testSecrets.MustGetField("NGROK_INACTIVE")
 
 	type args struct {
@@ -42,11 +43,28 @@ func TestNgrok_FromChunk(t *testing.T) {
 		wantVerificationErr bool
 	}{
 		{
-			name: "found, verified",
+			name: "found, API key, verified",
 			s:    Scanner{},
 			args: args{
 				ctx:    context.Background(),
-				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a ngrok secret %s within", secret)),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a ngrok secret API key %s within", secretAPIKey)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want: []detectors.Result{
+				{
+					DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_Ngrok,
+					Verified:     true,
+				},
+			},
+			wantErr:             false,
+			wantVerificationErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "found, tunnel authtoken, verified",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a ngrok secret tunnel authtoken %s within", secretAuthtoken)),
 				verify: true,
 			},
 			want: []detectors.Result{