diff --git a/changelog.d/oauth-tokens-scopes.security b/changelog.d/oauth-tokens-scopes.security
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..653b7a059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/oauth-tokens-scopes.security
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Require the read:security and write:security scopes to list and revoke OAuth tokens (HTTP Basic auth no longer works for these endpoints)
diff --git a/docs/development/API/pleroma_api.md b/docs/development/API/pleroma_api.md
index b19523bce..5627252e8 100644
--- a/docs/development/API/pleroma_api.md
+++ b/docs/development/API/pleroma_api.md
@@ -780,6 +780,7 @@ Emoji reactions work a lot like favourites do. They make it possible to react to
 ### Retrieve a list of active sessions for the user
 * Method: `GET`
 * Authentication: required
+* OAuth scope: `read:security`
 * Params: none
 * Response: JSON
 * Example response:
@@ -808,8 +809,9 @@ Emoji reactions work a lot like favourites do. They make it possible to react to
 ### Revoke a user session by its ID
 * Method: `DELETE`
 * Authentication: required
+* OAuth scope: `write:security`
 * Params: none
-* Response: HTTP 200 on success, 500 on error
+* Response: HTTP 201 on success, 500 on error
 
 ## `/api/v1/pleroma/settings/:app`
 ### Gets settings for some application
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/o_auth/token_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/o_auth/token_controller.ex
index d2313a9cc..296b60510 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/o_auth/token_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/o_auth/token_controller.ex
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.OAuth.TokenController do
   require Logger
 
   plug(:skip_auth when action == :confirm_email)
-  plug(:skip_plug, OAuthScopesPlug when action in [:oauth_tokens, :revoke_token])
+  plug(OAuthScopesPlug, %{scopes: ["read:security"]} when action == :oauth_tokens)
+  plug(OAuthScopesPlug, %{scopes: ["write:security"]} when action == :revoke_token)
 
   action_fallback(:errors)
 
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/o_auth/token_controller_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/o_auth/token_controller_test.exs
index 5c64cb394..08acf27bf 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/o_auth/token_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/o_auth/token_controller_test.exs
@@ -52,36 +52,60 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.OAuth.TokenControllerTest do
   end
 
   describe "GET /api/oauth_tokens" do
-    setup do
-      token = insert(:oauth_token) |> Repo.preload(:user)
-
-      %{token: token}
-    end
-
-    test "renders list", %{token: token} do
-      response =
-        build_conn()
-        |> assign(:user, token.user)
-        |> get("/api/oauth_tokens")
+    test "renders list" do
+      %{conn: conn} = oauth_access(["read:security"])
 
       keys =
-        json_response(response, 200)
+        conn
+        |> get("/api/oauth_tokens")
+        |> json_response(200)
         |> hd()
         |> Map.keys()
 
       assert Enum.sort(keys) == Enum.sort(["id", "app_name", "valid_until", "scopes"])
     end
 
-    test "revoke token", %{token: token} do
-      response =
-        build_conn()
-        |> assign(:user, token.user)
-        |> delete("/api/oauth_tokens/#{token.id}")
+    test "is allowed with the read scope" do
+      %{conn: conn} = oauth_access(["read"])
 
-      tokens = Token.get_user_tokens(token.user)
+      assert [_] = conn |> get("/api/oauth_tokens") |> json_response(200)
+    end
 
-      assert tokens == []
-      assert response.status == 201
+    test "is forbidden without read:security" do
+      %{conn: conn} = oauth_access(["profile", "read:accounts", "write:security"])
+
+      assert %{"error" => "Insufficient permissions: read:security."} =
+               conn |> get("/api/oauth_tokens") |> json_response(403)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "DELETE /api/oauth_tokens/:id" do
+    test "revokes the token" do
+      %{conn: conn, user: user, token: token} = oauth_access(["write:security"])
+      other = insert(:oauth_token, user: user)
+
+      conn = delete(conn, "/api/oauth_tokens/#{other.id}")
+
+      assert conn.status == 201
+      assert [%Token{id: id}] = Token.get_user_tokens(user)
+      assert id == token.id
+    end
+
+    test "is allowed with the write scope" do
+      %{conn: conn, user: user} = oauth_access(["write"])
+      other = insert(:oauth_token, user: user)
+
+      assert delete(conn, "/api/oauth_tokens/#{other.id}").status == 201
+    end
+
+    test "is forbidden without write:security" do
+      %{conn: conn, user: user} = oauth_access(["profile", "read", "write:accounts"])
+      other = insert(:oauth_token, user: user)
+
+      assert %{"error" => "Insufficient permissions: write:security."} =
+               conn |> delete("/api/oauth_tokens/#{other.id}") |> json_response(403)
+
+      assert length(Token.get_user_tokens(user)) == 2
     end
   end
 end