diff --git a/src/google/adk/tools/mcp_tool/mcp_tool.py b/src/google/adk/tools/mcp_tool/mcp_tool.py
index ef147c4a91e..330703db9b0 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/tools/mcp_tool/mcp_tool.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/tools/mcp_tool/mcp_tool.py
@@ -859,8 +859,14 @@ async def _get_headers(
     """
     headers: dict[str, str] | None = None
     if credential:
-      if credential.oauth2 and credential.oauth2.access_token:
-        headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {credential.oauth2.access_token}"}
+      if credential.oauth2:
+        # Mirror build_auth_headers: an OAuth2 credential stays on this branch
+        # even without a token, so an empty token yields no header rather than
+        # falling through to an unrelated HTTP credential on the same object.
+        if credential.oauth2.access_token:
+          headers = {
+              "Authorization": f"Bearer {credential.oauth2.access_token}"
+          }
       elif credential.http:
         # Handle HTTP authentication schemes
         if (
diff --git a/tests/unittests/tools/mcp_tool/test_mcp_tool.py b/tests/unittests/tools/mcp_tool/test_mcp_tool.py
index 7775146cba3..f840a3969f4 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/tools/mcp_tool/test_mcp_tool.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/tools/mcp_tool/test_mcp_tool.py
@@ -1927,6 +1927,53 @@ async def test_run_async_impl_provider_survives_unusable_oauth_credential(
         headers={"Authorization": "Bearer provider-token"}
     )
 
+  @pytest.mark.asyncio
+  @pytest.mark.parametrize("empty_token", [None, ""])
+  async def test_run_async_impl_empty_oauth_does_not_fall_through_to_http(
+      self, empty_token
+  ):
+    """An empty OAuth2 token must not fall through to the HTTP field.
+
+    The discovery path (``build_auth_headers``) keeps an OAuth2 credential on
+    the OAuth2 branch and emits no header when its token is empty. The
+    invocation path must match so that both paths resolve the same credential
+    to the same ``Authorization`` header and therefore the same pooled MCP
+    session. Both an absent (``None``) and an empty-string token take this
+    path.
+    """
+    header_provider = Mock(
+        return_value={"Authorization": "Bearer provider-token"}
+    )
+    tool = MCPTool(
+        mcp_tool=self.mock_mcp_tool,
+        mcp_session_manager=self.mock_session_manager,
+        header_provider=header_provider,
+    )
+    credential = AuthCredential(
+        auth_type=AuthCredentialTypes.OAUTH2,
+        oauth2=OAuth2Auth(access_token=empty_token),
+        http=HttpAuth(
+            scheme="bearer",
+            credentials=HttpCredentials(token="stale-http-token"),
+        ),
+    )
+    mcp_response = CallToolResult(
+        content=[TextContent(type="text", text="success")]
+    )
+    self.mock_session.call_tool = AsyncMock(return_value=mcp_response)
+    tool_context = Mock(spec=ToolContext)
+    tool_context._invocation_context = Mock()
+
+    await tool._run_async_impl(
+        args={"param1": "test_value"},
+        tool_context=tool_context,
+        credential=credential,
+    )
+
+    self.mock_session_manager.create_session.assert_awaited_once_with(
+        headers={"Authorization": "Bearer provider-token"}
+    )
+
   def test_init_with_progress_callback(self):
     """Test initialization with progress_callback."""