diff --git a/mssql_python/cursor.py b/mssql_python/cursor.py
index 9c5efdc4..24e10d5f 100644
--- a/mssql_python/cursor.py
+++ b/mssql_python/cursor.py
@@ -2724,6 +2724,10 @@ def bulkcopy(
                     f"for auth_type '{self.connection._auth_type}': {e}"
                 ) from e
             pycore_context["access_token"] = raw_token
+            # Token replaces credential fields — py-core's validator rejects
+            # access_token combined with authentication/user_name/password.
+            for key in ("authentication", "user_name", "password"):
+                pycore_context.pop(key, None)
             logger.debug(
                 "Bulk copy: acquired fresh Azure AD token for auth_type=%s",
                 self.connection._auth_type,
diff --git a/tests/test_020_bulkcopy_auth_cleanup.py b/tests/test_020_bulkcopy_auth_cleanup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9eb86d69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_020_bulkcopy_auth_cleanup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+"""Tests for bulkcopy auth field cleanup in cursor.py.
+
+When cursor.bulkcopy() acquires an Azure AD token, it must strip stale
+authentication/user_name/password keys from the pycore_context dict before
+passing it to mssql_py_core.  The Rust validator rejects access_token
+combined with those fields (ODBC parity).
+"""
+
+import secrets
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+SAMPLE_TOKEN = secrets.token_hex(44)
+
+
+def _make_cursor(connection_str, auth_type):
+    """Build a mock Cursor with just enough wiring for bulkcopy's auth path."""
+    from mssql_python.cursor import Cursor
+
+    mock_conn = MagicMock()
+    mock_conn.connection_str = connection_str
+    mock_conn._auth_type = auth_type
+    mock_conn._is_connected = True
+
+    cursor = Cursor.__new__(Cursor)
+    cursor._connection = mock_conn
+    cursor.closed = False
+    cursor.hstmt = None
+    return cursor
+
+
+class TestBulkcopyAuthCleanup:
+    """Verify cursor.bulkcopy strips stale auth fields after token acquisition."""
+
+    @patch("mssql_python.cursor.logger")
+    def test_token_replaces_auth_fields(self, mock_logger):
+        """access_token present ⇒ authentication, user_name, password removed."""
+        mock_logger.is_debug_enabled = False
+
+        cursor = _make_cursor(
+            "Server=tcp:test.database.windows.net;Database=testdb;"
+            "Authentication=ActiveDirectoryDefault;UID=user@test.com;PWD=secret",
+            "activedirectorydefault",
+        )
+
+        captured_context = {}
+
+        mock_pycore_cursor = MagicMock()
+        mock_pycore_cursor.bulkcopy.return_value = {
+            "rows_copied": 1,
+            "batch_count": 1,
+            "elapsed_time": 0.1,
+        }
+        mock_pycore_conn = MagicMock()
+        mock_pycore_conn.cursor.return_value = mock_pycore_cursor
+
+        def capture_context(ctx, **kwargs):
+            captured_context.update(ctx)
+            return mock_pycore_conn
+
+        mock_pycore_module = MagicMock()
+        mock_pycore_module.PyCoreConnection = capture_context
+
+        with (
+            patch.dict("sys.modules", {"mssql_py_core": mock_pycore_module}),
+            patch("mssql_python.auth.AADAuth.get_raw_token", return_value=SAMPLE_TOKEN),
+        ):
+            cursor.bulkcopy("dbo.test_table", [(1, "row")], timeout=10)
+
+        assert captured_context.get("access_token") == SAMPLE_TOKEN
+        assert "authentication" not in captured_context
+        assert "user_name" not in captured_context
+        assert "password" not in captured_context
+
+    @patch("mssql_python.cursor.logger")
+    def test_no_auth_type_leaves_fields_intact(self, mock_logger):
+        """No _auth_type ⇒ credentials pass through unchanged (SQL auth path)."""
+        mock_logger.is_debug_enabled = False
+
+        cursor = _make_cursor(
+            "Server=tcp:test.database.windows.net;Database=testdb;" "UID=sa;PWD=password123",
+            None,  # no AD auth
+        )
+
+        captured_context = {}
+
+        mock_pycore_cursor = MagicMock()
+        mock_pycore_cursor.bulkcopy.return_value = {
+            "rows_copied": 1,
+            "batch_count": 1,
+            "elapsed_time": 0.1,
+        }
+        mock_pycore_conn = MagicMock()
+        mock_pycore_conn.cursor.return_value = mock_pycore_cursor
+
+        def capture_context(ctx, **kwargs):
+            captured_context.update(ctx)
+            return mock_pycore_conn
+
+        mock_pycore_module = MagicMock()
+        mock_pycore_module.PyCoreConnection = capture_context
+
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"mssql_py_core": mock_pycore_module}):
+            cursor.bulkcopy("dbo.test_table", [(1, "row")], timeout=10)
+
+        assert "access_token" not in captured_context
+        assert captured_context.get("user_name") == "sa"
+        assert captured_context.get("password") == "password123"