diff --git a/.changeset/client-credentials-default-token-type.md b/.changeset/client-credentials-default-token-type.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..951b16a89b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/client-credentials-default-token-type.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@executor-js/sdk": patch
+---
+
+A client_credentials sign-in no longer fails when the token response leaves out `token_type`, as Shopify's Admin API does. The grant now defaults to Bearer and reads a comma-separated `scope` as a list.
diff --git a/packages/core/sdk/src/oauth-helpers.test.ts b/packages/core/sdk/src/oauth-helpers.test.ts
index 92bc623d06..a0cfe10350 100644
--- a/packages/core/sdk/src/oauth-helpers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/sdk/src/oauth-helpers.test.ts
@@ -1379,6 +1379,44 @@ describe("exchangeClientCredentials", () => {
     ),
   );
 
+  it.effect("defaults token_type to Bearer when a client_credentials response omits it", () =>
+    withTokenEndpoint(
+      // Shopify Admin API shape: no token_type, comma-separated scope.
+      tokenResponse({
+        access_token: "shpat_tok",
+        scope: "read_products,write_products",
+        expires_in: 86399,
+      }),
+      ({ tokenUrl }) =>
+        Effect.gen(function* () {
+          const token = yield* exchangeClientCredentials({
+            tokenUrl,
+            clientId: "cid",
+            clientSecret: "secret",
+          });
+          expect(token.access_token).toBe("shpat_tok");
+          expect(token.token_type).toBe("bearer");
+          expect(token.scope).toBe("read_products write_products");
+          expect(token.expires_in).toBe(86399);
+        }),
+    ),
+  );
+
+  it.effect("keeps an explicit token_type on a client_credentials response", () =>
+    withTokenEndpoint(
+      tokenResponse({ access_token: "tok", token_type: "DPoP", expires_in: 60 }),
+      ({ tokenUrl }) =>
+        Effect.gen(function* () {
+          const token = yield* exchangeClientCredentials({
+            tokenUrl,
+            clientId: "cid",
+            clientSecret: "secret",
+          });
+          expect(token.token_type).toBe("dpop");
+        }),
+    ),
+  );
+
   it.effect("rejects unsupported token URL schemes before exchange", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const exit = yield* Effect.exit(
diff --git a/packages/core/sdk/src/oauth-helpers.ts b/packages/core/sdk/src/oauth-helpers.ts
index b8b11714c2..f289108a88 100644
--- a/packages/core/sdk/src/oauth-helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/core/sdk/src/oauth-helpers.ts
@@ -1174,6 +1174,41 @@ const normalizeSlackTokenEnvelope = async (response: Response): Promise<Response
   );
 };
 
+const ClientCredentialsGrant = Schema.Struct({
+  access_token: Schema.String,
+  token_type: Schema.optional(Schema.Unknown),
+  scope: Schema.optional(Schema.String),
+});
+const decodeClientCredentialsGrant = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(ClientCredentialsGrant);
+
+/** Some providers (Shopify Admin API) answer a successful client_credentials
+ * grant with only `access_token`, `scope` and `expires_in`. RFC 6749 requires
+ * `token_type`, and oauth4webapi rejects the response without it. Default it to
+ * Bearer for this grant only, and read a comma-separated `scope` as a list.
+ * Responses that already carry a `token_type` are returned untouched. */
+const normalizeClientCredentialsResponse = async (response: Response): Promise<Response> => {
+  if (!response.ok) return response;
+  const body = await safeJsonFromResponse(response);
+  const decoded = decodeClientCredentialsGrant(body);
+  if (Option.isNone(decoded) || decoded.value.token_type !== undefined) return response;
+  const scope = decoded.value.scope
+    ?.split(/[\s,]+/)
+    .filter(Boolean)
+    .join(" ");
+  return new Response(
+    JSON.stringify({
+      ...(body as Record<string, unknown>),
+      token_type: "Bearer",
+      ...(scope ? { scope } : {}),
+    }),
+    {
+      status: response.status,
+      statusText: response.statusText,
+      headers: response.headers,
+    },
+  );
+};
+
 const processTokenEndpointResponse = async (
   as: oauth.AuthorizationServer,
   client: oauth.Client,
@@ -1393,7 +1428,11 @@ export const exchangeClientCredentials = (
           input.fetch,
         ),
       );
-      const result = await oauth.processClientCredentialsResponse(as, client, response);
+      const result = await oauth.processClientCredentialsResponse(
+        as,
+        client,
+        await normalizeClientCredentialsResponse(response),
+      );
       return tokenResponseFrom(as, result);
     },
     catch: (cause) => cause,