diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 0e6507e..6e1b395 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -46,11 +46,9 @@ jobs:
           conda install -y -q pip wheel
           pip install uv
 
-      # Need cassandra-driver from conda-forge where it has a patch for 3.13
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
-          conda install -y -q cassandra-driver
           uv pip install -r requirements.txt
 
       # We have two cores so we can speed up the testing with xdist
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mypy.yaml b/.github/workflows/mypy.yaml
index 3add4dc..f55df9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mypy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mypy.yaml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ jobs:
     uses: lsst/rubin_workflows/.github/workflows/mypy.yaml@main
     with:
       folders: "python tests"
-      mypy_package: "mypy<1.20"
+      mypy_package: "mypy<2.0"
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 855447c..5836f7a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v5.0.0
+    rev: v6.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-yaml
         args:
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ repos:
       - id: check-toml
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
     # Ruff version.
-    rev: v0.9.10
+    rev: v0.14.5
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: [--fix]
diff --git a/python/lsst/dax/apdb/cassandra/apdbCassandra.py b/python/lsst/dax/apdb/cassandra/apdbCassandra.py
index 0c0e0ba..7cc2555 100644
--- a/python/lsst/dax/apdb/cassandra/apdbCassandra.py
+++ b/python/lsst/dax/apdb/cassandra/apdbCassandra.py
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ def init_database(
         replica_skips_diaobjects: bool = False,
         port: int | None = None,
         username: str | None = None,
+        dbauth_alias: str | None = None,
         prefix: str | None = None,
         part_pixelization: str | None = None,
         part_pix_level: int | None = None,
@@ -220,6 +221,14 @@ def init_database(
             Port number to use for Cassandra connections.
         username : `str`, optional
             User name for Cassandra connections.
+        dbauth_alias : `str`, optional
+            If specified then this string will be used to as a host name when
+            checking credentials in db-auth.yaml in addition to regular host
+            names in contact_points. For example if
+            dbauth_alias='pp_apdb_prod_cluster' then the entry
+            'cassandra://pp_apdb_prod_cluster/' will match. Port number should
+            not be used in that entry. Alias has higher priority than host
+            names.
         prefix : `str`, optional
             Optional prefix for all table names.
         part_pixelization : `str`, optional
@@ -289,6 +298,8 @@ def init_database(
             config.connection_config.port = port
         if username is not None:
             config.connection_config.username = username
+        if dbauth_alias is not None:
+            config.connection_config.dbauth_alias = dbauth_alias
         if prefix is not None:
             config.prefix = prefix
         if part_pixelization is not None:
diff --git a/python/lsst/dax/apdb/cassandra/config.py b/python/lsst/dax/apdb/cassandra/config.py
index 0df973d..9749a7a 100644
--- a/python/lsst/dax/apdb/cassandra/config.py
+++ b/python/lsst/dax/apdb/cassandra/config.py
@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ class ApdbCassandraConnectionConfig(BaseModel):
         ),
     )
 
+    dbauth_alias: str = Field(
+        default="",
+        description=(
+            "If specified then this string will be used to as a host name when checking credentials in "
+            "db-auth.yaml in addition to regular host names in contact_points. For example if "
+            "dbauth_alias='pp_apdb_prod_cluster' then the entry 'cassandra://pp_apdb_prod_cluster/' will "
+            "match. Port number should not be used in that entry. Alias has higher priority than host names."
+        ),
+    )
+
     read_consistency: str = Field(
         default="QUORUM",
         description="Name for consistency level of read operations, default: QUORUM, can be ONE.",
diff --git a/python/lsst/dax/apdb/cassandra/sessionFactory.py b/python/lsst/dax/apdb/cassandra/sessionFactory.py
index 6d9f3cd..df6e3fb 100644
--- a/python/lsst/dax/apdb/cassandra/sessionFactory.py
+++ b/python/lsst/dax/apdb/cassandra/sessionFactory.py
@@ -160,15 +160,22 @@ def _make_auth_provider(self) -> AuthProvider | None:
             # Credentials file doesn't exist, use anonymous login.
             return None
 
+        # If dbauth_alias is defined then try it too without port number.
+        hosts: list[tuple[str, int | None]] = [
+            (hostname, self._config.connection_config.port) for hostname in self._config.contact_points
+        ]
+        if self._config.connection_config.dbauth_alias:
+            hosts = [(self._config.connection_config.dbauth_alias, None)] + hosts
+
         empty_username = True
         # Try every contact point in turn.
-        for hostname in self._config.contact_points:
+        for hostname, port in hosts:
             try:
                 username, password = dbauth.getAuth(
                     "cassandra",
                     self._config.connection_config.username,
                     hostname,
-                    self._config.connection_config.port,
+                    port,
                     self._config.keyspace,
                 )
                 if not username:
diff --git a/python/lsst/dax/apdb/cli/options.py b/python/lsst/dax/apdb/cli/options.py
index e14df66..14e1400 100644
--- a/python/lsst/dax/apdb/cli/options.py
+++ b/python/lsst/dax/apdb/cli/options.py
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ def cassandra_config_options(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
     _option_from_pydantic_field(group, ApdbCassandraConfig, "replica_skips_diaobjects", action="store_true")
     _option_from_pydantic_field(group, ApdbCassandraConnectionConfig, "port", metavar="PORT")
     _option_from_pydantic_field(group, ApdbCassandraConnectionConfig, "username", metavar="USER")
+    _option_from_pydantic_field(group, ApdbCassandraConnectionConfig, "dbauth_alias", metavar="NAME")
     _option_from_pydantic_field(group, ApdbCassandraConfig, "prefix")
     group.add_argument(
         "--replication-factor", help="Replication factor used when creating new keyspace.", type=int
diff --git a/python/lsst/dax/apdb/tests/utils.py b/python/lsst/dax/apdb/tests/utils.py
index c5de1fd..0b29541 100644
--- a/python/lsst/dax/apdb/tests/utils.py
+++ b/python/lsst/dax/apdb/tests/utils.py
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+__all__ = ["TestCaseMixin", "modified_environment"]
+
+import contextlib
+import os
 import unittest
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -33,3 +38,22 @@ class TestCaseMixin(unittest.TestCase):
 
     class TestCaseMixin:
         """Do-nothing definition of mixin base class for regular execution."""
+
+
+# Stolen from daf_butler
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def modified_environment(**environ: str) -> Iterator[None]:
+    """Temporarily set environment variables.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    **environ : `dict`
+        Key value pairs of environment variables to temporarily set.
+    """
+    old_environ = dict(os.environ)
+    os.environ.update(environ)
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        os.environ.clear()
+        os.environ.update(old_environ)
diff --git a/tests/test_apdbCassandra.py b/tests/test_apdbCassandra.py
index 0e4b69b..38000cf 100644
--- a/tests/test_apdbCassandra.py
+++ b/tests/test_apdbCassandra.py
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@
 )
 from lsst.dax.apdb.cassandra import ApdbCassandra, ApdbCassandraConfig
 from lsst.dax.apdb.cassandra.connectionContext import ConnectionContext
+from lsst.dax.apdb.cassandra.sessionFactory import SessionFactory
 from lsst.dax.apdb.pixelization import Pixelization
 from lsst.dax.apdb.tests import ApdbSchemaUpdateTest, ApdbTest, cassandra_mixin
 from lsst.dax.apdb.tests.data_factory import makeObjectCatalog
+from lsst.dax.apdb.tests.utils import modified_environment
 
 TEST_SCHEMA = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), "config/schema-apdb.yaml")
 TEST_SCHEMA_SSO = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), "config/schema-sso.yaml")
@@ -217,6 +219,83 @@ def test_version_check(self) -> None:
             Apdb.from_config(self.config).metadata.items()
 
 
+_DB_AUTH_JSON = """\
+[{
+  "url": "cassandra://user1000@node1.slac.stanford.edu:9042/",
+  "username": "user01",
+  "password": "pass01"
+}, {
+  "url": "cassandra://node2.slac.stanford.edu:9042/",
+  "username": "user02",
+  "password": "pass02"
+}, {
+  "url": "cassandra://node1.slac.stanford.edu:9042/apdb_dev",
+  "username": "user03",
+  "password": "pass03"
+}, {
+  "url": "cassandra://user2000@test_cluster/",
+  "username": "user04",
+  "password": "pass04"
+}, {
+  "url": "cassandra://test_cluster/",
+  "username": "user05",
+  "password": "pass05"
+}]
+"""
+
+
+class ApdbCassandraDbAuthTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    """A test case for extracting credentials from db-auth.yaml."""
+
+    def _make_config(self) -> ApdbCassandraConfig:
+        config = ApdbCassandraConfig(
+            contact_points=("node1.slac.stanford.edu", "node2.slac.stanford.edu"),
+            keyspace="apdb",
+        )
+        return config
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(not cassandra_mixin.CASSANDRA_IMPORTED, "cassandra_driver cannot be imported")
+    def test_dbauth(self) -> None:
+        """Check credentials access."""
+        with modified_environment(LSST_DB_AUTH_CREDENTIALS=_DB_AUTH_JSON):
+            config = self._make_config()
+
+            factory = SessionFactory(config)
+
+            # Should match second entry.
+            auth = factory._make_auth_provider()
+            assert auth is not None
+            self.assertEqual(auth.username, "user02")
+
+            config.keyspace = "apdb_dev"
+            # Should match third entry.
+            auth = factory._make_auth_provider()
+            assert auth is not None
+            self.assertEqual(auth.username, "user03")
+
+            config.connection_config.username = "user1000"
+            # Should match first entry, returns original user name.
+            auth = factory._make_auth_provider()
+            assert auth is not None
+            self.assertEqual(auth.username, "user1000")
+            self.assertEqual(auth.password, "pass01")
+
+            config.connection_config.username = ""
+            config.connection_config.dbauth_alias = "test_cluster"
+            # Should match fifth entry.
+            auth = factory._make_auth_provider()
+            assert auth is not None
+            self.assertEqual(auth.username, "user05")
+
+            config.connection_config.username = "user2000"
+            config.connection_config.dbauth_alias = "test_cluster"
+            # Should match fourth entry.
+            auth = factory._make_auth_provider()
+            assert auth is not None
+            self.assertEqual(auth.username, "user2000")
+            self.assertEqual(auth.password, "pass04")
+
+
 class MyMemoryTestCase(lsst.utils.tests.MemoryTestCase):
     """Run file leak tests."""