diff --git a/redis/commands/core.py b/redis/commands/core.py
index 73003e7fb6..36be0c14f4 100644
--- a/redis/commands/core.py
+++ b/redis/commands/core.py
@@ -314,6 +314,15 @@ class ManagementCommands:
     Redis management commands
     """
 
+    def auth(self):
+        """
+        This function throws a NotImplementedError since it is intentionally
+        not supported.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "AUTH is intentionally not implemented in the client."
+        )
+
     def bgrewriteaof(self, **kwargs):
         """Tell the Redis server to rewrite the AOF file from data in memory.
 
diff --git a/tests/test_commands.py b/tests/test_commands.py
index b28b63ea6e..9705f7cd3c 100644
--- a/tests/test_commands.py
+++ b/tests/test_commands.py
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ def test_command_on_invalid_key_type(self, r):
             r["a"]
 
     # SERVER INFORMATION
+    def test_auth_not_implemented(self, r):
+        with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
+            r.auth()
+
     @skip_if_server_version_lt("6.0.0")
     def test_acl_cat_no_category(self, r):
         categories = r.acl_cat()