diff --git a/packages/jira-adapter/src/client/connection.ts b/packages/jira-adapter/src/client/connection.ts
index e690f2d1e85..a5ac49f56ac 100644
--- a/packages/jira-adapter/src/client/connection.ts
+++ b/packages/jira-adapter/src/client/connection.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,20 @@
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
+import { logger } from '@salto-io/logging'
 import { AccountInfo, CredentialError } from '@salto-io/adapter-api'
 import { client as clientUtils } from '@salto-io/adapter-components'
+import { safeJsonStringify } from '@salto-io/adapter-utils'
 import { Credentials } from '../auth'
 import { FORCE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE_HEADERS } from './headers'
 
+const log = logger(module)
+
+type appInfo = {
+  id: string
+  plan: string
+}
+
 const isAuthorized = async (
   connection: clientUtils.APIConnection,
 ): Promise<boolean> => {
@@ -39,12 +48,23 @@ const getBaseUrl = async (
   return response.data.baseUrl
 }
 
+/*
+Based on the current implementation of the Jira API, we can't know if the account is a production
+account, but in some cases we can know that it's not a production account.
+*/
 export const validateCredentials = async (
   { connection }: { connection: clientUtils.APIConnection },
 ): Promise<AccountInfo> => {
   if (await isAuthorized(connection)) {
     const accountId = await getBaseUrl(connection)
-    return { accountId }
+    if (accountId.includes('-sandbox-')) {
+      return { accountId, isProduction: false, accountType: 'Sandbox' }
+    }
+    const response = await connection.get('/rest/api/3/instance/license')
+    log.info(`Jira application's info: ${safeJsonStringify(response.data.applications)}`)
+    const hasPaidApp = response.data.applications.some((app: appInfo) => app.plan === 'PAID')
+    const isProduction = hasPaidApp ? undefined : false
+    return { accountId, isProduction }
   }
   throw new CredentialError('Invalid Credentials')
 }
diff --git a/packages/jira-adapter/test/adapter_creator.test.ts b/packages/jira-adapter/test/adapter_creator.test.ts
index 88f37fb2cce..effc1fc620d 100644
--- a/packages/jira-adapter/test/adapter_creator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jira-adapter/test/adapter_creator.test.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ describe('adapter creator', () => {
     describe('with valid credentials', () => {
       let accountId: string
       beforeEach(async () => {
+        mockAxiosAdapter.onGet('/rest/api/3/instance/license').reply(200, { applications: [{ plan: 'FREE' }] })
         mockAxiosAdapter.onGet().reply(200, { baseUrl: 'http://my_account.net' });
         ({ accountId } = await adapter.validateCredentials(
           createCredentialsInstance({ baseUrl: 'http://my.net', user: 'u', token: 't' })
diff --git a/packages/jira-adapter/test/client/connection.test.ts b/packages/jira-adapter/test/client/connection.test.ts
index 42b298d15e0..0a20544ca7e 100644
--- a/packages/jira-adapter/test/client/connection.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jira-adapter/test/client/connection.test.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ describe('connection', () => {
       mockAxios = new MockAdapter(axios)
       mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/configuration').reply(200)
       mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/serverInfo').reply(200, { baseUrl: 'http://my.jira.net' })
+      mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/instance/license').reply(200, { applications: [{ plan: 'FREE' }] })
       connection = await createConnection({ retries: 1 }).login(
         { baseUrl: 'http://myJira.net', user: 'me', token: 'tok', isDataCenter: false }
       )
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ describe('connection', () => {
       mockAxios = new MockAdapter(axios)
       mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/configuration').reply(200)
       mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/serverInfo').reply(200, { baseUrl: 'http://my.jira.net' })
+      mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/instance/license').reply(200, { applications: [{ plan: 'FREE' }] })
       connection = await createConnection({ retries: 1 }).login(
         { baseUrl: 'http://myJira.net', user: 'me', token: 'tok', isDataCenter: false }
       )
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ describe('connection', () => {
       mockAxios = new MockAdapter(axios)
       mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/configuration').reply(200)
       mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/serverInfo').reply(200, { baseUrl: 'http://my.jira.net' })
+      mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/instance/license').reply(200, { applications: [{ plan: 'FREE' }] })
       connection = await createConnection({ retries: 1 }).login(
         { baseUrl: 'http://myJira.net', user: 'me', token: 'tok', isDataCenter: true }
       )
@@ -115,9 +118,57 @@ describe('connection', () => {
 
     it('should not have force accept language headers when calling Jira DC', async () => {
       mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/serverInfo').reply(200, { baseUrl: 'http://my.jira.net' })
+      mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/instance/license').reply(200, { applications: [{ plan: 'FREE' }] })
       expect(mockAxios.history.get).toContainEqual(expect.objectContaining({
         headers: expect.not.objectContaining(FORCE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE_HEADERS),
       }))
     })
   })
+  describe('validate isProduction', () => {
+    let mockAxios: MockAdapter
+    let connection: clientUtils.APIConnection
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      mockAxios = new MockAdapter(axios)
+      mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/configuration').reply(200)
+    })
+    afterEach(() => {
+      mockAxios.restore()
+    })
+    it('should return isProduction undefined and accountType = undefined when account id does not include -sandbox- and has paid app', async () => {
+      connection = await createConnection({ retries: 1 }).login(
+        { baseUrl: 'http://myJira.net', user: 'me', token: 'tok', isDataCenter: true }
+      )
+      mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/serverInfo').reply(200, { baseUrl: 'http://my.jira.net' })
+      mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/instance/license').reply(200, { applications: [{ id: 'software', plan: 'PAID' }, { id: 'serviceDesk', plan: 'FREE' }] })
+      const { isProduction, accountType } = await validateCredentials({
+        connection,
+      })
+      expect(isProduction).toEqual(undefined)
+      expect(accountType).toEqual(undefined)
+    })
+    it('should return isProduction false and accountType = "Sandbox" when account id includes -sandbox-', async () => {
+      connection = await createConnection({ retries: 1 }).login(
+        { baseUrl: 'https://test-sandbox-999.atlassian.net', user: 'me', token: 'tok', isDataCenter: true }
+      )
+      mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/serverInfo').reply(200, { baseUrl: 'https://test-sandbox-999.atlassian.net' })
+      mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/instance/license').reply(200, { applications: [{ plan: 'PAID' }] })
+      const { isProduction, accountType } = await validateCredentials({
+        connection,
+      })
+      expect(isProduction).toEqual(false)
+      expect(accountType).toEqual('Sandbox')
+    })
+    it('should return isProduction false and accountType = undefined when account id does not include -sandbox- but has no paid app', async () => {
+      connection = await createConnection({ retries: 1 }).login(
+        { baseUrl: 'https://test-sandbox-999.atlassian.net', user: 'me', token: 'tok', isDataCenter: true }
+      )
+      mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/serverInfo').reply(200, { baseUrl: 'https://test.atlassian.net' })
+      mockAxios.onGet('/rest/api/3/instance/license').reply(200, { applications: [{ plan: 'FREE' }] })
+      const { isProduction, accountType } = await validateCredentials({
+        connection,
+      })
+      expect(accountType).toEqual(undefined)
+      expect(isProduction).toEqual(false)
+    })
+  })
 })