Struggling to handle the AuthenticationException in Laravel 11

Question

I'm trying to adapt some code from Laravel 10 to Laravel 11. The code customizes the error message when a user is not logged in. However, it's currently redirecting me to the login route, which I don't have declared because I'm working with an API.

The code I'm using is located in the bootstrap folder:

$exceptions->stopIgnoring(AuthenticationException::class);
$exceptions->render(function (Request $request, AuthenticationException $exceptions) {
    return $request->expectsJson()
        ? response()->json(['message' => $exceptions->getMessage()], 401)
        : response()->json(['message' => __('User does not have authenticated'), 'error' => $exceptions->getMessage()], 401);
});

But it's not working as expected. I want to modify the default response that Laravel 11 provides for AuthenticationException.