diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 598670c..0c322a6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "propelauth"
-version = "0.23.0"
+version = "0.23.1"
 authors = ["support@propelauth.com"]
 description = "A Rust crate for managing authentication and authorization with support for multi-tenant / B2B products, powered by PropelAuth"
 keywords = ["authentication", "auth", "authorization", "b2b", "tenant"]
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ axum_06 = { package = "axum", version = "^0.6", optional = true }
 axum_07 = { package = "axum", version = "^0.7", optional = true }
 axum_08 = { package = "axum", version = "^0.8", optional = true }
 chrono = "0.4.39"
-jsonwebtoken = "8.3.0"
+jsonwebtoken = "9.3.0"
 serde = "^1.0"
 serde_derive = "^1.0"
 serde_json = "^1.0"
diff --git a/src/propelauth/token.rs b/src/propelauth/token.rs
index fcdb96e..7ff8346 100644
--- a/src/propelauth/token.rs
+++ b/src/propelauth/token.rs
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ impl TokenService<'_> {
 
         let mut validation = Validation::new(Algorithm::RS256);
         validation.set_issuer(&[self.issuer]);
+        validation.validate_aud = false;
 
         let decoded_user =
             decode::<DecodedUserFromToken>(&bearer_token, &decoding_key, &validation)