diff --git a/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md b/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md
index 79a56121..55d8d129 100644
--- a/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md
+++ b/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md
@@ -113,17 +113,7 @@ On React Native Web, the `authorize()` method now triggers a **full-page redirec
 
 **✅ Action Required:** Review the new **[FAQ entry](#faq-authorize-web)** for guidance on how to correctly handle the post-login flow on the web. The `Auth0Provider` and `useAuth0` hook are designed to manage this flow automatically.
 
-### Change #5: New Peer Dependency for Web Support
-
-To support the web platform, the library now has an **optional peer dependency** on `@auth0/auth0-spa-js`.
-
-**✅ Action Required:** If you are using `react-native-auth0` in a React Native Web project, you **must** install this package. Native-only projects can ignore this.
-
-```bash
-npm install @auth0/auth0-spa-js
-```
-
-### Change #6: Hook Methods Now Throw Error
+### Change #5: Hook Methods Now Throw Error
 
 Previously, all hook-related methods such as `getCredentials()`, `saveCredentials()`, etc., did not throw error directly. Instead, any issues were silently handled and surfaced via the error property in `useAuth0()`:
 
diff --git a/REACT_NATIVE_WEB_SETUP.md b/REACT_NATIVE_WEB_SETUP.md
index 99686275..c4ffd740 100644
--- a/REACT_NATIVE_WEB_SETUP.md
+++ b/REACT_NATIVE_WEB_SETUP.md
@@ -17,19 +17,7 @@ If you want to use React Native Web with React Native Auth0, follow these steps:
 Follow the official React Native Web installation guide:
 **https://necolas.github.io/react-native-web/docs/setup/**
 
-### 2. Install Auth0 SPA JS (Required for Web)
-
-React Native Auth0 requires `@auth0/auth0-spa-js` for web platform support:
-
-```bash
-# Using npm
-npm install @auth0/auth0-spa-js
-
-# Using yarn
-yarn add @auth0/auth0-spa-js
-```
-
-### 3. Use React Native Auth0
+### 2. Use React Native Auth0
 
 Once React Native Web and Auth0 SPA JS are installed, you can use React Native Auth0 exactly as you would in a native React Native app. The library will automatically detect the web platform and use the appropriate implementation.
 
diff --git a/example/package.json b/example/package.json
index c58536e1..1410d964 100644
--- a/example/package.json
+++ b/example/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     "build:ios": "react-native build-ios --mode Debug"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@auth0/auth0-spa-js": "^2.2.0",
     "@react-navigation/bottom-tabs": "^7.4.2",
     "@react-navigation/native": "^7.1.13",
     "@react-navigation/stack": "^7.3.6",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 91271b1a..388a99a8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,20 +73,15 @@
     "registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@auth0/auth0-spa-js": ">=2.2.0",
     "react": ">=19.0.0",
     "react-native": ">=0.78.0"
   },
   "peerDependenciesMeta": {
-    "@auth0/auth0-spa-js": {
-      "optional": true
-    },
     "expo": {
       "optional": true
     }
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@auth0/auth0-spa-js": "^2.2.0",
     "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^17.0.2",
     "@eslint/compat": "^1.2.7",
     "@eslint/eslintrc": "^3.3.0",
@@ -140,6 +135,7 @@
     "typescript": "5.2.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@auth0/auth0-spa-js": "2.3.0",
     "base-64": "^1.0.0",
     "jwt-decode": "^4.0.0",
     "url": "^0.11.4"
diff --git a/src/core/interfaces/IWebAuthProvider.ts b/src/core/interfaces/IWebAuthProvider.ts
index 8c8bad7f..e2d58696 100644
--- a/src/core/interfaces/IWebAuthProvider.ts
+++ b/src/core/interfaces/IWebAuthProvider.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type {
   Credentials,
   WebAuthorizeParameters,
   ClearSessionParameters,
+  User,
 } from '../../types';
 
 import type {
@@ -53,6 +54,11 @@ export interface IWebAuthProvider {
     options?: NativeClearSessionOptions | WebClearSessionOptions
   ): Promise<void>;
 
+  /**
+   * Checks the user's session and updates the local state if the session is still valid.
+   */
+  checkWebSession(): Promise<User | null>;
+
   /**
    * Cancels an ongoing web authentication transaction.
    *
diff --git a/src/hooks/Auth0Provider.tsx b/src/hooks/Auth0Provider.tsx
index 5ae27063..72108a29 100644
--- a/src/hooks/Auth0Provider.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/Auth0Provider.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ export const Auth0Provider = ({
           // If the redirect fails, dispatch an error.
           dispatch({ type: 'ERROR', error: e as AuthError });
         }
+      } else if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+        const user = await client.webAuth.checkWebSession();
+        dispatch({ type: 'INITIALIZED', user });
       }
       try {
         const credentials = await client.credentialsManager.getCredentials();
diff --git a/src/hooks/__tests__/Auth0Provider.spec.tsx b/src/hooks/__tests__/Auth0Provider.spec.tsx
index fc2e9ad9..2f4defd9 100644
--- a/src/hooks/__tests__/Auth0Provider.spec.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/__tests__/Auth0Provider.spec.tsx
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ const createMockClient = () => {
       clearSession: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
       cancelWebAuth: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
       handleRedirectCallback: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+      checkWebSession: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null),
     },
     credentialsManager: {
       hasValidCredentials: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(false),
@@ -194,11 +195,20 @@ describe('Auth0Provider', () => {
   });
 
   it('should render a loading state initially', async () => {
-    // Make getCredentials return a promise that we can control
+    // Make both checkWebSession and getCredentials return promises that we can control
+    let resolveCheckSession: (value: any) => void;
     let resolveCredentials: (value: any) => void;
+    
+    const checkSessionPromise = new Promise((resolve) => {
+      resolveCheckSession = resolve;
+    });
     const credentialsPromise = new Promise((resolve) => {
       resolveCredentials = resolve;
     });
+    
+    mockClientInstance.webAuth.checkWebSession.mockReturnValue(
+      checkSessionPromise
+    );
     mockClientInstance.credentialsManager.getCredentials.mockReturnValue(
       credentialsPromise
     );
@@ -214,8 +224,9 @@ describe('Auth0Provider', () => {
     // Should show loading state initially
     expect(screen.getByTestId('loading')).toBeDefined();
 
-    // Resolve the credentials promise
+    // Resolve the promises
     await act(async () => {
+      resolveCheckSession!(null);
       resolveCredentials!(null);
     });
 
diff --git a/src/platforms/native/adapters/NativeWebAuthProvider.ts b/src/platforms/native/adapters/NativeWebAuthProvider.ts
index f323b58f..f26054bb 100644
--- a/src/platforms/native/adapters/NativeWebAuthProvider.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/native/adapters/NativeWebAuthProvider.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type {
   Credentials,
   WebAuthorizeParameters,
   ClearSessionParameters,
+  User,
 } from '../../../types';
 import type {
   NativeAuthorizeOptions,
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@ export class NativeWebAuthProvider implements IWebAuthProvider {
     throw new AuthError('NotImplemented', webAuthNotSupported);
   }
 
+  async checkWebSession(): Promise<User | null> {
+    throw new AuthError('NotImplemented', webAuthNotSupported);
+  }
+
   async authorize(
     parameters: WebAuthorizeParameters = {},
     options: NativeAuthorizeOptions = {}
diff --git a/src/platforms/web/adapters/WebAuth0Client.ts b/src/platforms/web/adapters/WebAuth0Client.ts
index dbd7d12d..1da04a1a 100644
--- a/src/platforms/web/adapters/WebAuth0Client.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/web/adapters/WebAuth0Client.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export class WebAuth0Client implements IAuth0Client {
       domain: options.domain,
       clientId: options.clientId,
       cacheLocation: options.cacheLocation ?? 'memory',
-      useRefreshTokens: options.useRefreshTokens ?? true,
+      useRefreshTokens: options.useRefreshTokens ?? false,
       authorizationParams: {
         redirect_uri:
           typeof window !== 'undefined' ? window.location.origin : '',
diff --git a/src/platforms/web/adapters/WebWebAuthProvider.ts b/src/platforms/web/adapters/WebWebAuthProvider.ts
index 0be8bc40..02d4bf85 100644
--- a/src/platforms/web/adapters/WebWebAuthProvider.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/web/adapters/WebWebAuthProvider.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,46 @@ import type {
   Credentials,
   WebAuthorizeParameters,
   ClearSessionParameters,
+  User,
 } from '../../../types';
 import { AuthError, WebAuthError } from '../../../core/models';
 import { finalizeScope } from '../../../core/utils';
-import type { Auth0Client, PopupCancelledError } from '@auth0/auth0-spa-js';
+import type {
+  Auth0Client,
+  PopupCancelledError,
+  User as SpaJSUser,
+} from '@auth0/auth0-spa-js';
 
 export class WebWebAuthProvider implements IWebAuthProvider {
   constructor(private client: Auth0Client) {}
 
+  // private method to convert a SpaJSUser to a User
+  private convertUser(user: SpaJSUser | undefined): User | null {
+    if (!user || !user.sub) return null;
+    return {
+      sub: user.sub,
+      name: user.name,
+      givenName: user.given_name,
+      familyName: user.family_name,
+      middleName: user.middle_name,
+      nickname: user.nickname,
+      preferredUsername: user.preferred_username,
+      profile: user.profile,
+      picture: user.picture,
+      website: user.website,
+      email: user.email,
+      emailVerified: user.email_verified,
+      gender: user.gender,
+      birthdate: user.birthdate,
+      zoneinfo: user.zoneinfo,
+      locale: user.locale,
+      phoneNumber: user.phone_number,
+      phoneNumberVerified: user.phone_number_verified,
+      address: user.address,
+      updatedAt: user.updated_at,
+    };
+  }
+
   async authorize(
     parameters: WebAuthorizeParameters = {}
   ): Promise<Credentials> {
@@ -79,6 +111,14 @@ export class WebWebAuthProvider implements IWebAuthProvider {
     }
   }
 
+  async checkWebSession(): Promise<User | null> {
+    await this.client.checkSession();
+    const spaUser: SpaJSUser | undefined = await this.client.getUser();
+    // convert this to a User
+    const user = this.convertUser(spaUser);
+    return user;
+  }
+
   async cancelWebAuth(): Promise<void> {
     // Web-based flows cannot be programmatically cancelled. This is a no-op.
     return Promise.resolve();
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8ce171e2..5bd86061 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@auth0/auth0-spa-js@npm:^2.2.0":
+"@auth0/auth0-spa-js@npm:2.3.0":
   version: 2.3.0
   resolution: "@auth0/auth0-spa-js@npm:2.3.0"
   checksum: 6f9c84cd300ba7215a7b894690418010cd743ada5970083f0753f189a39208b4262a9828f28c8f932ca33c1dfe6e587b057a6c956e40632aea9dbed5099220fd
@@ -5184,7 +5184,6 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "Auth0Example@workspace:example"
   dependencies:
-    "@auth0/auth0-spa-js": ^2.2.0
     "@babel/core": ^7.25.2
     "@babel/preset-env": ^7.25.3
     "@babel/runtime": ^7.25.0
@@ -14604,7 +14603,7 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "react-native-auth0@workspace:."
   dependencies:
-    "@auth0/auth0-spa-js": ^2.2.0
+    "@auth0/auth0-spa-js": 2.3.0
     "@commitlint/config-conventional": ^17.0.2
     "@eslint/compat": ^1.2.7
     "@eslint/eslintrc": ^3.3.0
@@ -14660,12 +14659,9 @@ __metadata:
     typescript: 5.2.2
     url: ^0.11.4
   peerDependencies:
-    "@auth0/auth0-spa-js": ">=2.2.0"
     react: ">=19.0.0"
     react-native: ">=0.78.0"
   peerDependenciesMeta:
-    "@auth0/auth0-spa-js":
-      optional: true
     expo:
       optional: true
   languageName: unknown