diff --git a/.changeset/thirty-chefs-unite.md b/.changeset/thirty-chefs-unite.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7b16e9dc54f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thirty-chefs-unite.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/backend': patch
+---
+
+Increase the default value for clock skew in `verifyJwt` from 2 to 5 seconds
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/verifyJwt.ts b/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/verifyJwt.ts
index 2e75dde17ea..e5a8b6feba1 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/verifyJwt.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/verifyJwt.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { assertAudienceClaim } from './assertions';
 
 type IssuerResolver = string | ((iss: string) => boolean);
 
-const DEFAULT_CLOCK_SKEW_IN_SECONDS = 2 * 1000;
+const DEFAULT_CLOCK_SKEW_IN_SECONDS = 5 * 1000;
 
 const algToHash: Record<string, string> = {
   RS256: 'SHA-256',