diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 122a2990a8..fa76698e12 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
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+        "jsonwebtoken": "8.5.1",
         "jsqr": "^1.4.0",
         "jsrsasign": "^11.1.0",
         "kbpgp": "2.1.15",
@@ -9712,9 +9712,9 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonwebtoken/-/jsonwebtoken-8.5.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-XjwVfRS6jTMsqYs0EsuJ4LGxXV14zQybNd4L2r0UvbVnSF9Af8x7p5MzbJ90Ioz/9TI41/hTCvznF/loiSzn8w==",
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@@ -9725,43 +9725,21 @@
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         "lodash.once": "^4.0.0",
         "ms": "^2.1.1",
-        "semver": "^7.5.4"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12",
-        "npm": ">=6"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/jsonwebtoken/node_modules/lru-cache": {
-      "version": "6.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-6.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Jo6dJ04CmSjuznwJSS3pUeWmd/H0ffTlkXXgwZi+eq1UCmqQwCh+eLsYOYCwY991i2Fah4h1BEMCx4qThGbsiA==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "yallist": "^4.0.0"
+        "semver": "^5.6.0"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=10"
+        "node": ">=4",
+        "npm": ">=1.4.28"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/jsonwebtoken/node_modules/semver": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.6.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-EnwXhrlwXMk9gKu5/flx5sv/an57AkRplG3hTK68W7FRDN+k+OWBj65M7719OkA82XLBxrcX0KSHj+X5COhOVg==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "lru-cache": "^6.0.0"
-      },
+      "version": "5.7.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ==",
       "bin": {
-        "semver": "bin/semver.js"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=10"
+        "semver": "bin/semver"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/jsonwebtoken/node_modules/yallist": {
-      "version": "4.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yallist/-/yallist-4.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-3wdGidZyq5PB084XLES5TpOSRA3wjXAlIWMhum2kRcv/41Sn2emQ0dycQW4uZXLejwKvg6EsvbdlVL+FYEct7A=="
-    },
     "node_modules/jsqr": {
       "version": "1.4.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6e2965f0bb..64e6d5d9b5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
     "jsesc": "^3.0.2",
     "json5": "^2.2.3",
     "jsonpath-plus": "^8.0.0",
-    "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.0",
+    "jsonwebtoken": "8.5.1",
     "jsqr": "^1.4.0",
     "jsrsasign": "^11.1.0",
     "kbpgp": "2.1.15",
diff --git a/src/core/operations/JWTSign.mjs b/src/core/operations/JWTSign.mjs
index e4756c2b58..af46908e66 100644
--- a/src/core/operations/JWTSign.mjs
+++ b/src/core/operations/JWTSign.mjs
@@ -50,12 +50,7 @@ class JWTSign extends Operation {
 
         try {
             return jwt.sign(input, key, {
-                algorithm: algorithm === "None" ? "none" : algorithm,
-
-                // To utilize jsonwebtoken 9+ library and maintain backwards compatibility for regression tests
-                // This could be turned into operation args in a future PR
-                allowInsecureKeySizes: true,
-                allowInvalidAsymmetricKeyTypes: true
+                algorithm: algorithm === "None" ? "none" : algorithm
             });
         } catch (err) {
             throw new OperationError(`Error: Have you entered the key correctly? The key should be either the secret for HMAC algorithms or the PEM-encoded private key for RSA and ECDSA.