diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7d0e8be92..23bc9be61 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
 		<hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
 		<mockito.version>5.15.2</mockito.version>
 		<assertj.version>3.27.3</assertj.version>
-		<wiremock.version>3.10.0</wiremock.version>
 		<reactor.test.version>3.7.2</reactor.test.version>
+		<wiremock.version>3.9.2</wiremock.version>
 		<javax.annotation.version>1.3.2</javax.annotation.version>
 		<spotbugs.annotations.version>4.8.6</spotbugs.annotations.version>
 		<spotbugs.version>4.8.6.6</spotbugs.version>
diff --git a/spring-security/src/main/java/com/sap/cloud/security/spring/token/authentication/ReactiveHybridJwtDecoder.java b/spring-security/src/main/java/com/sap/cloud/security/spring/token/authentication/ReactiveHybridJwtDecoder.java
index 4e9f49c83..4948478e2 100644
--- a/spring-security/src/main/java/com/sap/cloud/security/spring/token/authentication/ReactiveHybridJwtDecoder.java
+++ b/spring-security/src/main/java/com/sap/cloud/security/spring/token/authentication/ReactiveHybridJwtDecoder.java
@@ -35,29 +35,28 @@ public Mono<Jwt> decode(String encodedToken) throws JwtException {
 				.map(Token::create)
 				.flatMap(token -> {
 					Mono<Jwt> jwt = parseJwt(token);
-					Mono<ValidationResult> validationResult;
+					ValidationResult validationResult;
 
 					switch (token.getService()) {
 					case IAS:
 						if (iasTokenValidators == null) {
 							return Mono.error(new BadJwtException("Tokens issued by IAS service aren't accepted"));
 						}
-						validationResult = Mono.just(iasTokenValidators.validate(token));
+						validationResult = iasTokenValidators.validate(token);
 						break;
 					case XSUAA:
-						validationResult = Mono.just(xsuaaTokenValidators.validate(token));
+						validationResult = xsuaaTokenValidators.validate(token);
 						break;
 					default:
 						return Mono.error(new BadJwtException(
 								"Tokens issued by " + token.getService() + " service aren´t supported."));
 					}
-					return validationResult
-							.filter(vr -> !vr.isErroneous())
-							.switchIfEmpty(Mono.error(new BadJwtException(
-									"The token is invalid: " + validationResult.block().getErrorDescription())))
-							.doOnNext(result -> logger.debug("Token issued by {} service was successfully validated.",
-									token.getService()))
-							.then(jwt);
+					if (validationResult.isErroneous()) {
+						return Mono.error(new BadJwtException(
+								"The token is invalid: " + validationResult.getErrorDescription()));
+					}
+					logger.debug("Token issued by {} service was successfully validated.", token.getService());
+					return jwt;
 				})
 				.onErrorMap(RuntimeException.class,
 						ex -> new BadJwtException("Error initializing JWT decoder: " + ex.getMessage(), ex));