diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 3c6c549e..71582b30 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.5 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "annotated-types"
@@ -1003,13 +1003,13 @@ urllib3 = ">=1.26.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyjwt"
-version = "2.9.0"
+version = "2.10.1"
 description = "JSON Web Token implementation in Python"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8"
+python-versions = ">=3.9"
 files = [
-    {file = "PyJWT-2.9.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3b02fb0f44517787776cf48f2ae25d8e14f300e6d7545a4315cee571a415e850"},
-    {file = "pyjwt-2.9.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7e1e5b56cc735432a7369cbfa0efe50fa113ebecdc04ae6922deba8b84582d0c"},
+    {file = "PyJWT-2.10.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:dcdd193e30abefd5debf142f9adfcdd2b58004e644f25406ffaebd50bd98dacb"},
+    {file = "pyjwt-2.10.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3cc5772eb20009233caf06e9d8a0577824723b44e6648ee0a2aedb6cf9381953"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -1444,4 +1444,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "4330f09b4fdf6c3c2ae616374a7e0d5d644d4f2338b4e20697f30727fb90acc5"
+content-hash = "cf94465a96161855010f04eff511b178ff2d1ba53398bf1674a15b2ca7c827da"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1ba68276..e75a5eb2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ classifiers = [
 python = "^3.9"
 httpx = {version = ">=0.26,<0.29", extras = ["http2"]}
 pydantic = ">=1.10,<3"
+pyjwt = "^2.10.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 pytest = "^8.3.4"
diff --git a/supabase_auth/_async/gotrue_client.py b/supabase_auth/_async/gotrue_client.py
index 2a2a5564..4069991b 100644
--- a/supabase_auth/_async/gotrue_client.py
+++ b/supabase_auth/_async/gotrue_client.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from functools import partial
 from json import loads
 from time import time
-from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlencode, urlparse
 from uuid import uuid4
 
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@
     AuthApiError,
     AuthImplicitGrantRedirectError,
     AuthInvalidCredentialsError,
+    AuthInvalidJwtError,
     AuthRetryableError,
     AuthSessionMissingError,
 )
 from ..helpers import (
-    decode_jwt_payload,
+    decode_jwt,
     generate_pkce_challenge,
     generate_pkce_verifier,
     model_dump,
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@
 from ..http_clients import AsyncClient
 from ..timer import Timer
 from ..types import (
+    JWK,
+    JWKS,
     AuthChangeEvent,
     AuthenticatorAssuranceLevels,
     AuthFlowType,
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ def __init__(
             verify=verify,
             proxy=proxy,
         )
+        self._jwks: JWKS = {}
         self._storage_key = storage_key or STORAGE_KEY
         self._auto_refresh_token = auto_refresh_token
         self._persist_session = persist_session
@@ -1128,7 +1132,8 @@ def _decode_jwt(self, jwt: str) -> DecodedJWTDict:
         """
         Decodes a JWT (without performing any validation).
         """
-        return decode_jwt_payload(jwt)
+        decoded = decode_jwt(jwt)
+        return decoded["payload"]
 
     async def exchange_code_for_session(self, params: CodeExchangeParams):
         code_verifier = params.get("code_verifier") or await self._storage.get_item(
@@ -1150,3 +1155,41 @@ async def exchange_code_for_session(self, params: CodeExchangeParams):
             await self._save_session(response.session)
             self._notify_all_subscribers("SIGNED_IN", response.session)
         return response
+
+    async def _fetch_jwks(self, kid: str, jwks: JWKS) -> JWK:
+        # try fetching from the suplied keys.
+        jwk = next((jwk for jwk in jwks["keys"] if jwk["kid"] == kid), None)
+
+        if jwk:
+            return jwk
+
+        # try fetching from the cache.
+        jwk = next((jwk for jwk in self._jwks["keys"] if jwk["kid"] == kid), None)
+        if jwk:
+            return jwk
+
+        # jwk isn't cached in memory so we need to fetch it from the well-known endpoint
+        response = await self._request("GET", ".well-known/jwks.json", xform=parse_jwks)
+        if response.jwks:
+            self._jwks = response.jwks
+
+            # find the signing key
+            jwk = next(
+                (jwk for jwk in response.jwks["keys"] if jwk["kid"] == kid), None
+            )
+            if not jwk:
+                raise AuthInvalidJwtError("No matching signing key found in JWKS")
+
+            return jwk
+
+        raise AuthInvalidJwtError("JWT has no valid kid")
+
+    async def get_claims(self):
+        pass
+
+
+def parse_jwks(response: Any) -> JWKS:
+    if "keys" not in response or len(response.keys) == 0:
+        raise AuthInvalidJwtError("JWKS is empty")
+
+    return JWKS(keys=response.keys)
diff --git a/supabase_auth/errors.py b/supabase_auth/errors.py
index fa693894..1cf8de3c 100644
--- a/supabase_auth/errors.py
+++ b/supabase_auth/errors.py
@@ -225,3 +225,11 @@ def to_dict(self) -> AuthApiErrorDict:
             "status": self.status,
             "reasons": self.reasons,
         }
+
+class AuthInvalidJwtError(CustomAuthError):
+    def __init__(self, message: str) -> None:
+        CustomAuthError.__init__(
+            self,
+            message,
+            "AuthInvalidJwtError",
+            "invalid_jwt",
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/supabase_auth/helpers.py b/supabase_auth/helpers.py
index ae9dc7c5..8be212e2 100644
--- a/supabase_auth/helpers.py
+++ b/supabase_auth/helpers.py
@@ -8,16 +8,19 @@
 from base64 import urlsafe_b64decode
 from datetime import datetime
 from json import loads
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Type, TypeVar, cast
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Literal, Optional, Type, TypeVar, cast
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from httpx import HTTPStatusError, Response
+import jwt
+import jwt.algorithms
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from .constants import API_VERSION_HEADER_NAME, API_VERSIONS
 from .errors import (
     AuthApiError,
     AuthError,
+    AuthInvalidJwtError,
     AuthRetryableError,
     AuthUnknownError,
     AuthWeakPasswordError,
@@ -192,15 +195,38 @@ def handle_exception(exception: Exception) -> AuthError:
         return AuthUnknownError(get_error_message(error), e)
 
 
-def decode_jwt_payload(token: str) -> Any:
-    parts = token.split(".")
-    if len(parts) != 3:
-        raise ValueError("JWT is not valid: not a JWT structure")
-    base64url = parts[1]
+def str_from_base64url(base64url: str) -> str:
     # Addding padding otherwise the following error happens:
     # binascii.Error: Incorrect padding
     base64url_with_padding = base64url + "=" * (-len(base64url) % 4)
-    return loads(urlsafe_b64decode(base64url_with_padding).decode("utf-8"))
+    return urlsafe_b64decode(base64url_with_padding).decode("utf-8")
+
+
+def base64url_to_bytes(base64url: str) -> bytes:
+    # Addding padding otherwise the following error happens:
+    # binascii.Error: Incorrect padding
+    base64url_with_padding = base64url + "=" * (-len(base64url) % 4)
+    return urlsafe_b64decode(base64url_with_padding)
+
+
+def decode_jwt(token: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    parts = token.split(".")
+    if len(parts) != 3:
+        raise AuthInvalidJwtError("Invalid JWT structure")
+
+    # regex check for base64url
+    if not re.match(BASE64URL_REGEX, parts[1]):
+        raise AuthInvalidJwtError("JWT not in base64url format")
+
+    return {
+        "header": loads(str_from_base64url(parts[0])),
+        "payload": loads(str_from_base64url(parts[1])),
+        "signature": base64url_to_bytes(parts[2]),
+        "raw": {
+            "header": parts[0],
+            "payload": parts[1],
+        },
+    }
 
 
 def generate_pkce_verifier(length=64):
@@ -267,3 +293,19 @@ def is_valid_jwt(value: str) -> bool:
             return False
 
     return True
+
+
+def validate_exp(exp: int) -> None:
+    if not exp:
+        raise AuthInvalidJwtError("JWT has no expiration time")
+
+    time_now = datetime.now().timestamp()
+    if exp <= time_now:
+        raise AuthInvalidJwtError("JWT has expired")
+
+
+def get_algorithm(alg: Literal["RS256", "ES256"]) -> jwt.algorithms.Algorithm:
+    if alg == "RS256":
+        return jwt.algorithms.RSAAlgorithm
+    elif alg == "ES256":
+        return jwt.algorithms.ECAlgorithm
diff --git a/supabase_auth/types.py b/supabase_auth/types.py
index 86bda3e2..dd499aa0 100644
--- a/supabase_auth/types.py
+++ b/supabase_auth/types.py
@@ -789,6 +789,36 @@ class SignOutOptions(TypedDict):
     scope: NotRequired[SignOutScope]
 
 
+class JWTHeader(TypedDict):
+    alg: Literal["RS256", "ES256", "HS256"]
+    typ: str
+    kid: str
+
+
+class RequiredClaims(TypedDict):
+    iss: str
+    sub: str
+    auth: Union[str, List[str]]
+    exp: int
+    iat: int
+    role: str
+    aal: AuthenticatorAssuranceLevels
+    session_id: str
+
+
+class JWTPayload(RequiredClaims, TypedDict, total=False):
+    pass
+
+
+class JWK(TypedDict, total=False):
+    kty: Literal["RSA", "EC", "oct"]
+    key_ops: List[str]
+    alg: Optional[str]
+    kid: Optional[str]
+
+class JWKS(TypedDict):
+    keys: List[JWK]
+
 for model in [
     AMREntry,
     AuthResponse,