diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63c06ad218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export { hasValidSignature, decodeJwt, verifyJwt } from './verifyJwt';
+
+export type { VerifyJwtOptions } from './verifyJwt';
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt.test.ts b/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/verifyJwt.test.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt.test.ts
rename to packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/verifyJwt.test.ts
index 30b8ae9418..5ab6e0dc97 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/verifyJwt.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import type QUnit from 'qunit';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 
-import { mockJwks, mockJwt, mockJwtHeader, mockJwtPayload } from './fixtures';
-import { decodeJwt, verifyJwt } from './jwt';
+import { mockJwks, mockJwt, mockJwtHeader, mockJwtPayload } from '../fixtures';
+import { decodeJwt, verifyJwt } from './verifyJwt';
 
 export default (QUnit: QUnit) => {
   const { module, test } = QUnit;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt.ts b/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/verifyJwt.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt.ts
rename to packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/verifyJwt.ts
index 079a7d8016..1ebb2d0a7c 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/verifyJwt.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import type { Jwt, JwtPayload } from '@clerk/types';
 
 // DO NOT CHANGE: Runtime needs to be imported as a default export so that we can stub its dependencies with Sinon.js
 // For more information refer to https://sinonjs.org/how-to/stub-dependency/
-import runtime from '../runtime';
-import { base64url } from '../util/rfc4648';
-import { TokenVerificationError, TokenVerificationErrorAction, TokenVerificationErrorReason } from './errors';
+import runtime from '../../runtime';
+import { base64url } from '../../util/rfc4648';
+import { TokenVerificationError, TokenVerificationErrorAction, TokenVerificationErrorReason } from '../errors';
 
 type IssuerResolver = string | ((iss: string) => boolean);
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/tests/suites.ts b/packages/backend/tests/suites.ts
index 244f01cb7c..f875fafce7 100644
--- a/packages/backend/tests/suites.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/tests/suites.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import requestTest from './dist/tokens/request.test.js';
 import keysTest from './dist/tokens/keys.test.js';
 import pathTest from './dist/util/path.test.js';
 import verifyTest from './dist/tokens/verify.test.js';
-import jwtTest from './dist/tokens/jwt.test.js';
+import verifyJwtTest from './dist/tokens/jwt/verifyJwt.test.js';
 
 import utilRequestTest from './dist/util/request.test.js';
 import factoryTest from './dist/api/factory.test.js';
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const suites = [
   keysTest,
   verifyTest,
   pathTest,
-  jwtTest,
+  verifyJwtTest,
   factoryTest,
   redirectTest,
 ];