diff --git a/social_core/backends/apple.py b/social_core/backends/apple.py
index e74e19e5a..99eb54f6e 100644
--- a/social_core/backends/apple.py
+++ b/social_core/backends/apple.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def decode_id_token(self, id_token):
                 id_token,
                 key=public_key,
                 audience=self.get_audience(),
-                algorithm='RS256',
+                algorithms=['RS256'],
             )
         except PyJWTError:
             raise AuthFailed(self, 'Token validation failed')
diff --git a/social_core/backends/azuread_b2c.py b/social_core/backends/azuread_b2c.py
index a540a994d..997ad6b59 100644
--- a/social_core/backends/azuread_b2c.py
+++ b/social_core/backends/azuread_b2c.py
@@ -28,11 +28,9 @@
 """
 
 import json
-import six
 
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization
-from jwt import DecodeError, ExpiredSignature, decode as jwt_decode
-from jwt.utils import base64url_decode
+from jwt import DecodeError, ExpiredSignature, decode as jwt_decode, get_unverified_header
 
 
 try:
@@ -173,22 +171,16 @@ def user_data(self, access_token, *args, **kwargs):
         response = kwargs.get('response')
 
         id_token = response.get('id_token')
-        if six.PY2:
-            # str() to fix a bug in Python's base64
-            # https://stackoverflow.com/a/2230623/161278
-            id_token = str(id_token)
-
-        jwt_header_json = base64url_decode(id_token.split('.')[0])
-        jwt_header = json.loads(jwt_header_json.decode('ascii'))
 
         # `kid` is short for key id
-        key = self.get_public_key(jwt_header['kid'])
+        kid = get_unverified_header(id_token)['kid']
+        key = self.get_public_key(kid)
 
         try:
             return jwt_decode(
                 id_token,
                 key=key,
-                algorithms=jwt_header['alg'],
+                algorithms=['RS256'],
                 audience=self.setting('KEY'),
                 leeway=self.setting('JWT_LEEWAY', default=0),
             )
diff --git a/social_core/backends/azuread_tenant.py b/social_core/backends/azuread_tenant.py
index 7960ff1b5..0038dbada 100644
--- a/social_core/backends/azuread_tenant.py
+++ b/social_core/backends/azuread_tenant.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-import base64
-import json
-
 from cryptography.x509 import load_pem_x509_certificate
 from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
-from jwt import DecodeError, ExpiredSignature, decode as jwt_decode
+from jwt import DecodeError, ExpiredSignature, decode as jwt_decode, get_unverified_header
 
 from ..exceptions import AuthTokenError
 from .azuread import AzureADOAuth2
@@ -95,14 +92,8 @@ def get_user_id(self, details, response):
     def user_data(self, access_token, *args, **kwargs):
         id_token = access_token
 
-        # decode the JWT header as JSON dict
-        jwt_header = json.loads(
-            base64.b64decode(id_token.split('.', 1)[0]).decode()
-        )
-
         # get key id and algorithm
-        key_id = jwt_header['kid']
-        algorithm = jwt_header['alg']
+        key_id = get_unverified_header(id_token)['kid']
 
         try:
             # retrieve certificate for key_id
@@ -111,7 +102,7 @@ def user_data(self, access_token, *args, **kwargs):
             return jwt_decode(
                 id_token,
                 key=certificate.public_key(),
-                algorithms=algorithm,
+                algorithms=['RS256'],
                 audience=self.setting('KEY')
             )
         except (DecodeError, ExpiredSignature) as error:
diff --git a/social_core/backends/open_id_connect.py b/social_core/backends/open_id_connect.py
index 8d13c1909..520471866 100644
--- a/social_core/backends/open_id_connect.py
+++ b/social_core/backends/open_id_connect.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class OpenIdConnectAuth(BaseOAuth2):
     REVOKE_TOKEN_URL = ''
     USERINFO_URL = ''
     JWKS_URI = ''
+    JWT_ALGORITHMS = ['RS256']
     JWT_DECODE_OPTIONS = dict()
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -162,14 +163,13 @@ def validate_and_return_id_token(self, id_token, access_token):
         if not key:
             raise AuthTokenError(self, 'Signature verification failed')
 
-        alg = key['alg']
         rsakey = jwk.construct(key)
 
         try:
             claims = jwt.decode(
                 id_token,
                 rsakey.to_pem().decode('utf-8'),
-                algorithms=[alg],
+                algorithms=self.JWT_ALGORITHMS,
                 audience=client_id,
                 issuer=self.id_token_issuer(),
                 access_token=access_token,
diff --git a/social_core/tests/backends/test_keycloak.py b/social_core/tests/backends/test_keycloak.py
index 84b18209e..a137afb05 100644
--- a/social_core/tests/backends/test_keycloak.py
+++ b/social_core/tests/backends/test_keycloak.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def _encode(
 def _decode(
     token,
     key=_PUBLIC_KEY,
-    algorithms=_ALGORITHM,
+    algorithms=[_ALGORITHM],
     audience=_KEY,
 ):
     return jwt.decode(token, key=key, algorithms=algorithms, audience=audience)