diff --git a/handlers/authorizer/package.json b/handlers/authorizer/package.json
index 05e36f9..6d2070d 100644
--- a/handlers/authorizer/package.json
+++ b/handlers/authorizer/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb": "^3.664.0",
         "@aws-sdk/util-dynamodb": "^3.540.0",
+        "aws-jwt-verify": "^4.0.1",
         "crypto": "^1.0.1",
         "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
         "jwk-to-pem": "^2.0.6"
diff --git a/handlers/authorizer/yarn.lock b/handlers/authorizer/yarn.lock
index 423a4fd..0d0b162 100644
--- a/handlers/authorizer/yarn.lock
+++ b/handlers/authorizer/yarn.lock
@@ -885,6 +885,11 @@ asn1.js@^5.3.0:
     minimalistic-assert "^1.0.0"
     safer-buffer "^2.1.0"
 
+aws-jwt-verify@^4.0.1:
+  version "4.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws-jwt-verify/-/aws-jwt-verify-4.0.1.tgz#d5f36f80f3d1cbe8ffa638347bb80daf72f6ae61"
+  integrity sha512-kzvi71eD3w/mCpYRUY7cz6DX4bfYihGdI2yV3FYQ2JuZZenqAqDPz0gWj0ew6vlAtdEVBNb7p+Dm2TAIxpVYMA==
+
 bn.js@^4.0.0, bn.js@^4.11.9:
   version "4.12.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bn.js/-/bn.js-4.12.0.tgz#775b3f278efbb9718eec7361f483fb36fbbfea88"