diff --git a/auth/jwt/claims.go b/auth/jwt/claims.go
index 6ad3da0..1513c1a 100644
--- a/auth/jwt/claims.go
+++ b/auth/jwt/claims.go
@@ -2,18 +2,20 @@ package jwt
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"github.com/go-chi/jwtauth"
+
+	"github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
 )
 
 // AppClaims represent the claims parsed from JWT access token.
 type AppClaims struct {
-	ID    int
-	Sub   string
-	Roles []string
+	ID    int      `json:"id,omitempty"`
+	Sub   string   `json:"sub,omitempty"`
+	Roles []string `json:"roles,omitempty"`
+	jwt.StandardClaims
 }
 
 // ParseClaims parses JWT claims into AppClaims.
-func (c *AppClaims) ParseClaims(claims jwtauth.Claims) error {
+func (c *AppClaims) ParseClaims(claims jwt.MapClaims) error {
 	id, ok := claims["id"]
 	if !ok {
 		return errors.New("could not parse claim id")
@@ -42,13 +44,15 @@ func (c *AppClaims) ParseClaims(claims jwtauth.Claims) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// RefreshClaims represent the claims parsed from JWT refresh token.
+// RefreshClaims represents the claims parsed from JWT refresh token.
 type RefreshClaims struct {
-	Token string
+	ID    int    `json:"id,omitempty"`
+	Token string `json:"token,omitempty"`
+	jwt.StandardClaims
 }
 
 // ParseClaims parses the JWT claims into RefreshClaims.
-func (c *RefreshClaims) ParseClaims(claims jwtauth.Claims) error {
+func (c *RefreshClaims) ParseClaims(claims jwt.MapClaims) error {
 	token, ok := claims["token"]
 	if !ok {
 		return errors.New("could not parse claim token")
diff --git a/auth/jwt/token.go b/auth/jwt/token.go
index 48aed23..ffb20ff 100644
--- a/auth/jwt/token.go
+++ b/auth/jwt/token.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package jwt
 import (
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/go-chi/jwtauth"
 	"github.com/go-pg/pg/orm"
 )
 
@@ -37,9 +36,9 @@ func (t *Token) BeforeUpdate(db orm.DB) error {
 }
 
 // Claims returns the token claims to be signed
-func (t *Token) Claims() jwtauth.Claims {
-	return jwtauth.Claims{
-		"id":    t.ID,
-		"token": t.Token,
+func (t *Token) Claims() RefreshClaims {
+	return RefreshClaims{
+		ID:    t.ID,
+		Token: t.Token,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/auth/jwt/tokenauth.go b/auth/jwt/tokenauth.go
index 2d2d589..8e49ec9 100644
--- a/auth/jwt/tokenauth.go
+++ b/auth/jwt/tokenauth.go
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ func (a *TokenAuth) Verifier() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 }
 
 // GenTokenPair returns both an access token and a refresh token.
-func (a *TokenAuth) GenTokenPair(ca jwtauth.Claims, cr jwtauth.Claims) (string, string, error) {
-	access, err := a.CreateJWT(ca)
+func (a *TokenAuth) GenTokenPair(accessClaims AppClaims, refreshClaims RefreshClaims) (string, string, error) {
+	access, err := a.CreateJWT(accessClaims)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", err
 	}
-	refresh, err := a.CreateRefreshJWT(cr)
+	refresh, err := a.CreateRefreshJWT(refreshClaims)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", err
 	}
@@ -51,17 +51,17 @@ func (a *TokenAuth) GenTokenPair(ca jwtauth.Claims, cr jwtauth.Claims) (string,
 }
 
 // CreateJWT returns an access token for provided account claims.
-func (a *TokenAuth) CreateJWT(c jwtauth.Claims) (string, error) {
-	c.SetIssuedNow()
-	c.SetExpiryIn(a.JwtExpiry)
+func (a *TokenAuth) CreateJWT(c AppClaims) (string, error) {
+	c.IssuedAt = time.Now().Unix()
+	c.ExpiresAt = time.Now().Add(a.JwtExpiry).Unix()
 	_, tokenString, err := a.JwtAuth.Encode(c)
 	return tokenString, err
 }
 
 // CreateRefreshJWT returns a refresh token for provided token Claims.
-func (a *TokenAuth) CreateRefreshJWT(c jwtauth.Claims) (string, error) {
-	c.SetIssuedNow()
-	c.SetExpiryIn(a.JwtRefreshExpiry)
+func (a *TokenAuth) CreateRefreshJWT(c RefreshClaims) (string, error) {
+	c.IssuedAt = time.Now().Unix()
+	c.ExpiresAt = time.Now().Add(a.JwtExpiry).Unix()
 	_, tokenString, err := a.JwtAuth.Encode(c)
 	return tokenString, err
 }
diff --git a/auth/pwdless/account.go b/auth/pwdless/account.go
index 74a623c..95fa756 100644
--- a/auth/pwdless/account.go
+++ b/auth/pwdless/account.go
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/dhax/go-base/auth/jwt"
-	"github.com/go-chi/jwtauth"
 	validation "github.com/go-ozzo/ozzo-validation"
 	"github.com/go-ozzo/ozzo-validation/is"
 	"github.com/go-pg/pg/orm"
+
+	"github.com/dhax/go-base/auth/jwt"
 )
 
 // Account represents an authenticated application user
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ func (a *Account) CanLogin() bool {
 }
 
 // Claims returns the account's claims to be signed
-func (a *Account) Claims() jwtauth.Claims {
-	return jwtauth.Claims{
-		"id":    a.ID,
-		"sub":   a.Name,
-		"roles": a.Roles,
+func (a *Account) Claims() jwt.AppClaims {
+	return jwt.AppClaims{
+		ID:    a.ID,
+		Sub:   a.Name,
+		Roles: a.Roles,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/auth/pwdless/api_test.go b/auth/pwdless/api_test.go
index 11ce752..33ea053 100644
--- a/auth/pwdless/api_test.go
+++ b/auth/pwdless/api_test.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	jwt_go "github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
-	"github.com/go-chi/jwtauth"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 
 	"github.com/dhax/go-base/auth/jwt"
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func TestAuthResource_refresh(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Expiry = time.Now().Add(1 * time.Minute)
 
 		switch token {
-		case "notfound":
+		case "not_found":
 			err = errors.New("sql no rows")
 		case "expired":
 			t.Expiry = time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Minute)
@@ -232,16 +232,26 @@ func TestAuthResource_refresh(t *testing.T) {
 		status int
 		err    error
 	}{
-		{"notfound", "notfound", 1, http.StatusUnauthorized, jwt.ErrTokenExpired},
-		{"expired", "expired", -1, http.StatusUnauthorized, jwt.ErrTokenUnauthorized},
+		{"not_found", "not_found", 1, http.StatusUnauthorized, jwt.ErrTokenExpired},
+		{"expired", "expired", -1, http.StatusUnauthorized, jwt.ErrTokenExpired},
 		{"disabled", "disabled", 1, http.StatusUnauthorized, ErrLoginDisabled},
 		{"valid", "valid", 1, http.StatusOK, nil},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			jwt := genJWT(jwtauth.Claims{"token": tc.token, "exp": time.Minute * tc.exp})
-			res, body := testRequest(t, ts, "POST", "/refresh", nil, jwt)
+			// refreshJWT, err := auth.TokenAuth.CreateRefreshJWT(jwt.RefreshClaims{Token: tc.token})
+			// if err != nil {
+			// 	t.Errorf("failed to create refresh jwt")
+			// }
+			refreshJWT := genRefreshJWT(jwt.RefreshClaims{
+				Token: tc.token,
+				StandardClaims: jwt_go.StandardClaims{
+					ExpiresAt: time.Now().Add(time.Minute * tc.exp).UnixNano(),
+				},
+			})
+
+			res, body := testRequest(t, ts, "POST", "/refresh", nil, refreshJWT)
 			if res.StatusCode != tc.status {
 				t.Errorf("got http status %d, want: %d", res.StatusCode, tc.status)
 			}
@@ -294,14 +304,20 @@ func TestAuthResource_logout(t *testing.T) {
 		err    error
 	}{
 		{"notfound", "notfound", 1, http.StatusUnauthorized, jwt.ErrTokenExpired},
-		{"expired", "valid", -1, http.StatusUnauthorized, jwt.ErrTokenUnauthorized},
+		{"expired", "valid", -1, http.StatusOK, nil},
 		{"valid", "valid", 1, http.StatusOK, nil},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			jwt := genJWT(jwtauth.Claims{"token": tc.token, "exp": time.Minute * tc.exp})
-			res, body := testRequest(t, ts, "POST", "/logout", nil, jwt)
+			refreshJWT := genRefreshJWT(jwt.RefreshClaims{
+				Token: tc.token,
+				StandardClaims: jwt_go.StandardClaims{
+					ExpiresAt: time.Now().Add(time.Minute * tc.exp).UnixNano(),
+				},
+			})
+
+			res, body := testRequest(t, ts, "POST", "/logout", nil, refreshJWT)
 			if res.StatusCode != tc.status {
 				t.Errorf("got http status %d, want: %d", res.StatusCode, tc.status)
 			}
@@ -343,7 +359,11 @@ func testRequest(t *testing.T, ts *httptest.Server, method, path string, body io
 	return resp, string(respBody)
 }
 
-func genJWT(c jwtauth.Claims) string {
+func genJWT(c jwt.AppClaims) string {
+	_, tokenString, _ := auth.TokenAuth.JwtAuth.Encode(c)
+	return tokenString
+}
+func genRefreshJWT(c jwt.RefreshClaims) string {
 	_, tokenString, _ := auth.TokenAuth.JwtAuth.Encode(c)
 	return tokenString
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 725e696..70ebbb8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20180720115003-f9ffefc3facf // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/go-etcd v2.0.0+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible
 	github.com/go-chi/chi v4.0.3+incompatible
 	github.com/go-chi/cors v1.0.0
 	github.com/go-chi/docgen v1.0.5
-	github.com/go-chi/jwtauth v3.3.0+incompatible
+	github.com/go-chi/jwtauth v4.0.4+incompatible
 	github.com/go-chi/render v1.0.1
 	github.com/go-mail/mail v2.3.1+incompatible
 	github.com/go-ozzo/ozzo-validation v3.5.0+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d14f898..f2712f9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ github.com/go-chi/docgen v1.0.5 h1:TiGvJAuVPZJ9zFSwoF52eORe0SztOYqf9C79LVw/xbY=
 github.com/go-chi/docgen v1.0.5/go.mod h1:Nm4H4RaynSlvTexxWYWwXBzrwZKRE00MrkIIcJelhWM=
 github.com/go-chi/jwtauth v3.3.0+incompatible h1:BEOEx6OueP61EfhuOTDqgroY0SYdcFsFsbY/n4f5+Kk=
 github.com/go-chi/jwtauth v3.3.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:Q5EIArY/QnD6BdS+IyDw7B2m6iNbnPxtfd6/BcmtWbs=
+github.com/go-chi/jwtauth v4.0.4+incompatible h1:LGIxg6YfvSBzxU2BljXbrzVc1fMlgqSKBQgKOGAVtPY=
+github.com/go-chi/jwtauth v4.0.4+incompatible/go.mod h1:Q5EIArY/QnD6BdS+IyDw7B2m6iNbnPxtfd6/BcmtWbs=
 github.com/go-chi/render v1.0.1 h1:4/5tis2cKaNdnv9zFLfXzcquC9HbeZgCnxGnKrltBS8=
 github.com/go-chi/render v1.0.1/go.mod h1:pq4Rr7HbnsdaeHagklXub+p6Wd16Af5l9koip1OvJns=
 github.com/go-kit/kit v0.8.0/go.mod h1:xBxKIO96dXMWWy0MnWVtmwkA9/13aqxPnvrjFYMA2as=