diff --git a/backend/app/api/routes/auth.py b/backend/app/api/routes/auth.py
index b9b442f..32d3d98 100644
--- a/backend/app/api/routes/auth.py
+++ b/backend/app/api/routes/auth.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, status
-from jose import JWTError, jwt
+import jwt
 from sqlalchemy import select
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 from app.core.config import get_settings
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ async def login(payload: LoginRequest, db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db)) -> To
 async def refresh(payload: RefreshRequest, db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db)) -> TokenResponse:
     try:
         token_payload = jwt.decode(payload.refresh_token, settings.jwt_secret_key, algorithms=[settings.jwt_algorithm])
-    except JWTError as exc:
+    except jwt.InvalidTokenError as exc:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail="Invalid refresh token") from exc
 
     if token_payload.get("type") != "refresh":
diff --git a/backend/app/core/config.py b/backend/app/core/config.py
index 52f283e..e54f34a 100644
--- a/backend/app/core/config.py
+++ b/backend/app/core/config.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from functools import lru_cache
 from pydantic import field_validator
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
 
-NEXAPG_VERSION = "0.1.7"
+NEXAPG_VERSION = "0.1.8"
 
 
 class Settings(BaseSettings):
diff --git a/backend/app/core/deps.py b/backend/app/core/deps.py
index 125150b..0260c1b 100644
--- a/backend/app/core/deps.py
+++ b/backend/app/core/deps.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from fastapi import Depends, HTTPException, status
 from fastapi.security import HTTPAuthorizationCredentials, HTTPBearer
-from jose import JWTError, jwt
+import jwt
 from sqlalchemy import select
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 from app.core.config import get_settings
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ async def get_current_user(
     token = credentials.credentials
     try:
         payload = jwt.decode(token, settings.jwt_secret_key, algorithms=[settings.jwt_algorithm])
-    except JWTError as exc:
+    except jwt.InvalidTokenError as exc:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail="Invalid token") from exc
 
     if payload.get("type") != "access":
diff --git a/backend/app/core/security.py b/backend/app/core/security.py
index 9884738..1c7acc2 100644
--- a/backend/app/core/security.py
+++ b/backend/app/core/security.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
-from jose import jwt
+import jwt
 from passlib.context import CryptContext
 from app.core.config import get_settings
 
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index e93f7e9..20286ee 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ alembic==1.16.5
 pydantic==2.11.7
 pydantic-settings==2.11.0
 email-validator==2.2.0
-python-jose[cryptography]==3.5.0
+PyJWT==2.11.0
 passlib[argon2]==1.7.4
 cryptography==46.0.5
 python-multipart==0.0.22
-ecdsa==0.19.1