diff --git a/auth/jwt/README.md b/auth/jwt/README.md
index 97a372050..58b7d912b 100644
--- a/auth/jwt/README.md
+++ b/auth/jwt/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ will be added to the context via the `jwt.JWTClaimsContextKey`.
 
 ```go
 import (
-	stdjwt "github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
+	stdjwt "github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4"
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/auth/jwt"
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/endpoint"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ the token string and add it to the context via the `jwt.JWTContextKey`.
 
 ```go
 import (
-	stdjwt "github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
+	stdjwt "github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4"
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/auth/jwt"
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/endpoint"
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Example of use in a client:
 
 ```go
 import (
-	stdjwt "github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
+	stdjwt "github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4"
 
 	grpctransport "github.com/go-kit/kit/transport/grpc"
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/auth/jwt"
diff --git a/auth/jwt/middleware.go b/auth/jwt/middleware.go
index b1c75a6d6..b7c89ceb8 100644
--- a/auth/jwt/middleware.go
+++ b/auth/jwt/middleware.go
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 
-	jwt "github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
-
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/endpoint"
+	"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4"
 )
 
 type contextKey string
diff --git a/auth/jwt/middleware_test.go b/auth/jwt/middleware_test.go
index fc7032f1e..32538c1a1 100644
--- a/auth/jwt/middleware_test.go
+++ b/auth/jwt/middleware_test.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 
 	"crypto/subtle"
 
-	jwt "github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/endpoint"
+	"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4"
 )
 
 type customClaims struct {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 473e73bd4..9bf43e046 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/clbanning/x2j v0.0.0-20191024224557-825249438eec // indirect
 	github.com/codahale/hdrhistogram v0.0.0-20161010025455-3a0bb77429bd // indirect
-	github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible
 	github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/franela/goblin v0.0.0-20200105215937-c9ffbefa60db // indirect
 	github.com/franela/goreq v0.0.0-20171204163338-bcd34c9993f8 // indirect
 	github.com/go-kit/log v0.1.0
 	github.com/go-zookeeper/zk v1.0.2
+	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.0.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.8.1
 	github.com/hudl/fargo v1.3.0
 	github.com/influxdata/influxdb1-client v0.0.0-20200827194710-b269163b24ab
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7f238d2c4..d1345a602 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.3.2/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSV
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible h1:7qlOGliEKZXTDg6OTjfoBKDXWrumCAMpl/TFQ4/5kLM=
-github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:E3ru+11k8xSBh+hMPgOLZmtrrCbhqsmaPHjLKYnJCaQ=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0/go.mod h1:HtrtbFcZ19U5GC7JDqmcUSB87Iq5E25KnS6fMYU6eOk=
 github.com/eapache/go-resiliency v1.1.0/go.mod h1:kFI+JgMyC7bLPUVY133qvEBtVayf5mFgVsvEsIPBvNs=
 github.com/eapache/go-xerial-snappy v0.0.0-20180814174437-776d5712da21/go.mod h1:+020luEh2TKB4/GOp8oxxtq0Daoen/Cii55CzbTV6DU=
@@ -93,6 +91,8 @@ github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5x
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.1.1/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:P1XiOD3dCwIKUDQYPy72D8LYyHL2YPYrpS2s69NZV8Q=
+github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.0.0 h1:RAqyYixv1p7uEnocuy8P1nru5wprCh/MH2BIlW5z5/o=
+github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.0.0/go.mod h1:/xlHOz8bRuivTWchD4jCa+NbatV+wEUSzwAxVc6locg=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20200121045136-8c9f03a8e57e h1:1r7pUrabqp18hOBcwBwiTsbnFeTZHV9eER/QT5JVZxY=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20200121045136-8c9f03a8e57e/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=