diff --git a/api/app/settings/common.py b/api/app/settings/common.py
index fd1815c9dff4..2b87642c4937 100644
--- a/api/app/settings/common.py
+++ b/api/app/settings/common.py
@@ -817,7 +817,13 @@
 }
 SIMPLE_JWT = {
     "AUTH_TOKEN_CLASSES": ["rest_framework_simplejwt.tokens.SlidingToken"],
-    "SLIDING_TOKEN_LIFETIME": timedelta(hours=10),
+    "SLIDING_TOKEN_LIFETIME": timedelta(
+        minutes=env.int(
+            "COOKIE_AUTH_JWT_ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFETIME_MINUTES",
+            default=10 * 60,
+        )
+    ),
+    "SIGNING_KEY": env.str("COOKIE_AUTH_JWT_SIGNING_KEY", default=SECRET_KEY),
 }
 
 # Github OAuth credentials