diff --git a/.changeset/late-cooks-collect.md b/.changeset/late-cooks-collect.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a845151cc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/late-cooks-collect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+---
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/constants.ts b/packages/backend/src/constants.ts
index da79802049..ce7a8d7c5c 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/constants.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export const API_VERSION = 'v1';
 // TODO: Get information from package.json or define them from ESBuild
 export const USER_AGENT = `@clerk/backend`;
 export const MAX_CACHE_LAST_UPDATED_AT_SECONDS = 5 * 60;
+export const JWKS_CACHE_TTL_MS = 1000 * 60 * 60;
 
 const Attributes = {
   AuthStatus: '__clerkAuthStatus',
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/keys.ts b/packages/backend/src/tokens/keys.ts
index a2f4ebb4a2..175c956271 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/tokens/keys.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/tokens/keys.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { API_URL, API_VERSION, MAX_CACHE_LAST_UPDATED_AT_SECONDS } from '../constants';
+import { API_URL, API_VERSION, JWKS_CACHE_TTL_MS, MAX_CACHE_LAST_UPDATED_AT_SECONDS } from '../constants';
 // DO NOT CHANGE: Runtime needs to be imported as a default export so that we can stub its dependencies with Sinon.js
 // For more information refer to https://sinonjs.org/how-to/stub-dependency/
 import runtime from '../runtime';
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ function getCacheValues() {
   return Object.values(cache);
 }
 
-function setInCache(
-  jwk: JsonWebKeyWithKid,
-  jwksCacheTtlInMs: number = 1000 * 60 * 60, // 1 hour
-) {
+function setInCache(jwk: JsonWebKeyWithKid, jwksCacheTtlInMs: number) {
   cache[jwk.kid] = jwk;
   lastUpdatedAt = Date.now();
 
@@ -128,7 +125,7 @@ export async function loadClerkJWKFromRemote({
   apiVersion = API_VERSION,
   issuer,
   kid,
-  jwksCacheTtlInMs = 1000 * 60 * 60, // 1 hour,
+  jwksCacheTtlInMs = JWKS_CACHE_TTL_MS,
   skipJwksCache,
 }: LoadClerkJWKFromRemoteOptions): Promise<JsonWebKey> {
   const shouldRefreshCache = !getFromCache(kid) && reachedMaxCacheUpdatedAt();