diff --git a/packages/backend-for-frontend/src/services/authorizationService.ts b/packages/backend-for-frontend/src/services/authorizationService.ts
index 7edca0cd2c..ee808d642a 100644
--- a/packages/backend-for-frontend/src/services/authorizationService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-for-frontend/src/services/authorizationService.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   decodeJwtToken,
   userRoles,
   verifyJwtToken,
+  getJwksClient,
 } from "pagopa-interop-commons";
 import { TenantId, genericError, unsafeBrandId } from "pagopa-interop-models";
 import { config } from "../config/config.js";
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ export function authorizationServiceBuilder(
   allowList: string[],
   rateLimiter: RateLimiter
 ) {
+  const jwksClients = getJwksClient();
+
   const readJwt = async (
     identityToken: string,
     logger: Logger
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ export function authorizationServiceBuilder(
     sessionClaims: SessionClaims;
     selfcareId: string;
   }> => {
-    const verified = await verifyJwtToken(identityToken, logger);
+    const verified = await verifyJwtToken(identityToken, jwksClients, logger);
     if (!verified) {
       throw tokenVerificationFailed();
     }
diff --git a/packages/commons/src/auth/authenticationMiddleware.ts b/packages/commons/src/auth/authenticationMiddleware.ts
index 14d222ec20..e1dd31552f 100644
--- a/packages/commons/src/auth/authenticationMiddleware.ts
+++ b/packages/commons/src/auth/authenticationMiddleware.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   unauthorizedError,
 } from "pagopa-interop-models";
 import { P, match } from "ts-pattern";
-import { ExpressContext } from "../index.js";
+import { ExpressContext, getJwksClient } from "../index.js";
 import { Logger, logger } from "../logging/index.js";
 import { AuthData } from "./authData.js";
 import { Headers } from "./headers.js";
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ const makeApiProblem = makeApiProblemBuilder({});
 export const authenticationMiddleware: ZodiosRouterContextRequestHandler<
   ExpressContext
 > = async (req, res, next): Promise<unknown> => {
+  const jwksClients = getJwksClient();
+
   const addCtxAuthData = async (
     authHeader: string,
     logger: Logger
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ export const authenticationMiddleware: ZodiosRouterContextRequestHandler<
     }
 
     const jwtToken = authorizationHeader[1];
-    const valid = await verifyJwtToken(jwtToken, logger);
+    const valid = await verifyJwtToken(jwtToken, jwksClients, logger);
     if (!valid) {
       throw unauthorizedError("Invalid token");
     }
diff --git a/packages/commons/src/auth/jwk.ts b/packages/commons/src/auth/jwk.ts
index a59bdb12b9..22890675e4 100644
--- a/packages/commons/src/auth/jwk.ts
+++ b/packages/commons/src/auth/jwk.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import {
   notAllowedCertificateException,
   notAllowedPrivateKeyException,
 } from "pagopa-interop-models";
+import jwksClient, { JwksClient } from "jwks-rsa";
+import { JWTConfig } from "../config/index.js";
 
 export const decodeBase64ToPem = (base64String: string): string => {
   try {
@@ -64,3 +66,17 @@ export function sortJWK(jwk: JsonWebKey): JsonWebKey {
       {}
     );
 }
+
+export function getJwksClient(): JwksClient[] {
+  const config = JWTConfig.parse(process.env);
+  return config.wellKnownUrls.map((url) =>
+    jwksClient({
+      cache: true,
+      cacheMaxEntries: 5,
+      timeout: 30000,
+      cacheMaxAge: 600000, // 10 minutes
+      jwksRequestsPerMinute: 10,
+      jwksUri: url,
+    })
+  );
+}
diff --git a/packages/commons/src/auth/jwt.ts b/packages/commons/src/auth/jwt.ts
index 6d247dd85d..a188254298 100644
--- a/packages/commons/src/auth/jwt.ts
+++ b/packages/commons/src/auth/jwt.ts
@@ -61,30 +61,26 @@ const getKey = async (
 
 export const verifyJwtToken = async (
   jwtToken: string,
+  jwksClients: jwksClient.JwksClient[],
   logger: Logger
 ): Promise<boolean> => {
-  const config = JWTConfig.parse(process.env);
-  const clients = config.wellKnownUrls.map((url) =>
-    jwksClient({
-      jwksUri: url,
-    })
-  );
-
   try {
+    const { acceptedAudiences } = JWTConfig.parse(process.env);
+
     const jwtHeader = decodeJwtTokenHeaders(jwtToken, logger);
     if (!jwtHeader?.kid) {
       logger.warn("Token verification failed: missing kid");
       return Promise.reject(false);
     }
 
-    const secret: Secret = await getKey(clients, jwtHeader.kid, logger);
+    const secret: Secret = await getKey(jwksClients, jwtHeader.kid, logger);
 
     return new Promise((resolve, _reject) => {
       jwt.verify(
         jwtToken,
         secret,
         {
-          audience: config.acceptedAudiences,
+          audience: acceptedAudiences,
         },
         function (err, _decoded) {
           if (err) {