diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 50577ece53..ecd7f725a6 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export interface RouterOptions {
   config: Config;
   discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery;
   tokenManager: TokenManager;
+  tokenKeyAlgorithm?: string;
   providerFactories?: ProviderFactories;
 }
 
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ export async function createRouter(
     discovery,
     database,
     tokenManager,
+    tokenKeyAlgorithm,
     providerFactories,
   } = options;
   const router = Router();
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ export async function createRouter(
     keyStore,
     keyDurationSeconds,
     logger: logger.child({ component: 'token-factory' }),
+    algorithm: tokenKeyAlgorithm,
   });
   const catalogApi = new CatalogClient({ discoveryApi: discovery });