diff --git a/iap/pom.xml b/iap/pom.xml
index 2560c8997d3..efe7b1a40f8 100644
--- a/iap/pom.xml
+++ b/iap/pom.xml
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@
       <artifactId>google-auth-library-oauth2-http</artifactId>
       <version>0.21.0</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.nimbusds</groupId>
-      <artifactId>nimbus-jose-jwt</artifactId>
-      <version>8.19</version>
-    </dependency>
     <!-- [END dependencies] -->
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
diff --git a/iap/src/main/java/com/example/iap/VerifyIapRequestHeader.java b/iap/src/main/java/com/example/iap/VerifyIapRequestHeader.java
index 61503264456..5f894187cd9 100644
--- a/iap/src/main/java/com/example/iap/VerifyIapRequestHeader.java
+++ b/iap/src/main/java/com/example/iap/VerifyIapRequestHeader.java
@@ -18,53 +18,14 @@
 // [START iap_validate_jwt]
 
 import com.google.api.client.http.HttpRequest;
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
-import com.nimbusds.jose.JWSHeader;
-import com.nimbusds.jose.JWSVerifier;
-import com.nimbusds.jose.crypto.ECDSAVerifier;
-import com.nimbusds.jose.jwk.ECKey;
-import com.nimbusds.jose.jwk.JWK;
-import com.nimbusds.jose.jwk.JWKSet;
-import com.nimbusds.jwt.JWTClaimsSet;
-import com.nimbusds.jwt.SignedJWT;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.security.interfaces.ECPublicKey;
-import java.time.Clock;
-import java.time.Instant;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
+import com.google.api.client.json.webtoken.JsonWebToken;
+import com.google.auth.oauth2.TokenVerifier;
 
 /** Verify IAP authorization JWT token in incoming request. */
 public class VerifyIapRequestHeader {
 
-  private static final String PUBLIC_KEY_VERIFICATION_URL =
-      "https://www.gstatic.com/iap/verify/public_key-jwk";
-
   private static final String IAP_ISSUER_URL = "https://cloud.google.com/iap";
 
-  // using a simple cache with no eviction for this sample
-  private final Map<String, JWK> keyCache = new HashMap<>();
-
-  private static Clock clock = Clock.systemUTC();
-
-  private ECPublicKey getKey(String kid, String alg) throws Exception {
-    JWK jwk = keyCache.get(kid);
-    if (jwk == null) {
-      // update cache loading jwk public key data from url
-      JWKSet jwkSet = JWKSet.load(new URL(PUBLIC_KEY_VERIFICATION_URL));
-      for (JWK key : jwkSet.getKeys()) {
-        keyCache.put(key.getKeyID(), key);
-      }
-      jwk = keyCache.get(kid);
-    }
-    // confirm that algorithm matches
-    if (jwk != null && jwk.getAlgorithm().getName().equals(alg)) {
-      return ECKey.parse(jwk.toJSONString()).toECPublicKey();
-    }
-    return null;
-  }
-
   // Verify jwt tokens addressed to IAP protected resources on App Engine.
   // The project *number* for your Google Cloud project via 'gcloud projects describe $PROJECT_ID'
   // The project *number* can also be retrieved from the Project Info card in Cloud Console.
@@ -96,38 +57,21 @@ boolean verifyJwtForComputeEngine(
             Long.toUnsignedString(projectNumber), Long.toUnsignedString(backendServiceId)));
   }
 
-  private boolean verifyJwt(String jwtToken, String expectedAudience) throws Exception {
-
-    // parse signed token into header / claims
-    SignedJWT signedJwt = SignedJWT.parse(jwtToken);
-    JWSHeader jwsHeader = signedJwt.getHeader();
-
-    // header must have algorithm("alg") and "kid"
-    Preconditions.checkNotNull(jwsHeader.getAlgorithm());
-    Preconditions.checkNotNull(jwsHeader.getKeyID());
-
-    JWTClaimsSet claims = signedJwt.getJWTClaimsSet();
-
-    // claims must have audience, issuer
-    Preconditions.checkArgument(claims.getAudience().contains(expectedAudience));
-    Preconditions.checkArgument(claims.getIssuer().equals(IAP_ISSUER_URL));
-
-    // claim must have issued at time in the past
-    Date currentTime = Date.from(Instant.now(clock));
-    Preconditions.checkArgument(claims.getIssueTime().before(currentTime));
-    // claim must have expiration time in the future
-    Preconditions.checkArgument(claims.getExpirationTime().after(currentTime));
-
-    // must have subject, email
-    Preconditions.checkNotNull(claims.getSubject());
-    Preconditions.checkNotNull(claims.getClaim("email"));
-
-    // verify using public key : lookup with key id, algorithm name provided
-    ECPublicKey publicKey = getKey(jwsHeader.getKeyID(), jwsHeader.getAlgorithm().getName());
-
-    Preconditions.checkNotNull(publicKey);
-    JWSVerifier jwsVerifier = new ECDSAVerifier(publicKey);
-    return signedJwt.verify(jwsVerifier);
+  private boolean verifyJwt(String jwtToken, String expectedAudience) {
+    TokenVerifier tokenVerifier = TokenVerifier.newBuilder()
+        .setAudience(expectedAudience)
+        .setIssuer(IAP_ISSUER_URL)
+        .build();
+    try {
+      JsonWebToken jsonWebToken = tokenVerifier.verify(jwtToken);
+
+      // Verify that the token contain subject and email claims
+      JsonWebToken.Payload payload = jsonWebToken.getPayload();
+      return payload.getSubject() != null && payload.get("email") != null;
+    } catch (TokenVerifier.VerificationException e) {
+      System.out.println(e.getMessage());
+      return false;
+    }
   }
 }
 // [END iap_validate_jwt]