diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0865114a..3c4eea46 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
   ],
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
-    "next": "^12.0.7",
-    "next-auth": "latest",
+    "next": "^12.0.8",
+    "next-auth": "0.0.0-pr.3657.56c042d8",
     "nodemailer": "^6.6.3",
     "react": "^17.0.2",
     "react-dom": "^17.0.2"
diff --git a/pages/_middleware.js b/pages/_middleware.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 44344bd7..00000000
--- a/pages/_middleware.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import { getToken } from "next-auth/jwt"
-import { NextResponse } from "next/server"
-
-/** @param {import("next/server").NextRequest} req */
-export async function middleware(req) {
-  if (req.nextUrl.pathname === "/middleware-protected") {
-    const session = await getToken({
-      req,
-      secret: process.env.SECRET,
-      secureCookie:
-        process.env.NEXTAUTH_URL?.startsWith("https://") ??
-        !!process.env.VERCEL_URL,
-    })
-    // You could also check for any property on the session object,
-    // like role === "admin" or name === "John Doe", etc.
-    if (!session) return NextResponse.redirect("/api/auth/signin")
-    // If user is authenticated, continue.
-  }
-}
diff --git a/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js b/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js
index 693c0bc4..2558f59d 100644
--- a/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js
+++ b/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export default NextAuth({
   // The secret should be set to a reasonably long random string.
   // It is used to sign cookies and to sign and encrypt JSON Web Tokens, unless
   // a separate secret is defined explicitly for encrypting the JWT.
-  secret: process.env.SECRET,
+  secret: process.env.NEXTAUTH_SECRET,
 
   session: {
     // Use JSON Web Tokens for session instead of database sessions.
diff --git a/pages/middleware-protected/_middleware.js b/pages/middleware-protected/_middleware.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a370c2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/middleware-protected/_middleware.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from "next-auth/middleware"
diff --git a/pages/middleware-protected.js b/pages/middleware-protected/index.js
similarity index 73%
rename from pages/middleware-protected.js
rename to pages/middleware-protected/index.js
index cf4f645b..78b761f4 100644
--- a/pages/middleware-protected.js
+++ b/pages/middleware-protected/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import Layout from "../components/layout"
+import Layout from "../../components/layout"
 
 export default function Page() {
   return (