diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c330d08c..b83689127 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Fixed
+- Use InMemory::plainText('empty', 'empty') instead of InMemory::plainText('') to avoid [new empty string exception](https://github.com/lcobucci/jwt/pull/833) thrown by lcobucci/jwt (PR #1282)
 
 ## [8.3.4] - released 2022-04-07
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/src/AuthorizationValidators/BearerTokenValidator.php b/src/AuthorizationValidators/BearerTokenValidator.php
index e41e1a2b7..3c16f6850 100644
--- a/src/AuthorizationValidators/BearerTokenValidator.php
+++ b/src/AuthorizationValidators/BearerTokenValidator.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ private function initJwtConfiguration()
     {
         $this->jwtConfiguration = Configuration::forSymmetricSigner(
             new Sha256(),
-            InMemory::plainText('')
+            InMemory::plainText('empty', 'empty')
         );
 
         $this->jwtConfiguration->setValidationConstraints(
diff --git a/src/Entities/Traits/AccessTokenTrait.php b/src/Entities/Traits/AccessTokenTrait.php
index 5caf9533d..81b634397 100644
--- a/src/Entities/Traits/AccessTokenTrait.php
+++ b/src/Entities/Traits/AccessTokenTrait.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public function initJwtConfiguration()
         $this->jwtConfiguration = Configuration::forAsymmetricSigner(
             new Sha256(),
             InMemory::plainText($this->privateKey->getKeyContents(), $this->privateKey->getPassPhrase() ?? ''),
-            InMemory::plainText('')
+            InMemory::plainText('empty', 'empty')
         );
     }