diff --git a/authenticating-users/main.py b/authenticating-users/main.py
index 9f4b9504..bae55a76 100644
--- a/authenticating-users/main.py
+++ b/authenticating-users/main.py
@@ -18,28 +18,9 @@
 from flask import Flask
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
-CERTS = None
 AUDIENCE = None
 
 
-# [START getting_started_auth_certs]
-def certs():
-    """Returns a dictionary of current Google public key certificates for
-    validating Google-signed JWTs. Since these change rarely, the result
-    is cached on first request for faster subsequent responses.
-    """
-    import requests
-
-    global CERTS
-    if CERTS is None:
-        response = requests.get(
-            'https://www.gstatic.com/iap/verify/public_key'
-        )
-        CERTS = response.json()
-    return CERTS
-# [END getting_started_auth_certs]
-
-
 # [START getting_started_auth_metadata]
 def get_metadata(item_name):
     """Returns a string with the project metadata value for the item_name.
@@ -78,21 +59,23 @@ def audience():
 
 
 # [START getting_started_auth_validate_assertion]
-def validate_assertion(assertion):
+def validate_iap_jwt(iap_jwt) -> tuple[str, str]:
     """Checks that the JWT assertion is valid (properly signed, for the
     correct audience) and if so, returns strings for the requesting user's
     email and a persistent user ID. If not valid, returns None for each field.
+
     """
-    from jose import jwt
+    from google.auth.transport import requests as google_auth_requests
+    from google.oauth2 import id_token
 
     try:
-        info = jwt.decode(
-            assertion,
-            certs(),
-            algorithms=['ES256'],
-            audience=audience()
-            )
-        return info['email'], info['sub']
+        decoded_jwt = id_token.verify_token(
+            iap_jwt,
+            google_auth_requests.Request(),
+            audience=audience(),
+            certs_url="https://www.gstatic.com/iap/verify/public_key",
+        )
+        return decoded_jwt["email"], decoded_jwt["sub"]
     except Exception as e:
         print('Failed to validate assertion: {}'.format(e), file=sys.stderr)
         return None, None
@@ -105,7 +88,7 @@ def say_hello():
     from flask import request
 
     assertion = request.headers.get('X-Goog-IAP-JWT-Assertion')
-    email, id = validate_assertion(assertion)
+    email, id = validate_iap_jwt(assertion)
     page = "<h1>Hello {}</h1>".format(email)
     return page
 # [END getting_started_auth_front_controller]
diff --git a/authenticating-users/main_test.py b/authenticating-users/main_test.py
index 38b934b6..efbc263a 100644
--- a/authenticating-users/main_test.py
+++ b/authenticating-users/main_test.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def fake_validate(assertion):
         return None, None
 
 
-main.validate_assertion = fake_validate
+main.validate_iap_jwt = fake_validate
 
 
 def test_home_page():
diff --git a/authenticating-users/requirements.txt b/authenticating-users/requirements.txt
index 0d4a3c36..5c366946 100644
--- a/authenticating-users/requirements.txt
+++ b/authenticating-users/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # [START getting_started_requirements]
 Flask==2.2.5
 cryptography==41.0.2
-python-jose[cryptography]==3.3.0
+google-auth~=2.19.1
+google-cloud-iam~=2.3.0
 requests==2.31.0
 # [END getting_started_requirements]