diff --git a/extensions/authentication-jwt/src/__tests__/acceptance/jwt.component.test.ts b/extensions/authentication-jwt/src/__tests__/acceptance/jwt.component.test.ts
index 5f8dff1d526d..255d807fde42 100644
--- a/extensions/authentication-jwt/src/__tests__/acceptance/jwt.component.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/authentication-jwt/src/__tests__/acceptance/jwt.component.test.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ import {
 } from '@loopback/testlab';
 import {genSalt, hash} from 'bcryptjs';
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
-import {TestApplication} from '../fixtures/application';
+import {UserServiceBindings} from '../..';
 import {UserRepository} from '../../repositories';
+import {TestApplication} from '../fixtures/application';
 
 describe('jwt authentication', () => {
   let app: TestApplication;
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ describe('jwt authentication', () => {
     });
 
     await app.boot();
-    userRepo = await app.get('repositories.UserRepository');
+    userRepo = await app.get(UserServiceBindings.USER_REPOSITORY_NAME);
     await createUsers();
     await app.start();
   }
diff --git a/extensions/authentication-jwt/src/jwt-authentication-component.ts b/extensions/authentication-jwt/src/jwt-authentication-component.ts
index 7e15fbebaec8..1ee3c5fc86a5 100644
--- a/extensions/authentication-jwt/src/jwt-authentication-component.ts
+++ b/extensions/authentication-jwt/src/jwt-authentication-component.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ export class JWTAuthenticationComponent implements Component {
 
     // user bindings
     Binding.bind(UserServiceBindings.USER_SERVICE).toClass(MyUserService),
-    Binding.bind('repositories.UserRepository').toClass(UserRepository),
-    Binding.bind('repositories.UserCredentialsRepository').toClass(
+    Binding.bind(UserServiceBindings.USER_REPOSITORY_NAME).toClass(
+      UserRepository,
+    ),
+    Binding.bind(UserServiceBindings.USER_CREDENTIALS_REPOSITORY_NAME).toClass(
       UserCredentialsRepository,
     ),
   ];
diff --git a/extensions/authentication-jwt/src/keys.ts b/extensions/authentication-jwt/src/keys.ts
index e70fd226f96e..96d6793751f5 100644
--- a/extensions/authentication-jwt/src/keys.ts
+++ b/extensions/authentication-jwt/src/keys.ts
@@ -25,4 +25,7 @@ export namespace UserServiceBindings {
     'services.user.service',
   );
   export const DATASOURCE_NAME = 'jwtdb';
+  export const USER_REPOSITORY_NAME = 'repositories.UserRepository';
+  export const USER_CREDENTIALS_REPOSITORY_NAME =
+    'repositories.UserCredentialsRepository';
 }