diff --git a/.changeset/spotty-pears-fold.md b/.changeset/spotty-pears-fold.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e878b3c3f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/spotty-pears-fold.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/backend': minor
+---
+
+Expose token verification error types to the user, to enable more granular error handling when manually verifying tokens with Clerk.
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/tokens/index.ts
index 45963f9f6c5..d2a3cbf3c7f 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/tokens/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/tokens/index.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ export * from './errors';
 export * from './factory';
 export { loadInterstitialFromLocal } from './interstitial';
 export { debugRequestState } from './request';
-export type { AuthenticateRequestOptions, OptionalVerifyTokenOptions } from './request';
+export type { AuthenticateRequestOptions, OptionalVerifyTokenOptions, RequiredVerifyTokenOptions } from './request';