diff --git a/.changeset/slimy-ties-approve.md b/.changeset/slimy-ties-approve.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5bc0c276b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/slimy-ties-approve.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+'@clerk/clerk-sdk-node': major
+'@clerk/backend': major
+'@clerk/nextjs': major
+---
+
+Changes in exports of `@clerk/backend`:
+- Expose the following helpers and enums from `@clerk/backend/jwt`:
+    ```typescript
+        import { 
+            decodeJwt,
+            hasValidSignature,
+            signJwt,
+            verifyJwt } from '@clerk/backend/jwt';
+    ```
+- Drop the above exports from the top-level api:
+    ```typescript
+    // Before
+    import { decodeJwt, ... } from '@clerk/backend';
+    // After
+    import { decodeJwt, ... } from '@clerk/backend/jwt';
+    ```
+    Dropping those exports results in also dropping the exports from `gatsby-plugin-clerk`, `@clerk/clerk-sdk-node`, `@clerk/backend`, `@clerk/fastify`, `@clerk/nextjs`, `@clerk/remix` packages.
diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index 3d14a27ae8d..97cf6d5e287 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@
         "default": "./dist/internal.js"
       }
     },
+    "./jwt": {
+      "import": {
+        "types": "./dist/jwt/index.d.ts",
+        "default": "./dist/jwt/index.mjs"
+      },
+      "require": {
+        "types": "./dist/jwt/index.d.ts",
+        "default": "./dist/jwt/index.js"
+      }
+    },
     "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/__tests__/exports.test.ts b/packages/backend/src/__tests__/exports.test.ts
index 3b21dc4e0c6..218ca170fe9 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/__tests__/exports.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/__tests__/exports.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type QUnit from 'qunit';
 import * as errorExports from '../errors';
 import * as publicExports from '../index';
 import * as internalExports from '../internal';
+import * as jwtExports from '../jwt';
 
 export default (QUnit: QUnit) => {
   const { module, test } = QUnit;
@@ -33,10 +34,6 @@ export default (QUnit: QUnit) => {
         'User',
         'Verification',
         'createClerkClient',
-        'decodeJwt',
-        'hasValidSignature',
-        'signJwt',
-        'verifyJwt',
         'verifyToken',
       ];
       assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(publicExports).sort(), exportedApiKeys);
@@ -74,4 +71,11 @@ export default (QUnit: QUnit) => {
       assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(internalExports).sort(), exportedApiKeys);
     });
   });
+
+  module('subpath /jwt exports', () => {
+    test('should not include a breaking change', assert => {
+      const exportedApiKeys = ['decodeJwt', 'hasValidSignature', 'signJwt', 'verifyJwt'];
+      assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(jwtExports).sort(), exportedApiKeys);
+    });
+  });
 };
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/fixtures.ts b/packages/backend/src/fixtures/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/backend/src/tokens/fixtures.ts
rename to packages/backend/src/fixtures/index.ts
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/index.ts
index d9bf992bc8f..6247e2ae826 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import type { CreateAuthenticateRequestOptions } from './tokens/factory';
 import { createAuthenticateRequest } from './tokens/factory';
 
 export * from './api/resources';
-export * from './tokens/jwt';
-export * from './tokens/verify';
+export type { VerifyTokenOptions } from './tokens/verify';
+export { verifyToken } from './tokens/verify';
 
 export type ClerkOptions = CreateBackendApiOptions &
   Partial<
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/__tests__/assertions.test.ts b/packages/backend/src/jwt/__tests__/assertions.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/__tests__/assertions.test.ts
rename to packages/backend/src/jwt/__tests__/assertions.test.ts
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/__tests__/cryptoKeys.test.ts b/packages/backend/src/jwt/__tests__/cryptoKeys.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/__tests__/cryptoKeys.test.ts
rename to packages/backend/src/jwt/__tests__/cryptoKeys.test.ts
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/__tests__/signJwt.test.ts b/packages/backend/src/jwt/__tests__/signJwt.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/__tests__/signJwt.test.ts
rename to packages/backend/src/jwt/__tests__/signJwt.test.ts
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/__tests__/verifyJwt.test.ts b/packages/backend/src/jwt/__tests__/verifyJwt.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/__tests__/verifyJwt.test.ts
rename to packages/backend/src/jwt/__tests__/verifyJwt.test.ts
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/algorithms.ts b/packages/backend/src/jwt/algorithms.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/algorithms.ts
rename to packages/backend/src/jwt/algorithms.ts
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/assertions.ts b/packages/backend/src/jwt/assertions.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/assertions.ts
rename to packages/backend/src/jwt/assertions.ts
index 4417597895c..f91e9b2636f 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/assertions.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/jwt/assertions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { TokenVerificationError, TokenVerificationErrorAction, TokenVerificationErrorReason } from '../../errors';
+import { TokenVerificationError, TokenVerificationErrorAction, TokenVerificationErrorReason } from '../errors';
 import { algs } from './algorithms';
 
 export type IssuerResolver = string | ((iss: string) => boolean);
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/cryptoKeys.ts b/packages/backend/src/jwt/cryptoKeys.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/cryptoKeys.ts
rename to packages/backend/src/jwt/cryptoKeys.ts
index ae4e3caa1be..fa4200f6c44 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/cryptoKeys.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/jwt/cryptoKeys.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { isomorphicAtob } from '@clerk/shared/isomorphicAtob';
 
-import runtime from '../../runtime';
+import runtime from '../runtime';
 
 // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/importKey#pkcs_8_import
 function pemToBuffer(secret: string): ArrayBuffer {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/jwt/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/index.ts
rename to packages/backend/src/jwt/index.ts
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/signJwt.ts b/packages/backend/src/jwt/signJwt.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/signJwt.ts
rename to packages/backend/src/jwt/signJwt.ts
index 25d2ac08cfa..5f3d2f8ef44 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/signJwt.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/jwt/signJwt.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import runtime from '../../runtime';
-import { base64url } from '../../util/rfc4648';
+import runtime from '../runtime';
+import { base64url } from '../util/rfc4648';
 import { getCryptoAlgorithm } from './algorithms';
 import { importKey } from './cryptoKeys';
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/verifyJwt.ts b/packages/backend/src/jwt/verifyJwt.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/verifyJwt.ts
rename to packages/backend/src/jwt/verifyJwt.ts
index 4e7c89b3fbc..8e0dc3a81bb 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/tokens/jwt/verifyJwt.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/jwt/verifyJwt.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import type { Jwt, JwtPayload } from '@clerk/types';
 
-import { TokenVerificationError, TokenVerificationErrorAction, TokenVerificationErrorReason } from '../../errors';
+import { TokenVerificationError, TokenVerificationErrorAction, TokenVerificationErrorReason } from '../errors';
 // DO NOT CHANGE: Runtime needs to be imported as a default export so that we can stub its dependencies with Sinon.js
 // For more information refer to https://sinonjs.org/how-to/stub-dependency/
-import runtime from '../../runtime';
-import { base64url } from '../../util/rfc4648';
+import runtime from '../runtime';
+import { base64url } from '../util/rfc4648';
 import { getCryptoAlgorithm } from './algorithms';
 import {
   assertActivationClaim,
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/keys.test.ts b/packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/keys.test.ts
index eb60a7a2d3e..e1e161d5b5e 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/keys.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/keys.test.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ import type QUnit from 'qunit';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 
 import { TokenVerificationError, TokenVerificationErrorAction, TokenVerificationErrorReason } from '../../errors';
-import runtime from '../../runtime';
-import { jsonError, jsonOk } from '../../util/testUtils';
 import {
   mockJwks,
   mockJwtPayload,
@@ -12,7 +10,9 @@ import {
   mockPEMKey,
   mockRsaJwk,
   mockRsaJwkKid,
-} from '../fixtures';
+} from '../../fixtures';
+import runtime from '../../runtime';
+import { jsonError, jsonOk } from '../../util/testUtils';
 import { loadClerkJWKFromLocal, loadClerkJWKFromRemote } from '../keys';
 
 export default (QUnit: QUnit) => {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/request.test.ts b/packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/request.test.ts
index a2a03e9ce82..4926c43adfd 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/request.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/request.test.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ import type QUnit from 'qunit';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 
 import { TokenVerificationErrorReason } from '../../errors';
+import { mockInvalidSignatureJwt, mockJwks, mockJwt, mockJwtPayload, mockMalformedJwt } from '../../fixtures';
 import runtime from '../../runtime';
 import { jsonOk } from '../../util/testUtils';
 import { AuthErrorReason, type AuthReason, AuthStatus, type RequestState } from '../authStatus';
-import { mockInvalidSignatureJwt, mockJwks, mockJwt, mockJwtPayload, mockMalformedJwt } from '../fixtures';
 import type { AuthenticateRequestOptions } from '../request';
 import { authenticateRequest, loadOptionsFromHeaders } from '../request';
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/verify.test.ts b/packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/verify.test.ts
index 97f0d10936c..bd32177b7c9 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/verify.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/verify.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import type QUnit from 'qunit';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 
+import { mockJwks, mockJwt, mockJwtPayload } from '../../fixtures';
 import runtime from '../../runtime';
 import { jsonOk } from '../../util/testUtils';
-import { mockJwks, mockJwt, mockJwtPayload } from '../fixtures';
 import { verifyToken } from '../verify';
 
 export default (QUnit: QUnit) => {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/handshake.ts b/packages/backend/src/tokens/handshake.ts
index fb993ce6ffd..1dfd8b41bb9 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/tokens/handshake.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/tokens/handshake.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { TokenVerificationError, TokenVerificationErrorAction, TokenVerificationErrorReason } from '../errors';
-import { decodeJwt, hasValidSignature, type VerifyJwtOptions } from './jwt';
-import { assertHeaderAlgorithm, assertHeaderType } from './jwt/assertions';
+import type { VerifyJwtOptions } from '../jwt';
+import { decodeJwt, hasValidSignature } from '../jwt';
+import { assertHeaderAlgorithm, assertHeaderType } from '../jwt/assertions';
 import { loadClerkJWKFromLocal, loadClerkJWKFromRemote } from './keys';
 import type { VerifyTokenOptions } from './verify';
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/request.ts b/packages/backend/src/tokens/request.ts
index a6596986133..1dd70b259be 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/tokens/request.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/tokens/request.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import type { JwtPayload } from '@clerk/types';
 import { constants } from '../constants';
 import type { TokenCarrier } from '../errors';
 import { TokenVerificationError, TokenVerificationErrorReason } from '../errors';
+import { decodeJwt } from '../jwt';
 import { assertValidSecretKey } from '../util/assertValidSecretKey';
 import { buildRequest, stripAuthorizationHeader } from '../util/IsomorphicRequest';
 import { isDevelopmentFromSecretKey } from '../util/shared';
 import type { AuthStatusOptionsType, RequestState } from './authStatus';
 import { AuthErrorReason, handshake, signedIn, signedOut } from './authStatus';
 import { verifyHandshakeToken } from './handshake';
-import { decodeJwt } from './jwt';
 import { verifyToken, type VerifyTokenOptions } from './verify';
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/verify.ts b/packages/backend/src/tokens/verify.ts
index ae31cce8abb..90d1d716cc0 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/tokens/verify.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/tokens/verify.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import type { JwtPayload } from '@clerk/types';
 
 import { TokenVerificationError, TokenVerificationErrorAction, TokenVerificationErrorReason } from '../errors';
-import type { VerifyJwtOptions } from './jwt';
-import { decodeJwt, verifyJwt } from './jwt';
+import type { VerifyJwtOptions } from '../jwt';
+import { decodeJwt, verifyJwt } from '../jwt';
 import type { LoadClerkJWKFromRemoteOptions } from './keys';
 import { loadClerkJWKFromLocal, loadClerkJWKFromRemote } from './keys';
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/tests/suites.ts b/packages/backend/tests/suites.ts
index 40a7dfd84b8..cbb96ac9db2 100644
--- a/packages/backend/tests/suites.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/tests/suites.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 // Import all suites
 // TODO: Automate this step using dynamic imports
 
-import authObjectsTest from './dist/tokens/__tests__/authObjects.test.js';
-import cryptoKeysTest from './dist/tokens/jwt/__tests__/cryptoKeys.test.js';
 import exportsTest from './dist/__tests__/exports.test.js';
+import redirectTest from './dist/__tests__/redirections.test.js';
+import utilsTest from './dist/__tests__/utils.test.js';
 import factoryTest from './dist/api/__tests__/factory.test.js';
-import jwtAssertionsTest from './dist/tokens/jwt/__tests__/assertions.test.js';
+import jwtAssertionsTest from './dist/jwt/__tests__/assertions.test.js';
+import cryptoKeysTest from './dist/jwt/__tests__/cryptoKeys.test.js';
+import signJwtTest from './dist/jwt/__tests__/signJwt.test.js';
+import verifyJwtTest from './dist/jwt/__tests__/verifyJwt.test.js';
+import authObjectsTest from './dist/tokens/__tests__/authObjects.test.js';
+import tokenFactoryTest from './dist/tokens/__tests__/factory.test.js';
 import keysTest from './dist/tokens/__tests__/keys.test.js';
-import pathTest from './dist/util/__tests__/path.test.js';
-import redirectTest from './dist/__tests__/redirections.test.js';
 import requestTest from './dist/tokens/__tests__/request.test.js';
-import signJwtTest from './dist/tokens/jwt/__tests__/signJwt.test.js';
-import tokenFactoryTest from './dist/tokens/__tests__/factory.test.js';
-import utilRequestTest from './dist/util/__tests__/request.test.js';
-import utilsTest from './dist/__tests__/utils.test.js';
-import verifyJwtTest from './dist/tokens/jwt/__tests__/verifyJwt.test.js';
 import verifyTest from './dist/tokens/__tests__/verify.test.js';
+import pathTest from './dist/util/__tests__/path.test.js';
+import utilRequestTest from './dist/util/__tests__/request.test.js';
 
 // Add them to the suite array
 const suites = [
diff --git a/packages/backend/tsup.config.ts b/packages/backend/tsup.config.ts
index c01a478fc84..ff644ffe2f3 100644
--- a/packages/backend/tsup.config.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/tsup.config.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export default defineConfig(overrideOptions => {
   const shouldPublish = !!overrideOptions.env?.publish;
 
   const common: Options = {
-    entry: ['src/index.ts', 'src/errors.ts', 'src/internal.ts'],
+    entry: ['src/index.ts', 'src/errors.ts', 'src/internal.ts', 'src/jwt/index.ts'],
     onSuccess: `cpy 'src/runtime/**/*.{mjs,js,cjs}' dist/runtime`,
     sourcemap: true,
     define: {
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/server/getAuth.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/server/getAuth.ts
index 63b7d351da2..9f372fde0ce 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/server/getAuth.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/server/getAuth.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import type { Organization, Session, User } from '@clerk/backend';
-import { decodeJwt } from '@clerk/backend';
 import type { SignedInAuthObject, SignedOutAuthObject } from '@clerk/backend/internal';
 import {
   AuthStatus,
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   signedInAuthObject,
   signedOutAuthObject,
 } from '@clerk/backend/internal';
+import { decodeJwt } from '@clerk/backend/jwt';
 
 import { withLogger } from '../utils/debugLogger';
 import { API_URL, API_VERSION, SECRET_KEY } from './constants';
diff --git a/packages/sdk-node/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/exports.test.ts.snap b/packages/sdk-node/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/exports.test.ts.snap
index 5a123110874..fc8b0ee9659 100644
--- a/packages/sdk-node/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/exports.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/sdk-node/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/exports.test.ts.snap
@@ -30,11 +30,7 @@ exports[`module exports should not change unless explicitly set 1`] = `
   "createClerkClient",
   "createClerkExpressRequireAuth",
   "createClerkExpressWithAuth",
-  "decodeJwt",
-  "hasValidSignature",
   "requireAuth",
-  "signJwt",
-  "verifyJwt",
   "verifyToken",
   "withAuth",
 ]