diff --git a/lms/envs/devstack.py b/lms/envs/devstack.py
index 8db40e8bd2..8b436ac3f7 100644
--- a/lms/envs/devstack.py
+++ b/lms/envs/devstack.py
@@ -235,9 +235,8 @@ LOGIN_REDIRECT_WHITELIST = []
 JWT_AUTH.update({
     'JWT_ISSUER': OAUTH_OIDC_ISSUER,
     'JWT_AUDIENCE': 'lms-key',
-
     'JWT_SECRET_KEY': 'lms-secret',
-
+    'JWT_SIGNING_ALGORITHM': 'RS512',
     'JWT_PRIVATE_SIGNING_JWK': (
         '{"e": "AQAB", "d": "RQ6k4NpRU3RB2lhwCbQ452W86bMMQiPsa7EJiFJUg-qBJthN0FMNQVbArtrCQ0xA1BdnQHThFiUnHcXfsTZUwmwvTu'
         'iqEGR_MI6aI7h5D8vRj_5x-pxOz-0MCB8TY8dcuK9FkljmgtYvV9flVzCk_uUb3ZJIBVyIW8En7n7nV7JXpS9zey1yVLld2AbRG6W5--Pgqr9J'