diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a6bff9ec9e7..d6360132a8e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.2.0
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.4.0
+	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.5.0
 	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.3.0
 	github.com/laurent22/ical-go v0.1.1-0.20181107184520-7e5d6ade8eef
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 58ee7b9d0a4..08e84f6ff97 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb v0.9.0/go.mod h1:xbL0rPBG9cCiLr28tMa8zpbdarY27N
 github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb v0.10.0 h1:QykgLZBorFE95+gO3u9esLd0BmbvpWp0/waNNZfHBM8=
 github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb v0.10.0/go.mod h1:xbL0rPBG9cCiLr28tMa8zpbdarY27NDyej4t/EjAShU=
 github.com/dgraph-io/badger v1.6.0/go.mod h1:zwt7syl517jmP8s94KqSxTlM6IMsdhYy6psNgSztDR4=
-github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible h1:7qlOGliEKZXTDg6OTjfoBKDXWrumCAMpl/TFQ4/5kLM=
 github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:E3ru+11k8xSBh+hMPgOLZmtrrCbhqsmaPHjLKYnJCaQ=
 github.com/dgryski/go-farm v0.0.0-20190423205320-6a90982ecee2/go.mod h1:SqUrOPUnsFjfmXRMNPybcSiG0BgUW2AuFH8PAnS2iTw=
 github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f h1:lO4WD4F/rVNCu3HqELle0jiPLLBs70cWOduZpkS1E78=
@@ -210,8 +209,6 @@ github.com/go-playground/locales v0.13.0/go.mod h1:taPMhCMXrRLJO55olJkUXHZBHCxTM
 github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.17.0/go.mod h1:UkSxE5sNxxRwHyU+Scu5vgOQjsIJAF8j9muTVoKLVtA=
 github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.2.0/go.mod h1:uOYAAleCW8F/7oMFd6aG0GOhaH6EGOAJShg8Id5JGkI=
 github.com/go-redis/redis/v8 v8.4.2/go.mod h1:A1tbYoHSa1fXwN+//ljcCYYJeLmVrwL9hbQN45Jdy0M=
-github.com/go-redis/redis/v8 v8.11.0 h1:O1Td0mQ8UFChQ3N9zFQqo6kTU2cJ+/it88gDB+zg0wo=
-github.com/go-redis/redis/v8 v8.11.0/go.mod h1:DLomh7y2e3ggQXQLd1YgmvIfecPJoFl7WU5SOQ/r06M=
 github.com/go-redis/redis/v8 v8.11.1 h1:Aqf/1y2eVfE9zrySM++/efzwv3mkLH7n/T96//gbo94=
 github.com/go-redis/redis/v8 v8.11.1/go.mod h1:DLomh7y2e3ggQXQLd1YgmvIfecPJoFl7WU5SOQ/r06M=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.4.1/go.mod h1:zAC/RDZ24gD3HViQzih4MyKcchzm+sOG5ZlKdlhCg5w=
@@ -232,8 +229,6 @@ github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.1.1/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7a
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.1/go.mod h1:hp+jE20tsWTFYpLwKvXlhS1hjn+gTNwPg2I6zVXpSg4=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:P1XiOD3dCwIKUDQYPy72D8LYyHL2YPYrpS2s69NZV8Q=
-github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.1+incompatible h1:73Z+4BJcrTC+KczS6WvTPvRGOp1WmfEP4Q1lOd9Z/+c=
-github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:8pz2t5EyA70fFQQSrl6XZXzqecmYZeUEB8OUGHkxJ+I=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible h1:IfV12K8xAKAnZqdXVzCZ+TOjboZ2keLg81eXfW3O+oY=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:8pz2t5EyA70fFQQSrl6XZXzqecmYZeUEB8OUGHkxJ+I=
 github.com/golang-sql/civil v0.0.0-20190719163853-cb61b32ac6fe h1:lXe2qZdvpiX5WZkZR4hgp4KJVfY3nMkvmwbVkpv1rVY=
@@ -449,8 +444,8 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.1.11/go.mod h1:i541M3Fj6f76NZtHSj7TXnyM8n2gaodfvfxNnFqi74g=
 github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.1.16/go.mod h1:awO+5TzAjvL8XpibdsfXxPgHr+orhtXZJZIQCVjogKI=
-github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.4.0 h1:rblX1cN6T4LvUW9ZKMPZ17uPl/Dc8igP7ZmjGHZoj4A=
-github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.4.0/go.mod h1:PvmtTvhVqKDzDQy4d3bWzPjZLzom4iQbAZy2sgZ/qI8=
+github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.5.0 h1:JXk6H5PAw9I3GwizqUHhYyS4f45iyGebR/c1xNCeOCY=
+github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.5.0/go.mod h1:czIriw4a0C1dFun+ObrXp7ok03xON0N1awStJ6ArI7Y=
 github.com/labstack/gommon v0.3.0 h1:JEeO0bvc78PKdyHxloTKiF8BD5iGrH8T6MSeGvSgob0=
 github.com/labstack/gommon v0.3.0/go.mod h1:MULnywXg0yavhxWKc+lOruYdAhDwPK9wf0OL7NoOu+k=
 github.com/laurent22/ical-go v0.1.1-0.20181107184520-7e5d6ade8eef h1:RZnRnSID1skF35j/15KJ6hKZkdIC/teQClJK5wP5LU4=
diff --git a/pkg/routes/routes.go b/pkg/routes/routes.go
index a9b464c287e..7232fe62225 100644
--- a/pkg/routes/routes.go
+++ b/pkg/routes/routes.go
@@ -47,13 +47,9 @@
 package routes
 
 import (
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt"
-
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/config"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/db"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/log"
@@ -261,27 +257,7 @@ func registerAPIRoutes(a *echo.Group) {
 
 	// ===== Routes with Authetication =====
 	// Authetification
-	a.Use(middleware.JWTWithConfig(middleware.JWTConfig{
-		// Custom parse function to make the middleware work with the github.com/golang-jwt/jwt package.
-		// See https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/1916#issuecomment-878046299
-		ParseTokenFunc: func(auth string, c echo.Context) (interface{}, error) {
-			keyFunc := func(t *jwt.Token) (interface{}, error) {
-				if t.Method.Alg() != "HS256" {
-					return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected jwt signing method=%v", t.Header["alg"])
-				}
-				return []byte(config.ServiceJWTSecret.GetString()), nil
-			}
-
-			token, err := jwt.Parse(auth, keyFunc)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			if !token.Valid {
-				return nil, errors.New("invalid token")
-			}
-			return token, nil
-		},
-	}))
+	a.Use(middleware.JWT([]byte(config.ServiceJWTSecret.GetString())))
 
 	// Rate limit
 	setupRateLimit(a, config.RateLimitKind.GetString())