diff --git a/internal/handler/wellknown.go b/internal/handler/wellknown.go
index b1d3555..b244fce 100644
--- a/internal/handler/wellknown.go
+++ b/internal/handler/wellknown.go
@@ -2,16 +2,21 @@ package handler
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/danielgtaylor/huma/v2"
-	"github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v2/jwk"
 )
 
 // ── Well-known types ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+// JWKSOutput is the published /.well-known/jwks.json payload. We use a generic
+// map (not jwk.Set) because we need to rewrite the "use" field on each key
+// from "sig" (what jwx stores internally for verifier compatibility) to
+// "jwt-svid" (what JWT-SVID §4 requires SPIFFE bundles to advertise).
 type JWKSOutput struct {
-	Body jwk.Set
+	Body map[string]any
 }
 
 type OAuthMetadataOutput struct {
@@ -39,7 +44,27 @@ func (a *API) registerWellKnownRoutes(api huma.API) {
 }
 
 func (a *API) jwksOp(_ context.Context, _ *struct{}) (*JWKSOutput, error) {
-	return &JWKSOutput{Body: a.jwksSvc.KeySet()}, nil
+	// Marshal the in-memory keyset, then rewrite each key's "use" field to
+	// "jwt-svid" before returning. JWT-SVID §4 requires this value on every
+	// key in a SPIFFE bundle. We don't store it that way internally because
+	// lestrrat-go/jwx's verifier skips keys whose use is anything other than
+	// "sig" — see internal/signing/jwks.go.
+	raw, err := json.Marshal(a.jwksSvc.KeySet())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("marshal jwks: %w", err)
+	}
+	var body map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &body); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmarshal jwks: %w", err)
+	}
+	if keys, ok := body["keys"].([]any); ok {
+		for _, k := range keys {
+			if km, ok := k.(map[string]any); ok {
+				km["use"] = "jwt-svid"
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return &JWKSOutput{Body: body}, nil
 }
 
 func (a *API) oauthMetadataOp(_ context.Context, _ *struct{}) (*OAuthMetadataOutput, error) {
diff --git a/internal/signing/jwks.go b/internal/signing/jwks.go
index 846c4ca..33509e6 100644
--- a/internal/signing/jwks.go
+++ b/internal/signing/jwks.go
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ func addToKeySet(set jwk.Set, pubKey crypto.PublicKey, keyID string, alg jwa.Sig
 	if err := jwkKey.Set(jwk.AlgorithmKey, alg); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set algorithm: %w", err)
 	}
+	// In-memory keys keep use=sig because lestrrat-go/jwx's verifier skips
+	// any key whose use is set to anything other than "sig". The published
+	// /.well-known/jwks.json rewrites this to "jwt-svid" at the handler so
+	// SPIFFE verifiers see the value JWT-SVID §4 requires.
 	if err := jwkKey.Set(jwk.KeyUsageKey, jwk.ForSignature); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set key usage: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/authjwt/jwks.go b/pkg/authjwt/jwks.go
index 68f30bc..2c4b448 100644
--- a/pkg/authjwt/jwks.go
+++ b/pkg/authjwt/jwks.go
@@ -149,12 +149,19 @@ func (c *JWKSClient) refresh(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("fetch JWKS: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	// SPIFFE bundles publish use=jwt-svid (JWT-SVID §4). lestrrat-go/jwx's
+	// verifier treats anything other than "sig" as non-signing and skips the
+	// key, so we normalize on ingest. RFC 7517 says use is informational —
+	// rewriting it doesn't change what the key actually is.
 	kids := make(map[string]struct{}, set.Len())
 	for i := 0; i < set.Len(); i++ {
 		key, ok := set.Key(i)
 		if !ok {
 			continue
 		}
+		if key.KeyUsage() == "jwt-svid" {
+			_ = key.Set(jwk.KeyUsageKey, jwk.ForSignature)
+		}
 		kids[key.KeyID()] = struct{}{}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/wellknown_test.go b/tests/integration/wellknown_test.go
index fd4dffb..0d57a77 100644
--- a/tests/integration/wellknown_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/wellknown_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestJWKSEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "EC", ecKey["kty"])
 	assert.Equal(t, "ES256", ecKey["alg"])
-	assert.Equal(t, "sig", ecKey["use"])
+	assert.Equal(t, "jwt-svid", ecKey["use"])
 	assert.Equal(t, testKeyID, ecKey["kid"])
 	assert.Equal(t, "P-256", ecKey["crv"])
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, ecKey["x"], "EC key must have x coordinate")