diff --git a/bigcommerce/connection.py b/bigcommerce/connection.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/bigcommerce/connection.py
+++ b/bigcommerce/connection.py
@@ -239,7 +239,9 @@ class OAuthConnection(Connection):
                           client_secret,
                           algorithms=["HS256"],
                           audience=client_id,
-                          verify_iss=False)
+                          options={
+                            'verify_iss': False
+                          })
 
     def fetch_token(self, client_secret, code, context, scope, redirect_uri,
                     token_url='https://login.bigcommerce.com/oauth2/token'):
Fixed issue with the `verify_iss` argument passed to jwt.decode().

Error Occurred with jwt.decode() option `verify_iss=False` passed.
```
JWT verification failed: decode() got an unexpected keyword argument 'verify_iss'

Payload verification failed!
```