diff --git a/jws/jws.go b/jws/jws.go
index 6f03a49d3..27ab06139 100644
--- a/jws/jws.go
+++ b/jws/jws.go
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ func (h *Header) encode() (string, error) {
 // Decode decodes a claim set from a JWS payload.
 func Decode(payload string) (*ClaimSet, error) {
 	// decode returned id token to get expiry
-	s := strings.Split(payload, ".")
-	if len(s) < 2 {
+	_, claims, _, ok := parseToken(payload)
+	if !ok {
 		// TODO(jbd): Provide more context about the error.
 		return nil, errors.New("jws: invalid token received")
 	}
-	decoded, err := base64.RawURLEncoding.DecodeString(s[1])
+	decoded, err := base64.RawURLEncoding.DecodeString(claims)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -165,18 +165,34 @@ func Encode(header *Header, c *ClaimSet, key *rsa.PrivateKey) (string, error) {
 // Verify tests whether the provided JWT token's signature was produced by the private key
 // associated with the supplied public key.
 func Verify(token string, key *rsa.PublicKey) error {
-	if strings.Count(token, ".") != 2 {
+	header, claims, sig, ok := parseToken(token)
+	if !ok {
 		return errors.New("jws: invalid token received, token must have 3 parts")
 	}
-
-	parts := strings.SplitN(token, ".", 3)
-	signedContent := parts[0] + "." + parts[1]
-	signatureString, err := base64.RawURLEncoding.DecodeString(parts[2])
+	signatureString, err := base64.RawURLEncoding.DecodeString(sig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	h := sha256.New()
-	h.Write([]byte(signedContent))
+	h.Write([]byte(header + tokenDelim + claims))
 	return rsa.VerifyPKCS1v15(key, crypto.SHA256, h.Sum(nil), signatureString)
 }
+
+func parseToken(s string) (header, claims, sig string, ok bool) {
+	header, s, ok = strings.Cut(s, tokenDelim)
+	if !ok { // no period found
+		return "", "", "", false
+	}
+	claims, s, ok = strings.Cut(s, tokenDelim)
+	if !ok { // only one period found
+		return "", "", "", false
+	}
+	sig, _, ok = strings.Cut(s, tokenDelim)
+	if ok { // three periods found
+		return "", "", "", false
+	}
+	return header, claims, sig, true
+}
+
+const tokenDelim = "."
diff --git a/jws/jws_test.go b/jws/jws_test.go
index 39a136a29..1776f56b8 100644
--- a/jws/jws_test.go
+++ b/jws/jws_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ package jws
 import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/rsa"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -39,8 +41,57 @@ func TestSignAndVerify(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestVerifyFailsOnMalformedClaim(t *testing.T) {
-	err := Verify("abc.def", nil)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Error("got no errors; want improperly formed JWT not to be verified")
+	cases := []struct {
+		desc  string
+		token string
+	}{
+		{
+			desc:  "no periods",
+			token: "aa",
+		}, {
+			desc:  "only one period",
+			token: "a.a",
+		}, {
+			desc:  "more than two periods",
+			token: "a.a.a.a",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		f := func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := Verify(tc.token, nil)
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Error("got no errors; want improperly formed JWT not to be verified")
+			}
+		}
+		t.Run(tc.desc, f)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkVerify(b *testing.B) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		desc  string
+		token string
+	}{
+		{
+			desc:  "full of periods",
+			token: strings.Repeat(".", http.DefaultMaxHeaderBytes),
+		}, {
+			desc:  "two trailing periods",
+			token: strings.Repeat("a", http.DefaultMaxHeaderBytes-2) + "..",
+		},
+	}
+	privateKey, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, 2048)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, bc := range cases {
+		f := func(b *testing.B) {
+			b.ReportAllocs()
+			b.ResetTimer()
+			for range b.N {
+				Verify(bc.token, &privateKey.PublicKey)
+			}
+		}
+		b.Run(bc.desc, f)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/token.go b/token.go
index 109997d77..8c31136c4 100644
--- a/token.go
+++ b/token.go
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func tokenFromInternal(t *internal.Token) *Token {
 
 // retrieveToken takes a *Config and uses that to retrieve an *internal.Token.
 // This token is then mapped from *internal.Token into an *oauth2.Token which is returned along
-// with an error..
+// with an error.
 func retrieveToken(ctx context.Context, c *Config, v url.Values) (*Token, error) {
 	tk, err := internal.RetrieveToken(ctx, c.ClientID, c.ClientSecret, c.Endpoint.TokenURL, v, internal.AuthStyle(c.Endpoint.AuthStyle), c.authStyleCache.Get())
 	if err != nil {