diff --git a/ballerina/tests/jwt_validator_test.bal b/ballerina/tests/jwt_validator_test.bal
index e90306c6..c6bc9d3b 100644
--- a/ballerina/tests/jwt_validator_test.bal
+++ b/ballerina/tests/jwt_validator_test.bal
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 // NOTE: All the tokens/credentials used in this test are dummy tokens/credentials and used only for testing purposes.
 
 import ballerina/test;
+import ballerina/io;
+import ballerina/crypto;
 
 @test:Config {}
 isolated function testValidateJwtWithAudAsArray() returns Error? {
@@ -693,6 +695,22 @@ isolated function testValidateJwtSignatureWithPublicCert() returns Error? {
     test:assertEquals(result?.iss, "wso2");
 }
 
+@test:Config {}
+isolated function testValidateJwtSignatureWithCryptoPublicKey() returns io:Error|crypto:Error|Error? {
+    byte[] pubicCertContent = check io:fileReadBytes(PUBLIC_CERT_PATH);
+    crypto:PublicKey publicKey = check crypto:decodeRsaPublicKeyFromContent(pubicCertContent);
+    ValidatorConfig validatorConfig = {
+        issuer: "wso2",
+        audience: ["ballerina", "ballerinaSamples"],
+        clockSkew: 60,
+        signatureConfig: {
+            certFile: publicKey
+        }
+    };
+    Payload result = check validate(JWT1, validatorConfig);
+    test:assertEquals(result?.iss, "wso2");
+}
+
 @test:Config {}
 isolated function testValidateJwtSignatureWithInvalidPublicCert() {
     ValidatorConfig validatorConfig = {