diff --git a/config/settings/base.py b/config/settings/base.py
index dd82c1b5..f9d3048e 100644
--- a/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/config/settings/base.py
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
     "django_prometheus",
     "django_opensearch_dsl",
     "django_elasticsearch_dsl_drf",
+    "rest_framework_simplejwt",
 ]
 
 LOCAL_APPS = ["backoffice.users", "backoffice.workflows", "backoffice.management"]
@@ -341,6 +342,7 @@
     "DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES": (
         "rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication",
         "rest_framework.authentication.TokenAuthentication",
+        'rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication.JWTAuthentication',
     ),
     "DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES": ("backoffice.management.permissions.IsAdminOrCuratorUser",),
     "DEFAULT_SCHEMA_CLASS": "drf_spectacular.openapi.AutoSchema",
diff --git a/config/urls.py b/config/urls.py
index 381dc728..041ebdf1 100644
--- a/config/urls.py
+++ b/config/urls.py
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
 from drf_spectacular.views import SpectacularAPIView, SpectacularSwaggerView
 from rest_framework.authtoken.views import obtain_auth_token
+from rest_framework_simplejwt.views import (
+    TokenObtainPairView,
+    TokenRefreshView,
+)
 
 from backoffice.workflows.admin import workflow_admin_site
 
@@ -38,6 +42,8 @@
         SpectacularSwaggerView.as_view(url_name="api-schema"),
         name="api-docs",
     ),
+    path('api/token/', TokenObtainPairView.as_view(), name='token_obtain_pair'),
+    path('api/token/refresh/', TokenRefreshView.as_view(), name='token_refresh'),
 ]
 
 if settings.DEBUG:
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index f134935e..97316303 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.2 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "amqp"
@@ -1200,6 +1200,30 @@ files = [
 django = ">=3.0"
 pytz = "*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "djangorestframework-simplejwt"
+version = "5.3.1"
+description = "A minimal JSON Web Token authentication plugin for Django REST Framework"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "djangorestframework_simplejwt-5.3.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:381bc966aa46913905629d472cd72ad45faa265509764e20ffd440164c88d220"},
+    {file = "djangorestframework_simplejwt-5.3.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6c4bd37537440bc439564ebf7d6085e74c5411485197073f508ebdfa34bc9fae"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+django = ">=3.2"
+djangorestframework = ">=3.12"
+pyjwt = ">=1.7.1,<3"
+
+[package.extras]
+crypto = ["cryptography (>=3.3.1)"]
+dev = ["Sphinx (>=1.6.5,<2)", "cryptography", "flake8", "freezegun", "ipython", "isort", "pep8", "pytest", "pytest-cov", "pytest-django", "pytest-watch", "pytest-xdist", "python-jose (==3.3.0)", "sphinx_rtd_theme (>=0.1.9)", "tox", "twine", "wheel"]
+doc = ["Sphinx (>=1.6.5,<2)", "sphinx_rtd_theme (>=0.1.9)"]
+lint = ["flake8", "isort", "pep8"]
+python-jose = ["python-jose (==3.3.0)"]
+test = ["cryptography", "freezegun", "pytest", "pytest-cov", "pytest-django", "pytest-xdist", "tox"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "djangorestframework-stubs"
 version = "3.14.3"
@@ -2736,7 +2760,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:bf07ee2fef7014951eeb99f56f39c9bb4af143d8aa3c21b1677805985307da34"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:855fb52b0dc35af121542a76b9a84f8d1cd886ea97c84703eaa6d88e37a2ad28"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:40df9b996c2b73138957fe23a16a4f0ba614f4c0efce1e9406a184b6d07fa3a9"},
-    {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:a08c6f0fe150303c1c6b71ebcd7213c2858041a7e01975da3a99aed1e7a378ef"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:6c22bec3fbe2524cde73d7ada88f6566758a8f7227bfbf93a408a9d86bcc12a0"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:8d4e9c88387b0f5c7d5f281e55304de64cf7f9c0021a3525bd3b1c542da3b0e4"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:d483d2cdf104e7c9fa60c544d92981f12ad66a457afae824d146093b8c294c54"},
@@ -3752,4 +3775,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "~3.11"
-content-hash = "44e48fe5ddc7a842a3dce33103b246cf9a2b30020d68d10c015731e9eb39578d"
+content-hash = "513c738f634b5100805f018953c91c5a6c26b2df4527f792c7368509e1c0e36d"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d255313c..44f4a80d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ elasticsearch = "6.8.2"
 django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf = {git = "https://github.com/cern-sis/django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf.git", rev = "opensearch"}
 opensearch-dsl = "^2.1.0"
 opensearch-py = "2.6.0"
+djangorestframework-simplejwt = "^5.3.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 factory-boy = "3.3.0"