diff --git a/App/FeatureSet/Notification/Services/SMTPOAuthService.ts b/App/FeatureSet/Notification/Services/SMTPOAuthService.ts
index 1e78327bf2..dfd3c20e3d 100644
--- a/App/FeatureSet/Notification/Services/SMTPOAuthService.ts
+++ b/App/FeatureSet/Notification/Services/SMTPOAuthService.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import GlobalCache from "Common/Server/Infrastructure/GlobalCache";
 import { JSONObject } from "Common/Types/JSON";
 import URL from "Common/Types/API/URL";
 import OAuthProviderType from "Common/Types/Email/OAuthProviderType";
-import jwt from "jsonwebtoken";
+import JSONWebToken from "Common/Server/Utils/JsonWebToken";
 
 interface OAuthTokenResponse {
   access_token: string;
@@ -183,9 +183,10 @@ export default class SMTPOAuthService {
       };
 
       // Sign the JWT with the private key
-      const signedJwt: string = jwt.sign(jwtClaims, config.clientSecret, {
-        algorithm: "RS256",
-      });
+      const signedJwt: string = JSONWebToken.signWithPrivateKey(
+        jwtClaims,
+        config.clientSecret,
+      );
 
       logger.debug(
         `Fetching OAuth token from ${config.tokenUrl.toString()} using JWT Bearer`,
@@ -391,7 +392,9 @@ export default class SMTPOAuthService {
       );
     } catch (error) {
       // Log but don't fail if caching fails - token is still valid
-      logger.warn("Failed to cache OAuth token in Redis:", error);
+      logger.warn(
+        `Failed to cache OAuth token in Redis: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`,
+      );
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/Common/Server/Utils/JsonWebToken.ts b/Common/Server/Utils/JsonWebToken.ts
index 5bab9558e1..74c436c6dc 100644
--- a/Common/Server/Utils/JsonWebToken.ts
+++ b/Common/Server/Utils/JsonWebToken.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,20 @@ class JSONWebToken {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Sign a JWT with a custom private key using RS256 algorithm.
+   * Used for OAuth JWT Bearer flows that require asymmetric signing.
+   */
+  @CaptureSpan()
+  public static signWithPrivateKey(
+    payload: Record<string, unknown>,
+    privateKey: string,
+  ): string {
+    return jwt.sign(payload, privateKey, {
+      algorithm: "RS256",
+    });
+  }
+
   @CaptureSpan()
   public static decodeJsonPayload(token: string): JSONObject {
     const decodedToken: string = JSON.stringify(