diff --git a/apps/cloud/src/auth/access-token-options.ts b/apps/cloud/src/auth/access-token-options.ts
index 0cc108abd..d67915ce7 100644
--- a/apps/cloud/src/auth/access-token-options.ts
+++ b/apps/cloud/src/auth/access-token-options.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import type { JWTVerifyOptions } from "jose";
 
-/** Require expiring WorkOS tokens and cap local verification at 24 hours. */
+/**
+ * Require expiring WorkOS tokens. Token lifetime is controlled by WorkOS via
+ * `exp`; do not cap the age locally, since AuthKit issues MCP access tokens
+ * that live for several days.
+ */
 export const workosAccessTokenOptions: JWTVerifyOptions = {
   requiredClaims: ["exp", "iat"],
-  maxTokenAge: "24h",
 };
diff --git a/apps/cloud/src/mcp/mcp-auth.node.test.ts b/apps/cloud/src/mcp/mcp-auth.node.test.ts
index 79eb4296d..bd47c3f92 100644
--- a/apps/cloud/src/mcp/mcp-auth.node.test.ts
+++ b/apps/cloud/src/mcp/mcp-auth.node.test.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ describe("MCP AuthKit token verification", () => {
 
 describe("access token expiry and identity boundaries", () => {
   for (const kind of ["mcp", "user-management"] as const) {
-    for (const invalidClaim of ["missing-exp", "missing-iat", "older-than-one-day"] as const) {
+    for (const invalidClaim of ["missing-exp", "missing-iat"] as const) {
       it.effect(`${kind} rejects ${invalidClaim}`, () =>
         Effect.gen(function* () {
           const { publicKey, privateKey } = yield* Effect.promise(() => generateKeyPair("RS256"));
@@ -134,9 +134,7 @@ describe("access token expiry and identity boundaries", () => {
             iss: issuer,
             aud: resource,
             ...(invalidClaim === "missing-exp" ? {} : { exp: now + 300 }),
-            ...(invalidClaim === "missing-iat"
-              ? {}
-              : { iat: invalidClaim === "older-than-one-day" ? now - 86401 : now }),
+            ...(invalidClaim === "missing-iat" ? {} : { iat: now }),
           };
           const token = yield* Effect.promise(() =>
             new SignJWT(claims)
@@ -153,6 +151,30 @@ describe("access token expiry and identity boundaries", () => {
         }),
       );
     }
+    it.effect(`${kind} accepts a token issued more than a day ago that has not expired`, () =>
+      Effect.gen(function* () {
+        const { publicKey, privateKey } = yield* Effect.promise(() => generateKeyPair("RS256"));
+        const jwk = yield* Effect.promise(() => exportJWK(publicKey));
+        const jwks = createLocalJWKSet({ keys: [{ ...jwk, kid: "expiry-key" }] });
+        const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+        const token = yield* Effect.promise(() =>
+          new SignJWT({
+            sub: "user_test",
+            org_id: "org_test",
+            iss: issuer,
+            aud: resource,
+            iat: now - 5 * 86400,
+            exp: now + 2 * 86400,
+          })
+            .setProtectedHeader({ alg: "RS256", kid: "expiry-key" })
+            .sign(privateKey),
+        );
+        const verified = yield* kind === "mcp"
+          ? verifyMcpAccessToken(token, jwks, { issuer, audience: resource })
+          : verifyWorkosUserManagementToken(token, jwks);
+        expect(verified).toEqual({ accountId: "user_test", organizationId: "org_test" });
+      }),
+    );
     it.effect(`${kind} rejects a non-string organization claim`, () =>
       Effect.gen(function* () {
         const { jwks, sign } = yield* Effect.promise(() => makeVerifier());