diff --git a/src/MaksIT.Core.Tests/Security/JwtGeneratorTests.cs b/src/MaksIT.Core.Tests/Security/JwtGeneratorTests.cs
index f3c6b82..ba5af52 100644
--- a/src/MaksIT.Core.Tests/Security/JwtGeneratorTests.cs
+++ b/src/MaksIT.Core.Tests/Security/JwtGeneratorTests.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class JwtGeneratorTests {
   [Fact]
   public void GenerateToken_ShouldReturnValidToken() {
     // Act
-    var token = JwtGenerator.GenerateToken(Secret, Issuer, Audience, Expiration, Username, Roles);
+    var (token, jwtTokenClaims) = JwtGenerator.GenerateToken(Secret, Issuer, Audience, Expiration, Username, Roles);
 
     // Assert
     Assert.False(string.IsNullOrEmpty(token));
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class JwtGeneratorTests {
   [Fact]
   public void ValidateToken_ShouldReturnClaimsPrincipal_WhenTokenIsValid() {
     // Arrange
-    var token = JwtGenerator.GenerateToken(Secret, Issuer, Audience, Expiration, Username, Roles);
+    var (token, _) = JwtGenerator.GenerateToken(Secret, Issuer, Audience, Expiration, Username, Roles);
 
     // Act
     var jwtTokenClaims = JwtGenerator.ValidateToken(Secret, Issuer, Audience, token);
@@ -55,4 +55,16 @@ public class JwtGeneratorTests {
     // Assert
     Assert.False(string.IsNullOrEmpty(refreshToken));
   }
+
+  [Fact]
+  public void GenerateSecret_ShouldReturnDifferentValuesOnSubsequentCalls() {
+    // Act
+    string secret1 = JwtGenerator.GenerateSecret();
+    string secret2 = JwtGenerator.GenerateSecret();
+
+    // Assert
+    Assert.False(string.IsNullOrEmpty(secret1));
+    Assert.False(string.IsNullOrEmpty(secret2));
+    Assert.NotEqual(secret1, secret2); // Ensure the secrets are unique
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/MaksIT.Core/MaksIT.Core.csproj b/src/MaksIT.Core/MaksIT.Core.csproj
index 58ba4c4..0f86869 100644
--- a/src/MaksIT.Core/MaksIT.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/MaksIT.Core/MaksIT.Core.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
     <!-- NuGet package metadata -->
     <PackageId>MaksIT.Core</PackageId>
-    <Version>1.0.4</Version>
+    <Version>1.0.5</Version>
     <Authors>Maksym Sadovnychyy</Authors>
     <Company>MAKS-IT</Company>
     <Product>MaksIT.Core</Product>
diff --git a/src/MaksIT.Core/Security/JwtGenerator.cs b/src/MaksIT.Core/Security/JwtGenerator.cs
index 0ff8de7..ea7907c 100644
--- a/src/MaksIT.Core/Security/JwtGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/MaksIT.Core/Security/JwtGenerator.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-using System.Text;
+using System;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Security.Claims;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt;
-
 using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
 
-
 namespace MaksIT.Core.Security;
 
 public class JWTTokenClaims {
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ public class JWTTokenClaims {
   public DateTime? ExpiresAt { get; set; }
 }
 
-
 public static class JwtGenerator {
   public static (string, JWTTokenClaims) GenerateToken(string secret, string issuer, string audience, double expiration, string username, List<string> roles) {
-    var secretKey = new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(secret));
+    var secretKey = GetSymmetricSecurityKey(secret);
     var credentials = new SigningCredentials(secretKey, SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256);
 
     var issuedAt = DateTime.UtcNow;
@@ -26,26 +25,24 @@ public static class JwtGenerator {
 
     var claims = new List<Claim>
     {
-          new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, username),
-          new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Jti, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
-          new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Iat, new DateTimeOffset(issuedAt).ToUnixTimeSeconds().ToString(), ClaimValueTypes.Integer64),
-          new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Exp, new DateTimeOffset(expiresAt).ToUnixTimeSeconds().ToString(), ClaimValueTypes.Integer64)
-      };
+            new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, username),
+            new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Jti, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+            new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Iat, new DateTimeOffset(issuedAt).ToUnixTimeSeconds().ToString(), ClaimValueTypes.Integer64),
+            new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Exp, new DateTimeOffset(expiresAt).ToUnixTimeSeconds().ToString(), ClaimValueTypes.Integer64)
+        };
 
     claims.AddRange(roles.Select(role => new Claim(ClaimTypes.Role, role)));
 
-    var token = new JwtSecurityToken(
+    var tokenDescriptor = new JwtSecurityToken(
         issuer: issuer,
         audience: audience,
         claims: claims,
-        expires: DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(Convert.ToDouble(expiration)),
+        expires: expiresAt,
         signingCredentials: credentials
     );
 
-    var jwtToken = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler().WriteToken(token);
+    var jwtToken = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler().WriteToken(tokenDescriptor);
 
-
-    // Create the JWTTokenClaims object
     var tokenClaims = new JWTTokenClaims {
       Username = username,
       Roles = roles,
@@ -56,13 +53,13 @@ public static class JwtGenerator {
     return (jwtToken, tokenClaims);
   }
 
-
+  public static string GenerateSecret(int keySize = 32) => Convert.ToBase64String(GetRandomBytes(keySize));
 
   public static JWTTokenClaims? ValidateToken(string secret, string issuer, string audience, string token) {
     try {
       var key = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(secret);
-
       var tokenHandler = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler();
+
       var validationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters {
         ValidateIssuerSigningKey = true,
         IssuerSigningKey = new SymmetricSecurityKey(key),
@@ -76,34 +73,45 @@ public static class JwtGenerator {
 
       var principal = tokenHandler.ValidateToken(token, validationParameters, out var validatedToken);
 
-      var username = principal?.Identity?.Name;
-      var roles = principal?.Claims.Where(c => c.Type == ClaimTypes.Role).Select(c => c.Value).ToList();
+      // Validate the algorithm used
+      if (validatedToken is JwtSecurityToken jwtToken && jwtToken.Header.Alg != SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256)
+        throw new SecurityTokenException("Invalid token algorithm");
 
-
-      var issuedAtClaim = principal?.Claims.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Type == JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Iat)?.Value;
-      var expiresAtClaim = principal?.Claims.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Type == JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Exp)?.Value;
-
-      DateTime? issuedAt = issuedAtClaim != null ? DateTimeOffset.FromUnixTimeSeconds(long.Parse(issuedAtClaim)).UtcDateTime : (DateTime?)null;
-      DateTime? expiresAt = expiresAtClaim != null ? DateTimeOffset.FromUnixTimeSeconds(long.Parse(expiresAtClaim)).UtcDateTime : (DateTime?)null;
-
-
-      return new JWTTokenClaims {
-        Username = username,
-        Roles = roles,
-        IssuedAt = issuedAt,
-        ExpiresAt = expiresAt
-      };
+      return ExtractClaims(principal);
     }
     catch {
       return null;
     }
   }
 
-  public static string GenerateRefreshToken() {
-    var randomNumber = new byte[32];
-    using (var rng = RandomNumberGenerator.Create()) {
-      rng.GetBytes(randomNumber);
-      return Convert.ToBase64String(randomNumber);
-    }
+  public static string GenerateRefreshToken() => Convert.ToBase64String(GetRandomBytes(32));
+
+  // Private helper method to extract claims
+  private static JWTTokenClaims? ExtractClaims(ClaimsPrincipal principal) {
+    var username = principal.Identity?.Name;
+    var roles = principal.Claims.Where(c => c.Type == ClaimTypes.Role).Select(c => c.Value).ToList();
+
+    var issuedAtClaim = principal.Claims.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Type == JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Iat)?.Value;
+    var expiresAtClaim = principal.Claims.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Type == JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Exp)?.Value;
+
+    DateTime? issuedAt = issuedAtClaim != null ? DateTimeOffset.FromUnixTimeSeconds(long.Parse(issuedAtClaim)).UtcDateTime : (DateTime?)null;
+    DateTime? expiresAt = expiresAtClaim != null ? DateTimeOffset.FromUnixTimeSeconds(long.Parse(expiresAtClaim)).UtcDateTime : (DateTime?)null;
+
+    return new JWTTokenClaims {
+      Username = username,
+      Roles = roles,
+      IssuedAt = issuedAt,
+      ExpiresAt = expiresAt
+    };
+  }
+
+  // Private helper method to get a symmetric security key
+  private static SymmetricSecurityKey GetSymmetricSecurityKey(string secret) => new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(secret));
+
+  // Private helper method for generating random bytes
+  private static byte[] GetRandomBytes(int size) {
+    var bytes = new byte[size];
+    RandomNumberGenerator.Fill(bytes);
+    return bytes;
   }
 }