diff --git a/types/jsonwebtoken/index.d.ts b/types/jsonwebtoken/index.d.ts
index 81dbbeae80..ef6dc7b0b1 100644
--- a/types/jsonwebtoken/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/jsonwebtoken/index.d.ts
@@ -159,11 +159,7 @@ export function sign(
  * [options] - Options for the verification
  * returns - The decoded token.
  */
-export function verify(
-    token: string,
-    secretOrPublicKey: string | Buffer,
-    options?: VerifyOptions,
-): object | string;
+export function verify(token: string, secretOrPublicKey: Secret, options?: VerifyOptions): object | string;
 
 /**
  * Asynchronously verify given token using a secret or a public key to get a decoded token
@@ -176,12 +172,12 @@ export function verify(
  */
 export function verify(
     token: string,
-    secretOrPublicKey: string | Buffer | GetPublicKeyOrSecret,
+    secretOrPublicKey: Secret | GetPublicKeyOrSecret,
     callback?: VerifyCallback,
 ): void;
 export function verify(
     token: string,
-    secretOrPublicKey: string | Buffer | GetPublicKeyOrSecret,
+    secretOrPublicKey: Secret | GetPublicKeyOrSecret,
     options?: VerifyOptions,
     callback?: VerifyCallback,
 ): void;
diff --git a/types/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken-tests.ts b/types/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken-tests.ts
index 2f66502cb4..68587b9e2b 100644
--- a/types/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken-tests.ts
+++ b/types/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken-tests.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ jwt.verify(token, "wrong-secret", (err, decoded) => {
     // decoded undefined
 });
 
+// verify with encrypted RSA SHA256 private key
+jwt.verify(token, secret, (err, decoded) => {
+    const result = decoded as TestObject;
+
+    console.log(result.foo); // bar
+});
+
 // verify a token asymmetric
 cert = fs.readFileSync("public.pem"); // get public key
 jwt.verify(token, cert, (err, decoded) => {