diff --git a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/handlers/security/apikey/ApiKeyAuthenticator.java b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/handlers/security/apikey/ApiKeyAuthenticator.java
index 6445d766a9cb..83732353ffd4 100644
--- a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/handlers/security/apikey/ApiKeyAuthenticator.java
+++ b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/handlers/security/apikey/ApiKeyAuthenticator.java
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ private String generateAndRetrieveBackendJWTToken(String tokenSignature, JWTInfo
                 endUserToken = (String) token;
                 String[] splitToken = ((String) token).split("\\.");
                 JSONObject payload;
-                if (jwtConfigurationDto.getJwtDecoding().equals("base64url")) {
+                if (APIConstants.JwtTokenConstants.DECODING_ALGORITHM_BASE64URL.equals(jwtConfigurationDto.getJwtDecoding())) {
                     payload = new JSONObject(new String(Base64.getUrlDecoder().decode(splitToken[1])));
                 } else {
                     payload = new JSONObject(new String(Base64.getDecoder().decode(splitToken[1])));
diff --git a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/handlers/security/jwt/JWTValidator.java b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/handlers/security/jwt/JWTValidator.java
index f242c9087984..4116e0bc2c1a 100644
--- a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/handlers/security/jwt/JWTValidator.java
+++ b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/handlers/security/jwt/JWTValidator.java
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ private String generateAndRetrieveJWTToken(String tokenSignature, JWTInfoDto jwt
                 endUserToken = (String) token;
                 String[] splitToken = ((String) token).split("\\.");
                 JSONObject payload;
-                if (jwtConfigurationDto.getJwtDecoding().equals("base64url")) {
+                if (APIConstants.JwtTokenConstants.DECODING_ALGORITHM_BASE64URL.equals(jwtConfigurationDto.getJwtDecoding())) {
                     payload = new JSONObject(new String(Base64.getUrlDecoder().decode(splitToken[1])));
                 } else {
                     payload = new JSONObject(new String(Base64.getDecoder().decode(splitToken[1])));
diff --git a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.impl/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/impl/APIConstants.java b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.impl/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/impl/APIConstants.java
index 00179b6a1781..73838d29ee13 100755
--- a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.impl/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/impl/APIConstants.java
+++ b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.impl/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/impl/APIConstants.java
@@ -2101,6 +2101,7 @@ public static class JwtTokenConstants {
         public static final String INTERNAL_KEY_TOKEN_TYPE = "InternalKey";
         public static final String TOKEN_TYPE = "token_type";
         public static final String API_KEY_TOKEN_TYPE = "apiKey";
+        public static final String DECODING_ALGORITHM_BASE64URL = "base64url";
     }
 
     public static final String SIGNATURE_ALGORITHM_RS256 = "RS256";