diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b4a6d9c..434f4cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ Auth::hasAnyScope(['scope-f', 'scope-k']) // false
 
 # Acting as a Keycloak user in tests
 
-As an equivelant feature like `$this->actingAs($user)` in Laravel, with this package you can use `KeycloakGuard\ActingAsKeycloakUser` trait in your test class and then use `actingAsKeycloakUser()` method to act as a user and somehow skip the Keycloak auth:
+As an equivalent feature like `$this->actingAs($user)` in Laravel, with this package you can use `KeycloakGuard\ActingAsKeycloakUser` trait in your test class and then use `actingAsKeycloakUser()` method to act as a user and somehow skip the Keycloak auth:
 
 ```php
 use KeycloakGuard\ActingAsKeycloakUser;
@@ -346,6 +346,22 @@ public test_a_protected_route()
 
 If you are not using `keycloak.load_user_from_database` option, set `keycloak.preferred_username` with a valid `preferred_username` for tests.
 
+You can also specify exact expectations for the token payload by passing the payload array in the second argument:
+
+```php
+use KeycloakGuard\ActingAsKeycloakUser;
+
+public test_a_protected_route()
+{
+    $this->actingAsKeycloakUser($user, [
+        'aud' => 'account',
+        'exp' => 1715926026,
+        'iss' => 'https://localhost:8443/realms/master'
+    ])->getJson('/api/somewhere')
+      ->assertOk();
+}
+```
+
 # Contribute
 
 You can run this project on VSCODE with Remote Container. Make sure you will use internal VSCODE terminal (inside running container).
diff --git a/tests/AuthenticateTest.php b/tests/AuthenticateTest.php
index 609c8b1..212b89c 100644
--- a/tests/AuthenticateTest.php
+++ b/tests/AuthenticateTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace KeycloakGuard\Tests;
 
+use Firebase\JWT\JWT;
 use Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException;
 use Illuminate\Hashing\BcryptHasher;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
 use KeycloakGuard\Exceptions\UserNotFoundException;
 use KeycloakGuard\KeycloakGuard;
 use KeycloakGuard\Tests\Extensions\CustomUserProvider;
+use KeycloakGuard\Tests\Factories\UserFactory;
 use KeycloakGuard\Tests\Models\User;
 use KeycloakGuard\Token;
 
@@ -415,6 +417,40 @@ public function test_with_keycloak_token_trait()
         $this->actingAsKeycloakUser($this->user)->json('GET', '/foo/secret');
 
         $this->assertEquals($this->user->username, Auth::user()->username);
+        $token = Token::decode(request()->bearerToken(), config('keycloak.realm_public_key'), config('keycloak.leeway'), config('keycloak.token_encryption_algorithm'));
+        $this->assertNotNull($token->iat);
+        $this->assertNotNull($token->exp);
+    }
+
+    public function test_with_keycloak_token_trait_with_username()
+    {
+        $this->actingAsKeycloakUser($this->user->username)->json('GET', '/foo/secret');
+
+        $this->assertEquals($this->user->username, Auth::user()->username);
+        $token = Token::decode(request()->bearerToken(), config('keycloak.realm_public_key'), config('keycloak.leeway'), config('keycloak.token_encryption_algorithm'));
+        $this->assertNotNull($token->iat);
+        $this->assertNotNull($token->exp);
+    }
+
+    public function test_with_keycloak_token_trait_with_custom_payload()
+    {
+        UserFactory::new()->create([
+            'username' => 'test_username',
+        ]);
+        $this->actingAsKeycloakUser($this->user, [
+            'sub' => 'test_sub',
+            'aud' => 'test_aud',
+            'preferred_username' => 'test_username',
+            'iat' => 12345,
+            'exp' => 9999999999999,
+        ])->json('GET', '/foo/secret');
+
+        $this->assertEquals('test_username', Auth::user()->username);
+        $token = Token::decode(request()->bearerToken(), config('keycloak.realm_public_key'), config('keycloak.leeway'), config('keycloak.token_encryption_algorithm'));
+        $this->assertEquals(12345, $token->iat);
+        $this->assertEquals(9999999999999, $token->exp);
+        $this->assertEquals('test_sub', $token->sub);
+        $this->assertEquals('test_aud', $token->aud);
     }
 
     public function test_acting_as_keycloak_user_trait_without_user()