diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0dddfe2..b635e2a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Version 0.6.2 - 2026-02-25
+
+- Add retry when auth endpoint does not provide scopes
+
 ## Version 0.6.1 - 2026-02-23
 
 - Add exponential backoff to calls toward the auth endpoint
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 84ffeb9..56aa349 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "cradl"
-version = "0.6.1"
+version = "0.6.2"
 description = "Python SDK for Cradl"
 authors = [{ name = "Cradl", email = "hello@cradl.ai" }]
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/src/cradl/credentials.py b/src/cradl/credentials.py
index 3313161..0db0415 100644
--- a/src/cradl/credentials.py
+++ b/src/cradl/credentials.py
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ class MissingCredentials(Exception):
     pass
 
 
+class MissingClaims(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
 class Credentials:
     """Used to fetch and store credentials and to generate/cache an access token.
 
@@ -86,9 +90,12 @@ def access_token(self) -> str:
 
     # Backoff on BadRequest since Kinde seems to sometimes give bogus 400 responses
     @exponential_backoff(exceptions=(TooManyRequestsException, BadRequest), max_tries=4)  # type: ignore
-    @exponential_backoff(RequestException, max_tries=3, giveup=fatal_code)
+    @exponential_backoff(exceptions=(RequestException, MissingClaims), max_tries=3, giveup=fatal_code)  # type: ignore
     def _get_client_credentials(self) -> Tuple[str, int]:
-        if any(endpoint in self.auth_endpoint for endpoint in ['auth.lucidtech.io', 'auth.cradl.ai', 'kinde.com']):
+        get_credentials_from_kinde = any(
+            endpoint in self.auth_endpoint for endpoint in ['auth.lucidtech.io', 'auth.cradl.ai', 'kinde.com']
+        )
+        if get_credentials_from_kinde:
             data = {
                 'client_id': self.client_id,
                 'client_secret': self.client_secret,
@@ -105,7 +112,16 @@ def _get_client_credentials(self) -> Tuple[str, int]:
         response.raise_for_status()
 
         response_data = response.json()
-        return response_data['access_token'], time.time() + response_data['expires_in']
+        token = response_data['access_token']
+
+        if get_credentials_from_kinde:
+            # Confirm that Kinde has provided necessary claims
+            _, payload, _ = token.split('.')
+            claims = json.loads(b64decode(payload))
+            if not all([claims.get(key) for key in ['external_app_client_id', 'external_organization_id', 'scope']]):
+                raise MissingClaims
+
+        return token, time.time() + response_data['expires_in']
 
 
 def read_token_from_cache(cached_profile: str, cache_path: Path):
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 436827a..ae2b35b 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import json
 import string
+from base64 import b64encode
 from os import urandom
 from random import choice, randint
 
@@ -9,8 +11,21 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='session')
 def token():
+    header = b64encode(json.dumps({
+        'alg': 'RS256',
+        'kid': 'ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff',
+        'typ': 'JWT'
+    }).encode()).decode()
+
+    claims = b64encode(json.dumps({
+        'external_app_client_id': 'cradl:app-client:00000000000000000000000000000000',
+        'external_organization_id': 'cradl:organization:00000000000000000000000000000000',
+        'scope': 'actions: read actions:write',
+    }).encode()).decode()
+
+    signature = ''.join(choice(string.ascii_uppercase) for _ in range(randint(50, 50)))  # invalid
     return {
-        'access_token': ''.join(choice(string.ascii_uppercase) for _ in range(randint(50, 50))),
+        'access_token': '.'.join([header, claims, signature]),
         'expires_in': 123456789,
     }