diff --git a/.github/workflows/oauth_tests-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/oauth_tests-ci.yml
index 9435725830..2af22aa8e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/oauth_tests-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/oauth_tests-ci.yml
@@ -84,11 +84,12 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip --version
         pip install coverage
+        # tomli required for coverage due to T380697
         pip install "tomli; python_version < '3.11'"
         pip install "importlib_metadata ; python_version < '3.8'"
         pip install mwparserfromhell
         # PyJWT added due to T380270
-        pip install "PyJWT != 2.10.0 ; python_version > '3.8'"
+        pip install "PyJWT != 2.10.0, != 2.10.1 ; python_version > '3.8'"
         pip install mwoauth
         pip install packaging
         pip install requests
diff --git a/pywikibot/login.py b/pywikibot/login.py
index c4357736bd..1a714e16c7 100644
--- a/pywikibot/login.py
+++ b/pywikibot/login.py
@@ -592,7 +592,12 @@ def access_token(self) -> tuple[str, str] | None:
 
     @property
     def identity(self) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
-        """Get identifying information about a user via an authorized token."""
+        """Get identifying information about a user via an authorized token.
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 9.6
+           *leeway* parameter for ``mwoauth.identify`` function was
+           increased to 30.0 seconds.
+        """
         if self.access_token is None:
             pywikibot.error('Access token not set')
             return None
@@ -601,8 +606,12 @@ def identity(self) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
         access_token = mwoauth.AccessToken(*self.access_token)
         try:
             identity = mwoauth.identify(self.site.base_url(self.site.path()),
-                                        consumer_token, access_token)
-            return identity
+                                        consumer_token,
+                                        access_token,
+                                        leeway=30.0)
         except Exception as e:
             pywikibot.error(e)
-            return None
+        else:
+            return identity
+
+        return None
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index df401ab5a6..4193d61c53 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ wikitextparser>=0.47.5
 # mwoauth 0.2.4 is needed because it supports getting identity information
 # about the user
 # Due to T380270 PyJWT must be set
-PyJWT != 2.10.0; python_version > '3.8'
+PyJWT != 2.10.0, != 2.10.1; python_version > '3.8'
 mwoauth>=0.2.4,!=0.3.1
 
 # interwiki_graph.py module and category_graph.py script:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3a56fbc6b1..3f3953eafb 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         'Pillow>=10.4; python_version >= "3.13"',
     ],
     'mwoauth': [
-        'PyJWT != 2.10.0; python_version > "3.8"',  # T380270
+        'PyJWT != 2.10.0, != 2.10.1; python_version > "3.8"',  # T380270
         'mwoauth!=0.3.1,>=0.2.4',
     ],
     'html': ['beautifulsoup4>=4.7.1'],