diff --git a/src/utils/verifyAuthToken.ts b/src/utils/verifyAuthToken.ts
index 52c64f01..859b587e 100644
--- a/src/utils/verifyAuthToken.ts
+++ b/src/utils/verifyAuthToken.ts
@@ -24,3 +24,25 @@ export async function verifyAuthToken(authHeader: string, env: env) {
     throw new Error(AUTHENTICATION_ERROR);
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param authHeader { string } : the auth header of request
+ * @param env { env }: the ctx (context) which contains the secrets put in as wrangler secrets.
+ */
+export async function verifyCronJobsToken(authHeader: string, env: env) {
+  if (!authHeader) {
+    throw new Error(INVALID_TOKEN_FORMAT);
+  }
+  const authHeaderParts = authHeader.split(" ");
+  if (authHeaderParts.length !== 2 || authHeaderParts[0] !== "Bearer") {
+    throw new Error(INVALID_TOKEN_FORMAT);
+  }
+  const authToken = authHeaderParts[1];
+  const isValid = await jwt.verify(authToken, env.CRON_JOBS_PUBLIC_KEY, {
+    algorithm: "RS256",
+  });
+  if (!isValid) {
+    throw new Error(AUTHENTICATION_ERROR);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/verifyToken.test.ts b/tests/unit/utils/verifyToken.test.ts
index 2c3c63f5..c533b268 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/verifyToken.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/verifyToken.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import jwt from "@tsndr/cloudflare-worker-jwt";
-import { verifyAuthToken } from "../../../src/utils/verifyAuthToken";
+import {
+  verifyAuthToken,
+  verifyCronJobsToken,
+} from "../../../src/utils/verifyAuthToken";
 import {
   AUTHENTICATION_ERROR,
   INVALID_TOKEN_FORMAT,
@@ -45,3 +48,46 @@ describe("verifyAuthToken", () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe("verifyCronJobsToken", () => {
+  const authToken = "validToken";
+  const mockEnv = { CRON_JOBS_PUBLIC_KEY: "publicKey" };
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it("should verify a valid token successfully", async () => {
+    jwt.verify = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(true);
+    const authHeader = `Bearer ${authToken}`;
+    await expect(
+      verifyCronJobsToken(authHeader, mockEnv)
+    ).resolves.not.toThrow();
+    expect(jwt.verify).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      authToken,
+      mockEnv.CRON_JOBS_PUBLIC_KEY,
+      { algorithm: "RS256" }
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("should throw an error for an invalid token", async () => {
+    const authHeader = "Bearer invalidToken";
+    jwt.verify = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(false);
+    await expect(verifyCronJobsToken(authHeader, mockEnv)).rejects.toThrow(
+      AUTHENTICATION_ERROR
+    );
+  });
+  it("should throw an error when Bearer is not passed", async () => {
+    const authHeader = "Beaer invalidToken";
+    await expect(verifyCronJobsToken(authHeader, mockEnv)).rejects.toThrow(
+      INVALID_TOKEN_FORMAT
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("should throw an error for a malformed auth header", async () => {
+    const malformedHeader = "invalidformat";
+    await expect(verifyCronJobsToken(malformedHeader, mockEnv)).rejects.toThrow(
+      INVALID_TOKEN_FORMAT
+    );
+  });
+});