diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/security/DefaultMacAlgorithm.java b/impl/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/security/DefaultMacAlgorithm.java
index 28ecdfb86..e92277aed 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/security/DefaultMacAlgorithm.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/security/DefaultMacAlgorithm.java
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@ private void assertAlgorithmName(SecretKey key, boolean signing) {
             throw new InvalidKeyException(msg);
         }
 
-        // We can ignore PKCS11 key name assertions because HSM module key algorithm names don't always align with
-        // JCA standard algorithm names:
-        boolean pkcs11Key = KeysBridge.isSunPkcs11GenericSecret(key);
+        // We can ignore key name assertions for generic secrets, because HSM module key algorithm names
+        // don't always align with JCA standard algorithm names
+        boolean generic = KeysBridge.isGenericSecret(key);
 
         //assert key's jca name is valid if it's a JWA standard algorithm:
-        if (!pkcs11Key && isJwaStandard() && !isJwaStandardJcaName(name)) {
+        if (!generic && isJwaStandard() && !isJwaStandardJcaName(name)) {
             throw new InvalidKeyException("The " + keyType(signing) + " key's algorithm '" + name +
                     "' does not equal a valid HmacSHA* algorithm name or PKCS12 OID and cannot be used with " +
                     getId() + ".");
diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/security/KeysBridge.java b/impl/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/security/KeysBridge.java
index a3602619a..869fab940 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/security/KeysBridge.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/security/KeysBridge.java
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@
 @SuppressWarnings({"unused"}) // reflection bridge class for the io.jsonwebtoken.security.Keys implementation
 public final class KeysBridge {
 
-    private static final String SUNPKCS11_GENERIC_SECRET_CLASSNAME = "sun.security.pkcs11.P11Key$P11SecretKey";
-    private static final String SUNPKCS11_GENERIC_SECRET_ALGNAME = "Generic Secret"; // https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/4f90abaf17716493bad740dcef76d49f16d69379/src/jdk.crypto.cryptoki/share/classes/sun/security/pkcs11/P11KeyStore.java#L1292
+     // Some HSMs use generic secrets. This prefix matches the generic secret algorithm name
+     // used by SUN PKCS#11 provider, AWS CloudHSM JCE provider and possibly other HSMs
+    private static final String GENERIC_SECRET_ALG_PREFIX = "Generic";
 
     // prevent instantiation
     private KeysBridge() {
@@ -95,10 +96,13 @@ public static byte[] findEncoded(Key key) {
         return encoded;
     }
 
-    public static boolean isSunPkcs11GenericSecret(Key key) {
-        return key instanceof SecretKey &&
-                key.getClass().getName().equals(SUNPKCS11_GENERIC_SECRET_CLASSNAME) &&
-                SUNPKCS11_GENERIC_SECRET_ALGNAME.equals(key.getAlgorithm());
+    public static boolean isGenericSecret(Key key) {
+        if (!(key instanceof SecretKey)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        String algName = Assert.hasText(key.getAlgorithm(), "Key algorithm cannot be null or empty.");
+        return algName.startsWith(GENERIC_SECRET_ALG_PREFIX);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/impl/src/test/groovy/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/security/DefaultMacAlgorithmTest.groovy b/impl/src/test/groovy/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/security/DefaultMacAlgorithmTest.groovy
index 184f502eb..6df8d95b7 100644
--- a/impl/src/test/groovy/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/security/DefaultMacAlgorithmTest.groovy
+++ b/impl/src/test/groovy/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/security/DefaultMacAlgorithmTest.groovy
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import io.jsonwebtoken.impl.io.Streams
 import io.jsonwebtoken.security.*
 import org.junit.Test
 
+import javax.crypto.SecretKey
 import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 import java.security.Key
@@ -232,4 +233,29 @@ class DefaultMacAlgorithmTest {
             assertSame mac, DefaultMacAlgorithm.findByKey(oidKey)
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Asserts that generic secrets are accepted
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testValidateKeyAcceptsGenericSecret() {
+        def genericSecret = new SecretKey() {
+            @Override
+            String getAlgorithm() {
+                return 'GenericSecret'
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            String getFormat() {
+                return "RAW"
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            byte[] getEncoded() {
+                return Randoms.secureRandom().nextBytes(new byte[32])
+            }
+        }
+
+        newAlg().validateKey(genericSecret, true)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/impl/src/test/groovy/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/security/KeysBridgeTest.groovy b/impl/src/test/groovy/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/security/KeysBridgeTest.groovy
index 89d74beaa..9e62ff2c1 100644
--- a/impl/src/test/groovy/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/security/KeysBridgeTest.groovy
+++ b/impl/src/test/groovy/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/security/KeysBridgeTest.groovy
@@ -17,9 +17,13 @@ package io.jsonwebtoken.impl.security
 
 import org.junit.Test
 
+import javax.crypto.SecretKey
 import java.security.Key
+import java.security.PrivateKey
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
 
 class KeysBridgeTest {
 
@@ -56,4 +60,50 @@ class KeysBridgeTest {
     void testToStringPassword() {
         testFormattedOutput(new PasswordSpec("foo".toCharArray()))
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void testIsGenericSecret() {
+        def secretKeyWithAlg = { alg ->
+            new SecretKey() {
+                @Override
+                String getAlgorithm() {
+                    return alg
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                String getFormat() {
+                    return 'RAW'
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                byte[] getEncoded() {
+                    return new byte[0]
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        PrivateKey genericPrivateKey = new PrivateKey() {
+            @Override
+            String getAlgorithm() {
+                return "Generic"
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            String getFormat() {
+                return "RAW"
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            byte[] getEncoded() {
+                return new byte[0]
+            }
+        }
+
+        assertTrue KeysBridge.isGenericSecret(secretKeyWithAlg("GenericSecret"))
+        assertTrue KeysBridge.isGenericSecret(secretKeyWithAlg("Generic Secret"))
+        assertFalse KeysBridge.isGenericSecret(secretKeyWithAlg(" Generic"))
+        assertFalse KeysBridge.isGenericSecret(TestKeys.HS256)
+        assertFalse KeysBridge.isGenericSecret(TestKeys.A256GCM)
+        assertFalse KeysBridge.isGenericSecret(genericPrivateKey)
+    }
 }