diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a1c6d34c..e283fd5c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ exclude_lines = [
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "cryptojwt"
-version = "1.8.2"
+version = "1.8.3"
 description = "Python implementation of JWT, JWE, JWS and JWK"
 authors = ["Roland Hedberg <roland@catalogix.se>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/cryptojwt/jws/jws.py b/src/cryptojwt/jws/jws.py
index fa417e12..c9b334ee 100644
--- a/src/cryptojwt/jws/jws.py
+++ b/src/cryptojwt/jws/jws.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def sign_compact(self, keys=None, protected=None, **kwargs):
         key, xargs, _alg = self.alg_keys(keys, "sig", protected)
 
         if "typ" in self:
-            xargs["type"] = self["typ"]
+            xargs["typ"] = self["typ"]
 
         _headers.update(xargs)
         jwt = JWSig(**_headers)
diff --git a/tests/test_06_jws.py b/tests/test_06_jws.py
index 219c0ce7..6045c4cb 100644
--- a/tests/test_06_jws.py
+++ b/tests/test_06_jws.py
@@ -308,13 +308,14 @@ def P256():
 def test_1():
     claimset = {"iss": "joe", "exp": 1300819380, "http://example.com/is_root": True}
 
-    _jws = JWS(claimset, cty="JWT", alg="none")
+    _jws = JWS(claimset, cty="JWT", alg="none", typ="JWT")
     _jwt = _jws.sign_compact()
 
     _jr = JWS()
     _msg = _jr.verify_compact(_jwt, allow_none=True)
     print(_jr)
     assert _jr.jwt.headers["alg"] == "none"
+    assert _jr.jwt.headers["typ"] == "JWT"
     assert _msg == claimset