diff --git a/cloud-agent/service/server/src/main/scala/org/hyperledger/identus/issue/controller/IssueControllerImpl.scala b/cloud-agent/service/server/src/main/scala/org/hyperledger/identus/issue/controller/IssueControllerImpl.scala
index 725d7b3f52..3e8a35505c 100644
--- a/cloud-agent/service/server/src/main/scala/org/hyperledger/identus/issue/controller/IssueControllerImpl.scala
+++ b/cloud-agent/service/server/src/main/scala/org/hyperledger/identus/issue/controller/IssueControllerImpl.scala
@@ -114,17 +114,20 @@ class IssueControllerImpl(
                 .fromOption(request.jwtVcPropertiesV1.map(_.claims).orElse(request.claims))
                 .orElseFail(ErrorResponse.badRequest(detail = Some("Missing request parameter: claims")))
               kid = request.jwtVcPropertiesV1
-                .map(_.issuingKid)
+                .flatMap(_.issuingKid)
                 .orElse(request.issuingKid) // TODO: should it be Option[KeyId]?
+              validityPeriod = request.jwtVcPropertiesV1
+                .flatMap(_.validityPeriod)
+                .orElse(request.validityPeriod)
               record <- credentialService
                 .createJWTIssueCredentialRecord(
                   pairwiseIssuerDID = offerContext.pairwiseIssuerDID,
                   pairwiseHolderDID = offerContext.pairwiseHolderDID,
-                  kidIssuer = request.issuingKid,
+                  kidIssuer = kid,
                   thid = DidCommID(),
                   credentialSchemaRef = Some(credentialSchemaRef),
                   claims = claims,
-                  validityPeriod = request.validityPeriod,
+                  validityPeriod = validityPeriod,
                   automaticIssuance = request.automaticIssuance.orElse(Some(true)),
                   issuingDID = issuingDID.asCanonical,
                   goalCode = offerContext.goalCode,
@@ -148,6 +151,9 @@ class IssueControllerImpl(
               kid = request.sdJwtVcPropertiesV1
                 .flatMap(_.issuingKid)
                 .orElse(request.issuingKid) // TODO: should it be Option[KeyId]?
+              validityPeriod = request.sdJwtVcPropertiesV1
+                .flatMap(_.validityPeriod)
+                .orElse(request.validityPeriod)
               record <- credentialService
                 .createSDJWTIssueCredentialRecord(
                   pairwiseIssuerDID = offerContext.pairwiseIssuerDID,
diff --git a/cloud-agent/service/server/src/main/scala/org/hyperledger/identus/issue/controller/http/CreateIssueCredentialRecordRequest.scala b/cloud-agent/service/server/src/main/scala/org/hyperledger/identus/issue/controller/http/CreateIssueCredentialRecordRequest.scala
index d19366cca7..ba62b92060 100644
--- a/cloud-agent/service/server/src/main/scala/org/hyperledger/identus/issue/controller/http/CreateIssueCredentialRecordRequest.scala
+++ b/cloud-agent/service/server/src/main/scala/org/hyperledger/identus/issue/controller/http/CreateIssueCredentialRecordRequest.scala
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ case class JwtVCPropertiesV1(
     issuingKid: Option[KeyId],
     @description(JwtVCPropertiesV1.annotations.validityPeriod.description)
     @encodedExample(JwtVCPropertiesV1.annotations.validityPeriod.example)
-    validityPeriod: Double,
+    validityPeriod: Option[Double],
     @description(JwtVCPropertiesV1.annotations.claims.description)
     @encodedExample(JwtVCPropertiesV1.annotations.claims.example)
     claims: zio.json.ast.Json,
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ case class SDJWTVCPropertiesV1(
     @description(annotations.issuingKid.description)
     @encodedExample(annotations.issuingKid.example)
     issuingKid: Option[KeyId],
+    @description(SDJWTVCPropertiesV1.annotations.validityPeriod.description)
+    @encodedExample(SDJWTVCPropertiesV1.annotations.validityPeriod.example)
+    validityPeriod: Option[Double],
     @description(SDJWTVCPropertiesV1.annotations.credentialSchema.description)
     @encodedExample(SDJWTVCPropertiesV1.annotations.credentialSchema.example)
     credentialSchema: CredentialSchemaRef,
@@ -263,6 +266,11 @@ object SDJWTVCPropertiesV1 {
   given decoder: JsonDecoder[SDJWTVCPropertiesV1] = DeriveJsonDecoder.gen
 
   object annotations {
+    object validityPeriod
+      extends Annotation[Double](
+        description = "The validity period in seconds of the verifiable credential that will be issued.",
+        example = 3600
+      )
     object issuingDID
         extends Annotation[String](
           description = """