diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 857a7d308..0b5ba855a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ install_requires =
     httpx>=0.26.0,<0.29.0
     validators>=0.34.0,<1.0.0
     authlib>=1.6.7,<2.0.0
+    # When bumping authlib to >=2.0.0, remove the `authlib.jose` deprecation
+    # warning filter implemented in `weaviate/_authlib_compat.py`.
     pydantic>=2.12.0,<3.0.0
     grpcio>=1.59.5,<1.80.0
     protobuf>=4.21.6,<7.0.0
diff --git a/weaviate/__init__.py b/weaviate/__init__.py
index 2e7e5e58b..f3b38dab5 100644
--- a/weaviate/__init__.py
+++ b/weaviate/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 from typing import Any
 
+from . import _authlib_compat  # noqa: F401  # side-effect: silence authlib.jose deprecation
+
 try:
     __version__ = version("weaviate-client")
 except PackageNotFoundError:
diff --git a/weaviate/_authlib_compat.py b/weaviate/_authlib_compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..402b169be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weaviate/_authlib_compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"""Suppress the ``authlib.jose`` deprecation warning emitted by authlib >=1.7.0.
+
+authlib registers ``simplefilter("always", AuthlibDeprecationWarning)`` at import time,
+so we must import the category first to insert our filter in front of it.
+
+Remove this module (and its import in ``weaviate/__init__.py``) once the ``authlib``
+pin in ``setup.cfg`` moves to ``>=2.0.0``.
+"""
+
+import warnings
+
+from authlib.deprecate import AuthlibDeprecationWarning
+
+warnings.filterwarnings(
+    "ignore",
+    message=r"^authlib\.jose module is deprecated",
+    category=AuthlibDeprecationWarning,
+)