diff --git a/Fhi.HelseId/src/Fhi.HelseIdSelvbetjening.CLI/Commands/Extensions/CommandHandlerExtensions.cs b/Fhi.HelseId/src/Fhi.HelseIdSelvbetjening.CLI/Commands/Extensions/CommandHandlerExtensions.cs
index 508b35a..5439bf0 100644
--- a/Fhi.HelseId/src/Fhi.HelseIdSelvbetjening.CLI/Commands/Extensions/CommandHandlerExtensions.cs
+++ b/Fhi.HelseId/src/Fhi.HelseIdSelvbetjening.CLI/Commands/Extensions/CommandHandlerExtensions.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Text.Json;
 using Fhi.HelseIdSelvbetjening.CLI.Services;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ public static string ResolveKeyValuePathOrString(
             if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(directValue))
             {
                 logger.LogInformation("{keyLabel} provided directly.", keyLabel);
-                return directValue;
+                return UnescapeJson(directValue.Trim());
             }
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(filePath))
@@ -37,5 +38,21 @@ public static string ResolveKeyValuePathOrString(
             logger.LogWarning("{keyLabel} not provided.", keyLabel);
             return string.Empty;
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Unescapes JSON string escape sequences by deserializing the input as a JSON string value.
+        /// <see href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/serialization/system-text-json/character-encoding"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        private static string UnescapeJson(string input)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<string>($"\"{input}\"")!;
+            }
+            catch (JsonException)
+            {
+                return input;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Fhi.HelseId/tests/Fhi.HelseIdSelvbetjening.CLI.Tests/IntegrationTests/ReadClientSecretExpirationTests.cs b/Fhi.HelseId/tests/Fhi.HelseIdSelvbetjening.CLI.Tests/IntegrationTests/ReadClientSecretExpirationTests.cs
index 7de7093..de7c6c0 100644
--- a/Fhi.HelseId/tests/Fhi.HelseIdSelvbetjening.CLI.Tests/IntegrationTests/ReadClientSecretExpirationTests.cs
+++ b/Fhi.HelseId/tests/Fhi.HelseIdSelvbetjening.CLI.Tests/IntegrationTests/ReadClientSecretExpirationTests.cs
@@ -11,10 +11,19 @@ namespace Fhi.HelseIdSelvbetjening.CLI.IntegrationTests
 {
     public class ReadClientSecretExpirationTests
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Unicode escape sequence for the double quote character (").
+        /// The first JWKs from HelseId contained unicode escaped quotes.
+        /// </summary>
+        private const string UnicodeEscapedQuote = "\\u0022";
+
         [TestCase("{\n  \"kid\": \"test-kid\",\n  \"kty\": \"RSA\",\n  \"d\": \"test-d-value\",\n  \"n\": \"test-n-value\",\n  \"e\": \"AQAB\"\n}")]
         [TestCase("{\"d\":\"test-kid\",\"e\":\"AQAB\",\"kid\":\"test-kid\",\"kty\":\"RSA\",\"n\":\"test-n-value\"}")]
         [TestCase("{ \"kid\": \"test-kid\", \"kty\": \"RSA\", \"d\": \"test-data\", \"n\": \"test-modulus\", \"e\": \"AQAB\" }")]
-        // [TestCase(@"{""kid"":""test-with-special-chars-!@#$%^&*()"",""d"":""data-with-quotes-\""and\""-backslashes-\\"",""n"":""modulus"",""e"":""AQAB""}")]
+        [TestCase(@"{""kid"":""test-kid"",""kty"":""RSA"",""d"":""test-with-special-chars-!@#$%^&*()"",""n"":""test-n-value"",""e"":""AQAB""}")]
+        [TestCase(@"{""kid"":""test-kid"",""kty"":""RSA"",""d"":""data-with-quotes-\""and\""-backslashes-\\"",""n"":""test-n-value"",""e"":""AQAB""}")]
+        [TestCase("{\\\"kid\\\":\\\"test-kid\\\",\\\"kty\\\":\\\"RSA\\\",\\\"d\\\":\\\"test-d-value\\\",\\\"n\\\":\\\"test-n-value\\\",\\\"e\\\":\\\"AQAB\\\"}")]
+        [TestCase("{" + UnicodeEscapedQuote + "kid" + UnicodeEscapedQuote + ":" + UnicodeEscapedQuote + "test-kid" + UnicodeEscapedQuote + "," + UnicodeEscapedQuote + "kty" + UnicodeEscapedQuote + ":" + UnicodeEscapedQuote + "RSA" + UnicodeEscapedQuote + "," + UnicodeEscapedQuote + "d" + UnicodeEscapedQuote + ":" + UnicodeEscapedQuote + "test-d-value" + UnicodeEscapedQuote + "," + UnicodeEscapedQuote + "n" + UnicodeEscapedQuote + ":" + UnicodeEscapedQuote + "test-n-value" + UnicodeEscapedQuote + "," + UnicodeEscapedQuote + "e" + UnicodeEscapedQuote + ":" + UnicodeEscapedQuote + "AQAB" + UnicodeEscapedQuote + "}")]
         public async Task ReadClientSecretExpiration_ValidDirectJwkArgument_ExitCode0(string jwk)
         {
             var fakeLogProvider = new FakeLoggerProvider();
@@ -40,7 +49,7 @@ public async Task ReadClientSecretExpiration_ValidDirectJwkArgument_ExitCode0(st
 
             using (Assert.EnterMultipleScope())
             {
-                Assert.That(exitCode, Is.EqualTo(0));
+                Assert.That(exitCode, Is.Zero);
                 Assert.That(fakeLogProvider.Collector?.LatestRecord.Message, Does.Contain(((DateTimeOffset)clientSecrets.FirstOrDefault()!.Expiration!).ToUnixTimeSeconds().ToString()));
                 var logs = fakeLogProvider.Collector?.GetSnapshot().Select(x => x.Message).ToList();
                 Assert.That(logs!, Does.Contain("Kid: test-kid"));