diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 86e7b18..7fcf85b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -36,12 +36,20 @@ jobs:
           scan-all-projects: true
           skip-unresolved: false
           run-on-non-main: true
+  reversing-labs:
+    docker:
+      - image: cimg/python:3.10
+    resource_class: large
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - platform-helpers-general/step-load-dependencies
+      - platform-helpers/step-reversinglabs-scan
 
 workflows:
   "Malware Scanner":
     jobs:
       - build
-      - platform-helpers/job-reversinglabs-scan:
+      - reversing-labs:
           context:
             - static-analysis
           requires:
diff --git a/okta_jwt_verifier/jwt_verifier.py b/okta_jwt_verifier/jwt_verifier.py
index d5b36aa..72bed89 100644
--- a/okta_jwt_verifier/jwt_verifier.py
+++ b/okta_jwt_verifier/jwt_verifier.py
@@ -211,7 +211,12 @@ async def get_jwks(self):
         jwks_uri = self._construct_jwks_uri()
         headers = {'User-Agent': f'okta-jwt-verifier-python/{version}',
                    'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
-        jwks = await self.request_executor.get(jwks_uri, headers=headers)
+        try:
+            jwks = await self.request_executor.get(jwks_uri, headers=headers)
+        except Exception as e: # This is needed if the http client fails
+            self.request_executor.cache.release_new_key(('GET', jwks_uri))
+            self._clear_requests_cache()
+
         if not self.cache_jwks:
             self._clear_requests_cache()
         return jwks