diff --git a/src/JWT/Serializers/Converters/DictionaryStringObjectJsonConverter.cs b/src/JWT/Serializers/Converters/DictionaryStringObjectJsonConverter.cs
index 981b18d50..d2db6b4cd 100644
--- a/src/JWT/Serializers/Converters/DictionaryStringObjectJsonConverter.cs
+++ b/src/JWT/Serializers/Converters/DictionaryStringObjectJsonConverter.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public override Dictionary<string, object> Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type
                 dic.Add(propertyName, ExtractValue(ref reader, options));
             }
 
-            return dictionary;
+            return dic;
         }
 
         public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, Dictionary<string, object> value, JsonSerializerOptions options)