diff --git a/src/NATS.Server/Auth/IAuthenticator.cs b/src/NATS.Server/Auth/IAuthenticator.cs
index fb28f0c..abb8db3 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Server/Auth/IAuthenticator.cs
+++ b/src/NATS.Server/Auth/IAuthenticator.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
+using NATS.Server.Auth.Jwt;
 using NATS.Server.Protocol;
 
 namespace NATS.Server.Auth;
@@ -19,5 +20,5 @@ public sealed class ClientAuthContext
     /// Used by JWT authenticator to enforce allowed_connection_types claims.
     /// Defaults to "STANDARD" for regular NATS client connections.
     /// </summary>
-    public string ConnectionType { get; init; } = "STANDARD";
+    public string ConnectionType { get; init; } = JwtConnectionTypes.Standard;
 }
diff --git a/src/NATS.Server/Auth/Jwt/JwtConnectionTypes.cs b/src/NATS.Server/Auth/Jwt/JwtConnectionTypes.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59d2418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NATS.Server/Auth/Jwt/JwtConnectionTypes.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+namespace NATS.Server.Auth.Jwt;
+
+internal static class JwtConnectionTypes
+{
+    public const string Standard = "STANDARD";
+    public const string Websocket = "WEBSOCKET";
+    public const string Leafnode = "LEAFNODE";
+    public const string LeafnodeWs = "LEAFNODE_WS";
+    public const string Mqtt = "MQTT";
+    public const string MqttWs = "MQTT_WS";
+    public const string InProcess = "INPROCESS";
+
+    private static readonly HashSet<string> Known =
+    [
+        Standard, Websocket, Leafnode, LeafnodeWs, Mqtt, MqttWs, InProcess,
+    ];
+
+    public static (HashSet<string> Valid, bool HasUnknown) Convert(IEnumerable<string>? values)
+    {
+        var valid = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        var hasUnknown = false;
+        if (values is null) return (valid, false);
+
+        foreach (var raw in values)
+        {
+            var up = (raw ?? string.Empty).Trim().ToUpperInvariant();
+            if (up.Length == 0) continue;
+            if (Known.Contains(up)) valid.Add(up);
+            else hasUnknown = true;
+        }
+
+        return (valid, hasUnknown);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/NATS.Server/Auth/JwtAuthenticator.cs b/src/NATS.Server/Auth/JwtAuthenticator.cs
index f28a155..126fb83 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Server/Auth/JwtAuthenticator.cs
+++ b/src/NATS.Server/Auth/JwtAuthenticator.cs
@@ -95,6 +95,24 @@ public sealed class JwtAuthenticator : IAuthenticator
             }
         }
 
+        // 7b. Check allowed connection types
+        var (allowedTypes, hasUnknown) = JwtConnectionTypes.Convert(userClaims.Nats?.AllowedConnectionTypes);
+
+        if (allowedTypes.Count == 0)
+        {
+            if (hasUnknown)
+                return null; // unknown-only list should reject
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            var connType = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(context.ConnectionType)
+                ? JwtConnectionTypes.Standard
+                : context.ConnectionType.ToUpperInvariant();
+
+            if (!allowedTypes.Contains(connType))
+                return null;
+        }
+
         // 8. Build permissions from JWT claims
         Permissions? permissions = null;
         var nats = userClaims.Nats;
diff --git a/src/NATS.Server/NatsClient.cs b/src/NATS.Server/NatsClient.cs
index 620f275..5c35cf5 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Server/NatsClient.cs
+++ b/src/NATS.Server/NatsClient.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Threading.Channels;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using NATS.Server.Auth;
+using NATS.Server.Auth.Jwt;
 using NATS.Server.Protocol;
 using NATS.Server.Subscriptions;
 using NATS.Server.Tls;
@@ -388,6 +389,7 @@ public sealed class NatsClient : IDisposable
                 Opts = ClientOpts,
                 Nonce = _nonce ?? [],
                 ClientCertificate = TlsState?.PeerCert,
+                ConnectionType = JwtConnectionTypes.Standard,
             };
 
             authResult = _authService.Authenticate(context);