diff --git a/cmd/run.go b/cmd/run.go
index f43b405..46092bd 100644
--- a/cmd/run.go
+++ b/cmd/run.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func init() {
 	runCmd.Flags().Int("minimiser-workers", 1, "how many minimiser workers to start (0 means same as GOMAXPROCS)")
 	runCmd.Flags().Bool("disable-mqtt", false, "disable MQTT message sending")
 	runCmd.Flags().String("mqtt-signing-key-file", "dtm-mqtt-signer-key.pem", "ECSDSA key used for signing MQTT messages")
+	runCmd.Flags().String("mqtt-signing-key-id", "key1", "ID (used as `kid` in JWS) when signing MQTT messages")
 	runCmd.Flags().String("mqtt-client-key-file", "dtm-mqtt-client-key.pem", "ECSDSA client key used for authenticating to MQTT bus")
 	runCmd.Flags().String("mqtt-client-cert-file", "dtm-mqtt-client.pem", "ECSDSA client cert used for authenticating to MQTT bus")
 	runCmd.Flags().String("mqtt-server", "127.0.0.1:8883", "MQTT server we will publish events to")
diff --git a/pkg/runner/mqtt.go b/pkg/runner/mqtt.go
index 6f5ec04..1ef736f 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/mqtt.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/mqtt.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package runner
 
 import (
-	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"fmt"
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/eclipse/paho.golang/paho"
 	"github.com/eclipse/paho.golang/paho/log"
 	"github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v2/jwa"
+	"github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v2/jwk"
 	"github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v2/jws"
 )
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (dtm *dnstapMinimiser) newAutoPahoClientConfig(caCertPool *x509.CertPool, s
 
 }
 
-func (dtm *dnstapMinimiser) runAutoPaho(cm *autopaho.ConnectionManager, topic string, mqttSigningKey *ecdsa.PrivateKey) {
+func (dtm *dnstapMinimiser) runAutoPaho(cm *autopaho.ConnectionManager, topic string, mqttJWK jwk.Key) {
 	dtm.autopahoWg.Add(1)
 	defer dtm.autopahoWg.Done()
 	for {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (dtm *dnstapMinimiser) runAutoPaho(cm *autopaho.ConnectionManager, topic st
 			return
 		}
 
-		signedMsg, err := jws.Sign(unsignedMsg, jws.WithJSON(), jws.WithKey(jwa.ES256, mqttSigningKey))
+		signedMsg, err := jws.Sign(unsignedMsg, jws.WithJSON(), jws.WithKey(jwa.ES256, mqttJWK))
 		if err != nil {
 			dtm.log.Error("runAutoPaho: failed to created JWS message", "error", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/runner/runner.go b/pkg/runner/runner.go
index 44eb350..7cbeb5f 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/runner.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/runner.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
 	_ "github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go/godeltaprof/http/pprof"
 	lru "github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2"
+	"github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v2/jwk"
 	"github.com/miekg/dns"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/collectors"
@@ -500,8 +501,20 @@ func (dtm *dnstapMinimiser) setupMQTT() {
 	// Setup channel for reading messages to publish
 	dtm.mqttPubCh = make(chan []byte, 100)
 
+	mqttJWK, err := jwk.FromRaw(mqttSigningKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		dtm.log.Error("unable to create MQTT JWK key", "error", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	err = mqttJWK.Set(jwk.KeyIDKey, viper.GetString("mqtt-signing-key-id"))
+	if err != nil {
+		dtm.log.Error("unable to set MQTT JWK `kid`", "error", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
 	// Connect to the broker - this will return immediately after initiating the connection process
-	go dtm.runAutoPaho(autopahoCm, viper.GetString("mqtt-topic"), mqttSigningKey)
+	go dtm.runAutoPaho(autopahoCm, viper.GetString("mqtt-topic"), mqttJWK)
 }
 
 func Run() {