diff --git a/auth/package-lock.json b/auth/package-lock.json
index f064935..e3abeea 100644
--- a/auth/package-lock.json
+++ b/auth/package-lock.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/samlify/-/samlify-2.8.10.tgz",
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@@ -14381,7 +14375,6 @@
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@@ -15091,11 +15084,6 @@
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diff --git a/auth/package.json b/auth/package.json
index 17250b4..deae83d 100644
--- a/auth/package.json
+++ b/auth/package.json
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
         "response-time": "^2.3.2",
         "rest-app": "^1.0.0-alpha.9",
-        "samlify": "^2.8.11",
+        "samlify": "2.8.10",
         "tslib": "^2.6.2"
     }
 }
diff --git a/auth/src/express/controllers/saml-controller.ts b/auth/src/express/controllers/saml-controller.ts
index 9216699..1f81894 100644
--- a/auth/src/express/controllers/saml-controller.ts
+++ b/auth/src/express/controllers/saml-controller.ts
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ export class SamlController {
         });
         return samlify.ServiceProvider({
             metadata: (await this.getSamlSettings()).saml_metadata_sp,
-            privateKey: (await this.getSamlSettings()).saml_private_key
+            privateKey: (await this.getSamlSettings()).saml_private_key,
+            allowCreate: false
         });
     }