diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrations/20251029234547_add-pki-acme.ts b/backend/src/db/migrations/20251029234547_add-pki-acme.ts
index fdc481a04..aa334cfba 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/20251029234547_add-pki-acme.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20251029234547_add-pki-acme.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ export async function up(knex: Knex): Promise<void> {
       // Authorization status
       t.string("status").notNullable(); // pending, valid, invalid, deactivated, expired, revoked
 
+      // Token used to validate the authorization through ACME challenge
+      t.timestamp("token").nullable();
+
       // Identifier type and value
       t.string("identifierType").notNullable(); // dns
       t.string("identifierValue").notNullable(); // domain name
diff --git a/backend/src/db/schemas/index.ts b/backend/src/db/schemas/index.ts
index e3db789ac..3513b95a7 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/schemas/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/schemas/index.ts
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ export * from "./pki-acme-accounts";
 export * from "./pki-acme-auths";
 export * from "./pki-acme-challenges";
 export * from "./pki-acme-enrollment-configs";
-export * from "./pki-acme-orders";
 export * from "./pki-acme-order-auths";
+export * from "./pki-acme-orders";
 export * from "./pki-alerts";
 export * from "./pki-api-enrollment-configs";
 export * from "./pki-certificate-profiles";
diff --git a/backend/src/db/schemas/pki-acme-auths.ts b/backend/src/db/schemas/pki-acme-auths.ts
index de883356d..15c7a7c55 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/schemas/pki-acme-auths.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/schemas/pki-acme-auths.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ export const PkiAcmeAuthsSchema = z.object({
   expiresAt: z.date(),
   certificateId: z.string().uuid().nullable().optional(),
   createdAt: z.date(),
-  updatedAt: z.date()
+  updatedAt: z.date(),
+  token: z.string().nullable().optional()
 });
 
 export type TPkiAcmeAuths = z.infer<typeof PkiAcmeAuthsSchema>;
diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/pki-acme/pki-acme-service.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/pki-acme/pki-acme-service.ts
index e5336b69c..35f668a8d 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/pki-acme/pki-acme-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/pki-acme/pki-acme-service.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,11 @@
-import { getConfig } from "@app/lib/config/env";
-import { NotFoundError } from "@app/lib/errors";
-
-import { TCertificateProfileDALFactory } from "@app/services/certificate-profile/certificate-profile-dal";
-
-import {
-  AcmeAccountDoesNotExistError,
-  AcmeBadPublicKeyError,
-  AcmeMalformedError,
-  AcmeServerInternalError,
-  AcmeUnsupportedIdentifierError
-} from "./pki-acme-errors";
-
 import { TPkiAcmeAccounts } from "@app/db/schemas/pki-acme-accounts";
 import { TPkiAcmeAuths } from "@app/db/schemas/pki-acme-auths";
+import { getConfig } from "@app/lib/config/env";
+import { crypto } from "@app/lib/crypto/cryptography";
+import { NotFoundError } from "@app/lib/errors";
 import { logger } from "@app/lib/logger";
+import { TCertificateProfileDALFactory } from "@app/services/certificate-profile/certificate-profile-dal";
+
 import {
   EnrollmentType,
   TCertificateProfileWithConfigs
@@ -22,6 +14,13 @@ import { errors, flattenedVerify, FlattenedVerifyResult, importJWK, JWSHeaderPar
 import { z, ZodError } from "zod";
 import { TPkiAcmeAccountDALFactory } from "./pki-acme-account-dal";
 import { TPkiAcmeAuthDALFactory } from "./pki-acme-auth-dal";
+import {
+  AcmeAccountDoesNotExistError,
+  AcmeBadPublicKeyError,
+  AcmeMalformedError,
+  AcmeServerInternalError,
+  AcmeUnsupportedIdentifierError
+} from "./pki-acme-errors";
 import { TPkiAcmeOrderAuthDALFactory } from "./pki-acme-order-auth-dal";
 import { TPkiAcmeOrderDALFactory } from "./pki-acme-order-dal";
 import {
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   ProtectedHeaderSchema
 } from "./pki-acme-schemas";
 import {
+  TAcmeOrderResource,
   TAcmeResponse,
   TAuthenciatedJwsPayload,
   TCreateAcmeAccountPayload,
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import {
   TGetAcmeDirectoryResponse,
   TJwsPayload,
   TListAcmeOrdersResponse,
-  TAcmeOrderResource,
   TPkiAcmeServiceFactory,
   TRawJwsPayload,
   TRespondToAcmeChallengeResponse
@@ -357,6 +356,10 @@ export const pkiAcmeServiceFactory = ({
                 status: AcmeAuthStatus.Pending,
                 identifierType: identifier.type,
                 identifierValue: identifier.value,
+                // RFC 8555 suggests a token with at least 128 bits of entropy
+                // We are using 256 bits of entropy here, should be enough for now
+                // ref: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8555#section-11.3
+                token: crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("base64"),
                 // TODO: read config from the profile to get the expiration time instead
                 expiresAt: new Date(Date.now() + 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
               },