diff --git a/src/core/configuration/Config.ts b/src/core/configuration/Config.ts
index 751ccdb85..e0cacf57b 100644
--- a/src/core/configuration/Config.ts
+++ b/src/core/configuration/Config.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ export enum GameEnv {
 
 export interface ServerConfig {
   turnstileSiteKey(): string;
-  turnstileSecretKey(): string;
   turnIntervalMs(): number;
   gameCreationRate(): number;
   numWorkers(): number;
diff --git a/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts b/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
index 281e46024..e59653365 100644
--- a/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
+++ b/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ const JwksSchema = z.object({
 });
 
 export abstract class DefaultServerConfig implements ServerConfig {
-  turnstileSecretKey(): string {
-    return Env.TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY ?? "";
-  }
   abstract turnstileSiteKey(): string;
   allowedFlares(): string[] | undefined {
     return;
diff --git a/src/core/configuration/DevConfig.ts b/src/core/configuration/DevConfig.ts
index 09c0adaa6..8ead8c8e5 100644
--- a/src/core/configuration/DevConfig.ts
+++ b/src/core/configuration/DevConfig.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ export class DevServerConfig extends DefaultServerConfig {
     return "1x00000000000000000000AA";
   }
 
-  turnstileSecretKey(): string {
-    return "1x0000000000000000000000000000000AA";
-  }
-
   adminToken(): string {
     return "WARNING_DEV_ADMIN_KEY_DO_NOT_USE_IN_PRODUCTION";
   }
diff --git a/src/core/configuration/Env.ts b/src/core/configuration/Env.ts
index 655202b34..b5dfe2111 100644
--- a/src/core/configuration/Env.ts
+++ b/src/core/configuration/Env.ts
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ export const Env = {
     return getEnv("GAME_ENV") ?? "dev";
   },
 
-  get TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY() {
-    return getEnv("TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY");
-  },
   get STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY() {
     return getEnv("STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY");
   },
diff --git a/src/server/Turnstile.ts b/src/server/Turnstile.ts
index 5362672b0..961c54514 100644
--- a/src/server/Turnstile.ts
+++ b/src/server/Turnstile.ts
@@ -1,68 +1,44 @@
+import { ServerConfig } from "../core/configuration/Config";
+
+type TurnstileResponse =
+  | { status: "approved" }
+  | { status: "rejected"; reason: string }
+  | { status: "error"; reason: string };
+
 export async function verifyTurnstileToken(
   ip: string,
   turnstileToken: string | null,
-  turnstileSecret: string,
-): Promise<
-  | { status: "approved" }
-  | { status: "rejected"; reason: string }
-  | { status: "error"; reason: string }
-> {
-  if (!turnstileToken) {
-    return { status: "rejected", reason: "No turnstile token provided" };
-  }
-
+  config: ServerConfig,
+): Promise<TurnstileResponse> {
   try {
     const controller = new AbortController();
-    const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 3000);
+    const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 5000);
 
-    const response = await fetch(
-      "https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify",
-      {
-        method: "POST",
-        headers: {
-          "Content-Type": "application/json",
-        },
-        body: JSON.stringify({
-          secret: turnstileSecret,
-          response: turnstileToken,
-          remoteip: ip,
-        }),
-        signal: controller.signal,
+    const response = await fetch(`${config.jwtIssuer()}/turnstile`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: {
+        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        "x-api-key": config.apiKey(),
       },
-    );
+      body: JSON.stringify({ ip, token: turnstileToken }),
+      signal: controller.signal,
+    });
 
     clearTimeout(timeoutId);
 
     if (!response.ok) {
       return {
         status: "error",
-        reason: `Turnstile API returned ${response.status}`,
+        reason: `api-worker returned ${response.status}`,
       };
     }
 
-    const result = (await response.json()) as {
-      success: boolean;
-      challenge_ts?: string;
-      hostname?: string;
-      "error-codes"?: string[];
-      action?: string;
-      cdata?: string;
-    };
-
-    if (!result.success) {
-      const codes = result["error-codes"]?.join(", ") ?? "unknown";
-      return {
-        status: "rejected",
-        reason: `Turnstile token validation failed: ${codes}`,
-      };
-    }
-
-    return { status: "approved" };
+    return (await response.json()) as TurnstileResponse;
   } catch (e) {
     if (e instanceof Error && e.name === "AbortError") {
       return {
         status: "error",
-        reason: "Turnstile token validation timed out after 3 seconds",
+        reason: "Turnstile token validation timed out after 5 seconds",
       };
     }
     return {
diff --git a/src/server/Worker.ts b/src/server/Worker.ts
index d8d43433b..13cf1f32c 100644
--- a/src/server/Worker.ts
+++ b/src/server/Worker.ts
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ const workerId = parseInt(process.env.WORKER_ID ?? "0");
 const log = logger.child({ comp: `w_${workerId}` });
 const playlist = new MapPlaylist();
 
-// TEMPORARY: Turnstile validation disabled while we diagnose intermittent
-// invalid-input-response rejections in v31. Flip back to true to re-enable.
-const TURNSTILE_ENABLED = false;
-
 // Worker setup
 export async function startWorker() {
   log.info(`Worker starting...`);
@@ -432,14 +428,11 @@ export async function startWorker() {
           return;
         }
 
-        // TEMPORARY: Turnstile validation disabled while we diagnose
-        // intermittent invalid-input-response rejections in v31.
-        // Re-enable by flipping TURNSTILE_ENABLED back to true.
-        if (TURNSTILE_ENABLED && config.env() !== GameEnv.Dev) {
+        if (config.env() !== GameEnv.Dev) {
           const turnstileResult = await verifyTurnstileToken(
             ip,
             clientMsg.turnstileToken,
-            config.turnstileSecretKey(),
+            config,
           );
           switch (turnstileResult.status) {
             case "approved":
diff --git a/tests/util/TestServerConfig.ts b/tests/util/TestServerConfig.ts
index 4b34f133f..c213b1709 100644
--- a/tests/util/TestServerConfig.ts
+++ b/tests/util/TestServerConfig.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ export class TestServerConfig implements ServerConfig {
   turnstileSiteKey(): string {
     throw new Error("Method not implemented.");
   }
-  turnstileSecretKey(): string {
-    throw new Error("Method not implemented.");
-  }
   apiKey(): string {
     throw new Error("Method not implemented.");
   }