diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index 690100192..ca3e4b126 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -3263,4 +3263,13 @@ export class StreamChat<StreamChatGenerics extends ExtendableGenerics = DefaultG
   async commitMessage(id: string) {
     return await this.post<APIResponse & MessageResponse>(this.baseURL + `/messages/${id}/commit`);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * send over a WS the new token to the server, from server you would expect `token.ack` event in case of success.
+   * @param token the new token
+   *
+   */
+  refreshToken(token: string) {
+    return this.wsConnection?.refreshToken(token);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/connection.ts b/src/connection.ts
index d567bdb56..23c33af31 100644
--- a/src/connection.ts
+++ b/src/connection.ts
@@ -622,4 +622,9 @@ export class StableWSConnection<StreamChatGenerics extends ExtendableGenerics =
       }
     }, this.connectionCheckTimeout);
   };
+
+  refreshToken = (token: string) => {
+    const d = JSON.stringify({ api_key: this.client.key, token });
+    this.ws?.send(d);
+  };
 }