diff --git a/oauth2/oauth2-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/core/endpoint/OAuth2AccessTokenResponse.java b/oauth2/oauth2-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/core/endpoint/OAuth2AccessTokenResponse.java
index 029e829a55..13eb9eefda 100644
--- a/oauth2/oauth2-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/core/endpoint/OAuth2AccessTokenResponse.java
+++ b/oauth2/oauth2-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/core/endpoint/OAuth2AccessTokenResponse.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.endpoint;
 
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.OAuth2AccessToken;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 
 import java.time.Instant;
@@ -83,11 +82,18 @@ public final class OAuth2AccessTokenResponse {
 		}
 
 		public OAuth2AccessTokenResponse build() {
-			Assert.isTrue(this.expiresIn >= 0, "expiresIn must be a positive number");
 			Instant issuedAt = Instant.now();
+
+			// expires_in is RECOMMENDED, as per spec https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-5.1
+			// Therefore, expires_in may not be returned in the Access Token response which would result in the default value of 0.
+			// For these instances, default the expiresAt to +1 second from issuedAt time.
+			Instant expiresAt = this.expiresIn > 0 ?
+				issuedAt.plusSeconds(this.expiresIn) :
+				issuedAt.plusSeconds(1);
+
 			OAuth2AccessTokenResponse accessTokenResponse = new OAuth2AccessTokenResponse();
-			accessTokenResponse.accessToken = new OAuth2AccessToken(this.tokenType, this.tokenValue, issuedAt,
-				issuedAt.plusSeconds(this.expiresIn), this.scopes);
+			accessTokenResponse.accessToken = new OAuth2AccessToken(
+				this.tokenType, this.tokenValue, issuedAt, expiresAt, this.scopes);
 			accessTokenResponse.additionalParameters = Collections.unmodifiableMap(
 				CollectionUtils.isEmpty(this.additionalParameters) ? Collections.emptyMap() : this.additionalParameters);
 			return accessTokenResponse;
diff --git a/oauth2/oauth2-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/core/endpoint/OAuth2AccessTokenResponseTests.java b/oauth2/oauth2-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/core/endpoint/OAuth2AccessTokenResponseTests.java
index 7852ec07e8..2346347aad 100644
--- a/oauth2/oauth2-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/core/endpoint/OAuth2AccessTokenResponseTests.java
+++ b/oauth2/oauth2-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/core/endpoint/OAuth2AccessTokenResponseTests.java
@@ -53,12 +53,26 @@ public class OAuth2AccessTokenResponseTests {
 			.build();
 	}
 
-	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
-	public void buildWhenExpiresInIsNegativeThenThrowIllegalArgumentException() {
-		OAuth2AccessTokenResponse.withToken(TOKEN_VALUE)
+	@Test
+	public void buildWhenExpiresInIsZeroThenExpiresAtOneSecondAfterIssueAt() {
+		OAuth2AccessTokenResponse tokenResponse = OAuth2AccessTokenResponse
+			.withToken(TOKEN_VALUE)
+			.tokenType(OAuth2AccessToken.TokenType.BEARER)
+			.expiresIn(0)
+			.build();
+		assertThat(tokenResponse.getAccessToken().getExpiresAt()).isEqualTo(
+			tokenResponse.getAccessToken().getIssuedAt().plusSeconds(1));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void buildWhenExpiresInIsNegativeThenExpiresAtOneSecondAfterIssueAt() {
+		OAuth2AccessTokenResponse tokenResponse = OAuth2AccessTokenResponse
+			.withToken(TOKEN_VALUE)
 			.tokenType(OAuth2AccessToken.TokenType.BEARER)
 			.expiresIn(-1L)
 			.build();
+		assertThat(tokenResponse.getAccessToken().getExpiresAt()).isEqualTo(
+			tokenResponse.getAccessToken().getIssuedAt().plusSeconds(1));
 	}
 
 	@Test