diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b0ccdb..a1c15a1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+- Replace deprecated metafields API request used for oauth token check with longer lived call to the shop endpoint [144](https://github.com/Shopify/koa-shopify-auth/pull/144)
+
 ## [4.1.4] - 2021-07-19
 ### Fixed
 - Retry OAuth if cookie / session has expired on callback [112](https://github.com/Shopify/koa-shopify-auth/pull/112)
diff --git a/src/verify-request/tests/verify-request.test.ts b/src/verify-request/tests/verify-request.test.ts
index a9b8c55..866949d 100644
--- a/src/verify-request/tests/verify-request.test.ts
+++ b/src/verify-request/tests/verify-request.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import '../../test/test_helper';
 
 import {createMockContext} from '@shopify/jest-koa-mocks';
-import {StatusCode} from '@shopify/network';
 import Shopify, { RequestReturn } from '@shopify/shopify-api';
 import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken';
 
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ import verifyRequest from '../verify-request';
 import {clearSession} from '../utilities';
 import {TEST_COOKIE_NAME, TOP_LEVEL_OAUTH_COOKIE_NAME} from '../../index';
 import {REAUTH_HEADER, REAUTH_URL_HEADER} from '../verify-token';
-import { clear } from 'console';
 const TEST_SHOP = 'testshop.myshopify.io';
 const TEST_USER = '1';
 
@@ -41,10 +39,9 @@ describe('verifyRequest', () => {
       session.scope = 'test_scope';
       await Shopify.Utils.storeSession(session);
       
-      // mocking metafields call from client.get()
-      Shopify.Clients.Rest.prototype.get = jest.fn(({path, query}) => {
-        expect(path).toEqual('metafields');
-        expect(query).toEqual({'limit': 1})
+      // mocking shop call from client.get()
+      Shopify.Clients.Rest.prototype.get = jest.fn(({path}) => {
+        expect(path).toEqual('shop');
         return Promise.resolve({ "body": "" } as RequestReturn);
       });
     });
diff --git a/src/verify-request/verify-token.ts b/src/verify-request/verify-token.ts
index 9516ecd..15de246 100644
--- a/src/verify-request/verify-token.ts
+++ b/src/verify-request/verify-token.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function verifyToken(routes: Routes, accessMode: AccessMode = DEFAULT_ACC
         try {
           // make a request to make sure oauth has succeeded, retry otherwise
           const client = new Shopify.Clients.Rest(session.shop, session.accessToken)
-          await client.get({ path: "metafields", query: {'limit': 1} }) 
+          await client.get({path: 'shop'});
 
           ctx.cookies.set(TOP_LEVEL_OAUTH_COOKIE_NAME);
           await next();