diff --git a/packages/openapi-v3/src/__tests__/unit/enhancers/fixtures/application.ts b/packages/openapi-v3/src/__tests__/unit/enhancers/fixtures/application.ts
index 09ab77a13cb9..d6c03f56c1a7 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-v3/src/__tests__/unit/enhancers/fixtures/application.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-v3/src/__tests__/unit/enhancers/fixtures/application.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 import {Application, createBindingFromClass} from '@loopback/core';
 import {OASEnhancerService, OAS_ENHANCER_SERVICE} from '../../../..';
+import {SecuritySpecEnhancer} from '../../../../enhancers/extensions/security.spec.extension';
 import {InfoSpecEnhancer} from './info.spec.extension';
-import {SecuritySpecEnhancer} from './security.spec.extension';
 
 export class SpecServiceApplication extends Application {
   constructor() {
diff --git a/packages/openapi-v3/src/__tests__/unit/enhancers/spec-enhancer.extensions.unit.ts b/packages/openapi-v3/src/__tests__/unit/enhancers/spec-enhancer.extensions.unit.ts
index a3993cb31b53..f5cc76055291 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-v3/src/__tests__/unit/enhancers/spec-enhancer.extensions.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-v3/src/__tests__/unit/enhancers/spec-enhancer.extensions.unit.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('spec-enhancer-extension-point', () => {
       // the security scheme entry is added by the security enhancer
       components: {
         securitySchemes: {
-          bearerAuth: {
+          jwt: {
             type: 'http',
             scheme: 'bearer',
             bearerFormat: 'JWT',
diff --git a/packages/openapi-v3/src/__tests__/unit/enhancers/fixtures/security.spec.extension.ts b/packages/openapi-v3/src/enhancers/extensions/security.spec.extension.ts
similarity index 70%
rename from packages/openapi-v3/src/__tests__/unit/enhancers/fixtures/security.spec.extension.ts
rename to packages/openapi-v3/src/enhancers/extensions/security.spec.extension.ts
index 9eb4eda9d283..f341909982d3 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-v3/src/__tests__/unit/enhancers/fixtures/security.spec.extension.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-v3/src/enhancers/extensions/security.spec.extension.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,9 @@
 import {bind} from '@loopback/core';
 import debugModule from 'debug';
 import {inspect} from 'util';
-import {
-  mergeOpenAPISpec,
-  ReferenceObject,
-  SecuritySchemeObject,
-} from '../../../..';
-import {asSpecEnhancer, OASEnhancer} from '../../../../enhancers/types';
-import {OpenApiSpec} from '../../../../types';
+import {mergeOpenAPISpec, ReferenceObject, SecuritySchemeObject} from '../..';
+import {OpenApiSpec} from '../../types';
+import {asSpecEnhancer, OASEnhancer} from '../types';
 const debug = debugModule('loopback:openapi:spec-enhancer');
 
 export type SecuritySchemeObjects = {
@@ -20,7 +16,7 @@ export type SecuritySchemeObjects = {
 };
 
 export const SECURITY_SCHEME_SPEC: SecuritySchemeObjects = {
-  bearerAuth: {
+  jwt: {
     type: 'http',
     scheme: 'bearer',
     bearerFormat: 'JWT',
@@ -28,7 +24,7 @@ export const SECURITY_SCHEME_SPEC: SecuritySchemeObjects = {
 };
 
 /**
- * A spec enhancer to add bearer token OpenAPI security entry to
+ * A spec enhancer to add jwt bearer token OpenAPI security entry to
  * `spec.component.securitySchemes`
  */
 @bind(asSpecEnhancer)
@@ -36,7 +32,10 @@ export class SecuritySpecEnhancer implements OASEnhancer {
   name = 'security';
 
   modifySpec(spec: OpenApiSpec): OpenApiSpec {
-    const patchSpec = {components: {securitySchemes: SECURITY_SCHEME_SPEC}};
+    if (spec?.components?.securitySchemes?.jwt) return spec;
+    const patchSpec = {
+      components: {securitySchemes: SECURITY_SCHEME_SPEC},
+    };
     const mergedSpec = mergeOpenAPISpec(spec, patchSpec);
     debug(`security spec extension, merged spec: ${inspect(mergedSpec)}`);
     return mergedSpec;
diff --git a/packages/openapi-v3/src/enhancers/index.ts b/packages/openapi-v3/src/enhancers/index.ts
index 6df3b5cb32b8..53d6a05c6604 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-v3/src/enhancers/index.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-v3/src/enhancers/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
+export * from './extensions/security.spec.extension';
 export * from './keys';
 export * from './spec-enhancer.service';
 export * from './types';