diff --git a/src/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication/PushedAuthorizationRequest/PushedAuthorizationRequestHandler.cs b/src/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication/PushedAuthorizationRequest/PushedAuthorizationRequestHandler.cs
index a72e66c..69ab1ad 100644
--- a/src/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication/PushedAuthorizationRequest/PushedAuthorizationRequestHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication/PushedAuthorizationRequest/PushedAuthorizationRequestHandler.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Net.Http.Json;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -22,13 +23,17 @@ public static async Task HandleAsync(RedirectContext context, OpenIdConnectOptio
         // Read the PAR Endpoint from the OIDC configuration.
         var oidcConfiguration =
             await oidcOptions.ConfigurationManager?.GetConfigurationAsync(default)!;
-        var parEndpoint = oidcConfiguration?.AdditionalData["pushed_authorization_request_endpoint"] as string;
+
+        object? rawParEndpoint = string.Empty;
+        oidcConfiguration?.AdditionalData.TryGetValue("pushed_authorization_request_endpoint", out rawParEndpoint);
+        string? parEndpoint = rawParEndpoint as string;
 
         // If PAR was enabled in the options, but no `pushed_authorization_request_endpoint` value is find
-        // in the OIDC configuration, we will skip using Pushed Authorization Request.
+        // in the OIDC configuration, we will throw an error.
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(parEndpoint))
         {
-            return;
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                "Trying to use pushed authorization, but no value for 'pushed_authorization_request_endpoint' was found in the open id configuration.");
         }
         
         var message = context.ProtocolMessage;
diff --git a/tests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests.csproj b/tests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests.csproj
index d20e576..4624fbf 100644
--- a/tests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests.csproj
+++ b/tests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests.csproj
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="jwks.json" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="wellknownconfig.json" />
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="wellknownconfig_without_par.json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/tests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests/Auth0MiddlewareTests.cs b/tests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests/Auth0MiddlewareTests.cs
index 44a2d2f..025542c 100644
--- a/tests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests/Auth0MiddlewareTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests/Auth0MiddlewareTests.cs
@@ -93,6 +93,32 @@ public async Task Should_Redirect_To_Authorize_Endpoint()
             }
         }
         
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task Should_Throw_When_Using_PAR_But_No_OIDC_Config()
+        {
+            var mockHandler = new OidcMockBuilder()
+                .MockOpenIdConfig("wellknownconfig_without_par.json")
+                .MockJwks()
+                .MockPAR("https://my-par-request-uri")
+                .Build();
+
+            using (var server = TestServerBuilder.CreateServer(opt =>
+                   {
+                       opt.UsePushedAuthorization = true;
+                       opt.Backchannel = new HttpClient(mockHandler.Object);
+                   }))
+            {
+                using (var client = server.CreateClient())
+                {
+                    Func<Task> act = () => client.SendAsync($"{TestServerBuilder.Host}/{TestServerBuilder.Login}");
+                    
+                    var exception = await act.Should().ThrowAsync<InvalidOperationException>();
+
+                    exception.And.Message.Should().Be("Trying to use pushed authorization, but no value for 'pushed_authorization_request_endpoint' was found in the open id configuration.");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
         [Fact]
         public async Task Should_Post_To_PAR_Endpoint()
         {
diff --git a/tests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests/Builders/OidcMockBuilder.cs b/tests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests/Builders/OidcMockBuilder.cs
index f71d083..101eec4 100644
--- a/tests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests/Builders/OidcMockBuilder.cs
+++ b/tests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests/Builders/OidcMockBuilder.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class OidcMockBuilder
         /// Mock the `.well-known/openid-configuration` request.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>The contents of `wellknownconfig.json`, containing some dummy information needed for the tests.</returns>
-        public OidcMockBuilder MockOpenIdConfig()
+        public OidcMockBuilder MockOpenIdConfig(string configFile = "wellknownconfig.json")
         {
             _mockHandler
                    .Protected()
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public OidcMockBuilder MockOpenIdConfig()
                           ItExpr.Is<HttpRequestMessage>(me => me.IsOpenIdConfigurationEndPoint()),
                           ItExpr.IsAny<CancellationToken>()
                        )
-                       .ReturnsAsync(ReturnResource("wellknownconfig.json").Result);
+                       .ReturnsAsync(ReturnResource(configFile).Result);
 
             return this;
         }
diff --git a/tests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests/wellknownconfig_without_par.json b/tests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests/wellknownconfig_without_par.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70e44ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Auth0.AspNetCore.Authentication.IntegrationTests/wellknownconfig_without_par.json
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+{
+  "issuer": "https://tenant.eu.auth0.com/",
+  "authorization_endpoint": "https://tenant.eu.auth0.com/authorize",
+  "token_endpoint": "https://tenant.eu.auth0.com/oauth/token",
+  "device_authorization_endpoint": "https://tenant.eu.auth0.com/oauth/device/code",
+  "userinfo_endpoint": "https://tenant.eu.auth0.com/userinfo",
+  "mfa_challenge_endpoint": "https://tenant.eu.auth0.com/mfa/challenge",
+  "jwks_uri": "https://tenant.eu.auth0.com/.well-known/jwks.json",
+  "registration_endpoint": "https://tenant.eu.auth0.com/oidc/register",
+  "revocation_endpoint": "https://tenant.eu.auth0.com/oauth/revoke",
+  "scopes_supported": [
+    "openid",
+    "profile",
+    "offline_access",
+    "name",
+    "given_name",
+    "family_name",
+    "nickname",
+    "email",
+    "email_verified",
+    "picture",
+    "created_at",
+    "identities",
+    "phone",
+    "address"
+  ],
+  "response_types_supported": [
+    "code",
+    "token",
+    "id_token",
+    "code token",
+    "code id_token",
+    "token id_token",
+    "code token id_token"
+  ],
+  "code_challenge_methods_supported": [ "S256", "plain" ],
+  "response_modes_supported": [ "query", "fragment", "form_post" ],
+  "subject_types_supported": [ "public" ],
+  "id_token_signing_alg_values_supported": [ "HS256", "RS256" ],
+  "token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported": [
+    "client_secret_basic",
+    "client_secret_post"
+  ],
+  "claims_supported": [
+    "aud",
+    "auth_time",
+    "created_at",
+    "email",
+    "email_verified",
+    "exp",
+    "family_name",
+    "given_name",
+    "iat",
+    "identities",
+    "iss",
+    "name",
+    "nickname",
+    "phone_number",
+    "picture",
+    "sub"
+  ],
+  "request_uri_parameter_supported": "false"
+}
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