diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/com/auth0/jwt/impl/PayloadDeserializer.java b/lib/src/main/java/com/auth0/jwt/impl/PayloadDeserializer.java
index 69df87a1..f5da7e7c 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/com/auth0/jwt/impl/PayloadDeserializer.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/com/auth0/jwt/impl/PayloadDeserializer.java
@@ -88,7 +88,13 @@ Instant getInstantFromSeconds(Map<String, JsonNode> tree, String claimName) {
                     "The claim '%s' value (%s) is out of the range representable as a NumericDate.",
                     claimName, node.asText()));
         }
-        return Instant.ofEpochSecond(node.asLong());
+        long seconds = node.asLong();
+        if (seconds < Instant.MIN.getEpochSecond() || seconds > Instant.MAX.getEpochSecond()) {
+            throw new JWTDecodeException(String.format(
+                    "The claim '%s' value (%s) is out of the range representable as a NumericDate.",
+                    claimName, node.asText()));
+        }
+        return Instant.ofEpochSecond(seconds);
     }
 
     String getString(Map<String, JsonNode> tree, String claimName) {
diff --git a/lib/src/test/java/com/auth0/jwt/impl/PayloadDeserializerTest.java b/lib/src/test/java/com/auth0/jwt/impl/PayloadDeserializerTest.java
index f734b572..a7dab3ae 100644
--- a/lib/src/test/java/com/auth0/jwt/impl/PayloadDeserializerTest.java
+++ b/lib/src/test/java/com/auth0/jwt/impl/PayloadDeserializerTest.java
@@ -269,6 +269,30 @@ public void shouldThrowOutOfRangeWhenNumericDateExceedsLong() {
         deserializer.getInstantFromSeconds(tree, "key");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void shouldThrowOutOfRangeWhenNumericDateExceedsInstantRange() {
+        exception.expect(JWTDecodeException.class);
+        exception.expectMessage(
+                "The claim 'key' value (9223372036854775807) is out of the range representable as a NumericDate.");
+
+        Map<String, JsonNode> tree = new HashMap<>();
+        tree.put("key", new LongNode(Long.MAX_VALUE));
+
+        deserializer.getInstantFromSeconds(tree, "key");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldThrowOutOfRangeWhenNumericDatePrecedesInstantRange() {
+        exception.expect(JWTDecodeException.class);
+        exception.expectMessage(
+                "The claim 'key' value (-9223372036854775808) is out of the range representable as a NumericDate.");
+
+        Map<String, JsonNode> tree = new HashMap<>();
+        tree.put("key", new LongNode(Long.MIN_VALUE));
+
+        deserializer.getInstantFromSeconds(tree, "key");
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void shouldGetNullStringWhenParsingNullNode() {
         Map<String, JsonNode> tree = new HashMap<>();
@@ -299,4 +323,4 @@ public void shouldGetStringWhenParsingTextNode() {
         assertThat(text, is("something here"));
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}