diff --git a/packages/features/auth/lib/getLocale.ts b/packages/features/auth/lib/getLocale.ts
index ec77edab69..9fad1bb7c4 100644
--- a/packages/features/auth/lib/getLocale.ts
+++ b/packages/features/auth/lib/getLocale.ts
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ export const getLocale = async (req: GetTokenParams["req"]): Promise<string> =>
 
   const languages = acceptLanguage ? parse(acceptLanguage) : [];
 
-  return languages[0]?.code || "en";
+  return languages.length === 1 && languages[0].code === "*" ? "en" : languages[0]?.code ?? "en";
 };