diff --git a/backend/src/controllers/participant.controller.ts b/backend/src/controllers/participant.controller.ts
index 2b15871..fb5da91 100644
--- a/backend/src/controllers/participant.controller.ts
+++ b/backend/src/controllers/participant.controller.ts
@@ -4,34 +4,20 @@ import { LoggerService } from '../services/logger.service.js';
 import { TokenOptions } from '@typings-ce';
 import { OpenViduMeetError } from '../models/index.js';
 import { ParticipantService } from '../services/participant.service.js';
-import { RoomService } from '../services/room.service.js';
 import { MEET_PARTICIPANT_TOKEN_EXPIRATION, PARTICIPANT_TOKEN_COOKIE_NAME } from '../environment.js';
 import { getCookieOptions } from '../utils/cookie-utils.js';
 
 export const generateParticipantToken = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
 	const logger = container.get(LoggerService);
 	const tokenOptions: TokenOptions = req.body;
-	const { roomName, secret, participantName } = tokenOptions;
+	const { roomName } = tokenOptions;
+	const participantService = container.get(ParticipantService);
 
 	try {
-		const roomService = container.get(RoomService);
-		const participantService = container.get(ParticipantService);
-
-		// Check if participant with same participantName exists in the room
-		const participantExists = await participantService.participantExists(roomName, participantName);
-
-		if (participantExists) {
-			logger.verbose(`Participant ${participantName} already exists in room ${roomName}`);
-			return res.status(409).json({ message: 'Participant already exists' });
-		}
-
 		logger.verbose(`Generating participant token for room ${roomName}`);
-
-		const secretRole = await roomService.getRoomSecretRole(roomName, secret);
-		const token = await participantService.generateParticipantToken(secretRole, tokenOptions);
+		const token = await participantService.generateOrRefreshParticipantToken(tokenOptions);
 
 		res.cookie(PARTICIPANT_TOKEN_COOKIE_NAME, token, getCookieOptions('/', MEET_PARTICIPANT_TOKEN_EXPIRATION));
-
 		logger.verbose(`Participant token generated for room ${roomName}`);
 		return res.status(200).json({ token });
 	} catch (error) {
@@ -40,6 +26,25 @@ export const generateParticipantToken = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
 	}
 };
 
+export const refreshParticipantToken = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+	const logger = container.get(LoggerService);
+	const tokenOptions: TokenOptions = req.body;
+	const { roomName } = tokenOptions;
+	const participantService = container.get(ParticipantService);
+
+	try {
+		logger.verbose(`Refreshing participant token for room ${roomName}`);
+		const token = await participantService.generateOrRefreshParticipantToken(tokenOptions, true);
+
+		res.cookie(PARTICIPANT_TOKEN_COOKIE_NAME, token, getCookieOptions('/', MEET_PARTICIPANT_TOKEN_EXPIRATION));
+		logger.verbose(`Participant token refreshed for room ${roomName}`);
+		return res.status(200).json({ token });
+	} catch (error) {
+		logger.error(`Error refreshing participant token for room: ${roomName}`);
+		return handleError(res, error);
+	}
+};
+
 export const deleteParticipant = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
 	const logger = container.get(LoggerService);
 	const participantService = container.get(ParticipantService);
diff --git a/backend/src/routes/participants.routes.ts b/backend/src/routes/participants.routes.ts
index 7472b32..2a80306 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes/participants.routes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/participants.routes.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ participantsInternalRouter.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
 participantsInternalRouter.use(bodyParser.json());
 
 participantsInternalRouter.post('/token', validateParticipantTokenRequest, participantCtrl.generateParticipantToken);
+participantsInternalRouter.post('/token/refresh', validateParticipantTokenRequest, participantCtrl.refreshParticipantToken);
 
 export const participantsRouter = Router();
 participantsRouter.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
diff --git a/backend/src/services/livekit.service.ts b/backend/src/services/livekit.service.ts
index e8466f8..e63892f 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/livekit.service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/livekit.service.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import {
 import { LoggerService } from './logger.service.js';
 import {
 	errorLivekitIsNotAvailable,
-	errorParticipantAlreadyExists,
 	errorParticipantNotFound,
 	errorRoomNotFound,
 	internalError
@@ -132,17 +131,6 @@ export class LiveKitService {
 		role: ParticipantRole
 	): Promise<string> {
 		const { roomName, participantName } = options;
-
-		try {
-			if (await this.participantExists(roomName, participantName)) {
-				this.logger.error(`Participant ${participantName} already exists in room ${roomName}`);
-				throw errorParticipantAlreadyExists(participantName, roomName);
-			}
-		} catch (error) {
-			this.logger.error(`Error checking participant existence, ${JSON.stringify(error)}`);
-			throw error;
-		}
-
 		this.logger.info(`Generating token for ${participantName} in room ${roomName}`);
 
 		const at = new AccessToken(LIVEKIT_API_KEY, LIVEKIT_API_SECRET, {
diff --git a/backend/src/services/participant.service.ts b/backend/src/services/participant.service.ts
index 666831b..6de9ebd 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/participant.service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/participant.service.ts
@@ -3,17 +3,39 @@ import { LiveKitService } from './livekit.service.js';
 import { LoggerService } from './logger.service.js';
 import { ParticipantPermissions, ParticipantRole, TokenOptions } from '@typings-ce';
 import { ParticipantInfo } from 'livekit-server-sdk';
+import { RoomService } from './room.service.js';
+import { errorParticipantAlreadyExists, errorParticipantNotFound } from '../models/index.js';
 
 @injectable()
 export class ParticipantService {
 	constructor(
 		@inject(LoggerService) protected logger: LoggerService,
+		@inject(RoomService) protected roomService: RoomService,
 		@inject(LiveKitService) protected livekitService: LiveKitService
 	) {}
 
-	async generateParticipantToken(role: ParticipantRole, options: TokenOptions): Promise<string> {
-		const permissions = this.getParticipantPermissions(role, options.roomName);
+	async generateOrRefreshParticipantToken(options: TokenOptions, refresh = false): Promise<string> {
+		const { roomName, participantName, secret } = options;
 
+		// Check if participant with same participantName exists in the room
+		const participantExists = await this.participantExists(roomName, participantName);
+
+		if (!refresh && participantExists) {
+			this.logger.verbose(`Participant ${participantName} already exists in room ${roomName}`);
+			throw errorParticipantAlreadyExists(participantName, roomName);
+		}
+
+		if (refresh && !participantExists) {
+			this.logger.verbose(`Participant ${participantName} does not exist in room ${roomName}`);
+			throw errorParticipantNotFound(participantName, roomName);
+		}
+
+		const role = await this.roomService.getRoomSecretRole(roomName, secret);
+		return this.generateParticipantToken(role, options);
+	}
+
+	protected async generateParticipantToken(role: ParticipantRole, options: TokenOptions): Promise<string> {
+		const permissions = this.getParticipantPermissions(role, options.roomName);
 		return this.livekitService.generateToken(options, permissions, role);
 	}
 
diff --git a/backend/src/services/room.service.ts b/backend/src/services/room.service.ts
index 472a818..b449668 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/room.service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/room.service.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export class RoomService {
 		@inject(LoggerService) protected logger: LoggerService,
 		@inject(GlobalPreferencesService) protected globalPrefService: GlobalPreferencesService,
 		@inject(LiveKitService) protected livekitService: LiveKitService,
-		@inject(ParticipantService) protected participantService: ParticipantService,
 		@inject(SystemEventService) protected systemEventService: SystemEventService,
 		@inject(TaskSchedulerService) protected taskSchedulerService: TaskSchedulerService
 	) {}