diff --git a/packages/core/types/src/auth/common/auth-identity.ts b/packages/core/types/src/auth/common/auth-identity.ts
index 522b7204a2..912577a030 100644
--- a/packages/core/types/src/auth/common/auth-identity.ts
+++ b/packages/core/types/src/auth/common/auth-identity.ts
@@ -189,4 +189,6 @@ export interface FilterableAuthIdentityProps
      */
     provider?: string
   }
+
+  app_metadata?: Record<string, unknown>
 }
diff --git a/packages/modules/auth/integration-tests/__fixtures__/auth-identity/index.ts b/packages/modules/auth/integration-tests/__fixtures__/auth-identity/index.ts
index 187d16edba..ffa4753d8b 100644
--- a/packages/modules/auth/integration-tests/__fixtures__/auth-identity/index.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/auth/integration-tests/__fixtures__/auth-identity/index.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ export async function createAuthIdentities(
           provider: "manual",
         },
       ],
+      app_metadata: {
+        user_id: "user-1",
+      },
     },
     {
       id: "test-id-1",
diff --git a/packages/modules/auth/integration-tests/__tests__/auth-module-service/auth-identity.spec.ts b/packages/modules/auth/integration-tests/__tests__/auth-module-service/auth-identity.spec.ts
index 613aa053a2..01bf778dee 100644
--- a/packages/modules/auth/integration-tests/__tests__/auth-module-service/auth-identity.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/auth/integration-tests/__tests__/auth-module-service/auth-identity.spec.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,20 @@ moduleIntegrationTestRunner<IAuthModuleService>({
             }),
           ])
         })
+
+        it("should list authIdentities by meta data", async () => {
+          const authIdentities = await service.listAuthIdentities({
+            app_metadata: {
+              user_id: "user-1",
+            },
+          })
+
+          expect(authIdentities).toEqual([
+            expect.objectContaining({
+              id: "test-id",
+            }),
+          ])
+        })
       })
 
       describe("listAndCountAuthIdentities", () => {
@@ -226,7 +240,9 @@ moduleIntegrationTestRunner<IAuthModuleService>({
           const [authIdentity] = await service.listAuthIdentities({ id: [id] })
           expect(authIdentity).toEqual(
             expect.objectContaining({
-              app_metadata: { email: "test@email.com" },
+              app_metadata: expect.objectContaining({
+                email: "test@email.com",
+              }),
             })
           )
         })
diff --git a/packages/modules/auth/src/services/auth-module.ts b/packages/modules/auth/src/services/auth-module.ts
index e271c4d58d..ece708d87a 100644
--- a/packages/modules/auth/src/services/auth-module.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/auth/src/services/auth-module.ts
@@ -145,10 +145,8 @@ export default class AuthModuleService
     )
 
     return await this.baseRepository_.serialize<
-      AuthTypes.ProviderIdentityDTO[]
-    >(providerIdentities, {
-      populate: true,
-    })
+      AuthTypes.ProviderIdentityDTO | AuthTypes.ProviderIdentityDTO[]
+    >(providerIdentities)
   }
 
   async authenticate(