diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/cred3.json b/__tests__/fixtures/cred3.json
index aabf7bd6e..9df759448 100644
--- a/__tests__/fixtures/cred3.json
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/cred3.json
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         "name": "Verifiable Event Attendance",
         "chainId": 1,
         "version": "1",
-        "verifyingContract": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+        "verifyingContract": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
       },
       "primaryType": "VerifiableCredential"
     },
diff --git a/packages/credential-eip712/package.json b/packages/credential-eip712/package.json
index 73ef76f55..edc94a5eb 100644
--- a/packages/credential-eip712/package.json
+++ b/packages/credential-eip712/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     }
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@metamask/eth-sig-util": "^6.0.0",
+    "@metamask/eth-sig-util": "^7.0.0",
     "@veramo/core-types": "workspace:^",
     "@veramo/utils": "workspace:^",
     "debug": "^4.3.3",
diff --git a/packages/credential-w3c/src/action-handler.ts b/packages/credential-w3c/src/action-handler.ts
index dd453585c..8866c5de5 100644
--- a/packages/credential-w3c/src/action-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/credential-w3c/src/action-handler.ts
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ export class CredentialPlugin implements IAgentPlugin {
         }
         verifiedCredential = <VerifiableCredential>credential
       } catch (e: any) {
+        debug('encountered error while verifying EIP712 credential: %o', e)
         const { message, errorCode } = e
         return {
           verified: false,
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 8ab80921a..71cee2ae3 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ importers:
   packages/credential-eip712:
     dependencies:
       '@metamask/eth-sig-util':
-        specifier: ^6.0.0
-        version: 6.0.0
+        specifier: ^7.0.0
+        version: 7.0.0
       '@veramo/core-types':
         specifier: workspace:^
         version: link:../core-types
@@ -5916,7 +5916,6 @@ packages:
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       '@ethereumjs/util': 8.1.0
       crc-32: 1.2.2
-    dev: true
 
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@@ -5931,7 +5930,6 @@ packages:
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       '@ethereumjs/util': 8.1.0
       ethereum-cryptography: 2.1.2
-    dev: true
 
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     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
-    dev: true
-
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-    engines: {node: '>=14.0.0'}
-    dependencies:
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-      bn.js: 4.12.0
-      ethereum-cryptography: 2.1.2
-      ethjs-util: 0.1.6
-      tweetnacl: 1.0.3
-      tweetnacl-util: 0.15.1
-    dev: false
 
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     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
-    dev: true
 
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     transitivePeerDependencies:
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-    dev: true
 
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     dev: true
 
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-
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@@ -8313,13 +8293,13 @@ packages:
     dependencies:
       '@noble/curves': 1.1.0
       '@noble/hashes': 1.3.1
-      '@scure/base': 1.1.1
+      '@scure/base': 1.1.3
 
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     dependencies:
       '@noble/hashes': 1.3.1
-      '@scure/base': 1.1.1
+      '@scure/base': 1.1.3
 
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     dependencies:
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-    dev: true
 
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@@ -9399,7 +9378,6 @@ packages:
 
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-    dev: true
 
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     engines: {node: '>=0.8'}
     hasBin: true
-    dev: true
 
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@@ -23738,7 +23715,6 @@ packages:
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     engines: {node: '>=14.0.0'}
-    dev: true
 
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