diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e5b6262450d4..d12ddb19ba0b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bp-parachains",
  "bp-polkadot-core",
  "bp-runtime",
- "ed25519-dalek 1.0.1",
+ "ed25519-dalek",
  "finality-grandpa",
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "sp-application-crypto",
@@ -3390,15 +3390,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "spki 0.7.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ed25519"
-version = "1.5.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "91cff35c70bba8a626e3185d8cd48cc11b5437e1a5bcd15b9b5fa3c64b6dfee7"
-dependencies = [
- "signature 1.6.4",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ed25519"
 version = "2.2.2"
@@ -3409,20 +3400,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "signature 2.1.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ed25519-dalek"
-version = "1.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c762bae6dcaf24c4c84667b8579785430908723d5c889f469d76a41d59cc7a9d"
-dependencies = [
- "curve25519-dalek 3.2.0",
- "ed25519 1.5.3",
- "rand 0.7.3",
- "serde",
- "sha2 0.9.9",
- "zeroize",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ed25519-dalek"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -3430,7 +3407,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7277392b266383ef8396db7fdeb1e77b6c52fed775f5df15bb24f35b72156980"
 dependencies = [
  "curve25519-dalek 4.0.0",
- "ed25519 2.2.2",
+ "ed25519",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "serde",
  "sha2 0.10.7",
@@ -3458,7 +3435,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4e83e509bcd060ca4b54b72bde5bb306cb2088cb01e14797ebae90a24f70f5f7"
 dependencies = [
  "curve25519-dalek 4.0.0",
- "ed25519 2.2.2",
+ "ed25519",
  "hashbrown 0.14.0",
  "hex",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
@@ -5702,7 +5679,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "276bb57e7af15d8f100d3c11cbdd32c6752b7eef4ba7a18ecf464972c07abcce"
 dependencies = [
  "bs58 0.4.0",
- "ed25519-dalek 2.0.0",
+ "ed25519-dalek",
  "log",
  "multiaddr",
  "multihash",
@@ -13660,7 +13637,7 @@ version = "23.0.0"
 source = "git+https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk?branch=master#0d6ef3e6c2c2dd46b12b6d88cda36532181b1811"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "ed25519-dalek 2.0.0",
+ "ed25519-dalek",
  "libsecp256k1",
  "log",
  "parity-scale-codec",
@@ -13892,7 +13869,7 @@ source = "git+https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk?branch=master#0d6ef3e6c
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm 0.10.2",
  "curve25519-dalek 4.0.0",
- "ed25519-dalek 2.0.0",
+ "ed25519-dalek",
  "hkdf",
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "rand 0.8.5",
diff --git a/primitives/test-utils/Cargo.toml b/primitives/test-utils/Cargo.toml
index ac603d3450dd..a57a2d82088e 100644
--- a/primitives/test-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/test-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ bp-parachains = { path = "../parachains", default-features = false }
 bp-polkadot-core = { path = "../polkadot-core", default-features = false  }
 bp-runtime = { path = "../runtime", default-features = false }
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.1.5", default-features = false }
-ed25519-dalek = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["u64_backend"] }
+ed25519-dalek = { version = "2.0", default-features = false }
 finality-grandpa = { version = "0.16.2", default-features = false }
 sp-application-crypto = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk", branch = "master", default-features = false }
 sp-consensus-grandpa = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk", branch = "master", default-features = false }
diff --git a/primitives/test-utils/src/keyring.rs b/primitives/test-utils/src/keyring.rs
index b99132de3ec3..eabf9c784eb8 100644
--- a/primitives/test-utils/src/keyring.rs
+++ b/primitives/test-utils/src/keyring.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 use bp_header_chain::{justification::JustificationVerificationContext, AuthoritySet};
 use codec::Encode;
-use ed25519_dalek::{Keypair, PublicKey, SecretKey, Signature};
+use ed25519_dalek::{Signature, SigningKey, VerifyingKey};
 use finality_grandpa::voter_set::VoterSet;
 use sp_consensus_grandpa::{AuthorityId, AuthorityList, AuthorityWeight, SetId};
 use sp_runtime::RuntimeDebug;
@@ -37,29 +37,15 @@ pub const FERDIE: Account = Account(5);
 pub struct Account(pub u16);
 
 impl Account {
-	pub fn public(&self) -> PublicKey {
-		(&self.secret()).into()
+	pub fn public(&self) -> VerifyingKey {
+		self.pair().verifying_key()
 	}
 
-	pub fn secret(&self) -> SecretKey {
+	pub fn pair(&self) -> SigningKey {
 		let data = self.0.encode();
 		let mut bytes = [0_u8; 32];
 		bytes[0..data.len()].copy_from_slice(&data);
-		SecretKey::from_bytes(&bytes)
-			.expect("A static array of the correct length is a known good.")
-	}
-
-	pub fn pair(&self) -> Keypair {
-		let mut pair: [u8; 64] = [0; 64];
-
-		let secret = self.secret();
-		pair[..32].copy_from_slice(&secret.to_bytes());
-
-		let public = self.public();
-		pair[32..].copy_from_slice(&public.to_bytes());
-
-		Keypair::from_bytes(&pair)
-			.expect("We expect the SecretKey to be good, so this must also be good.")
+		SigningKey::from_bytes(&bytes)
 	}
 
 	pub fn sign(&self, msg: &[u8]) -> Signature {