diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Wallet.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Wallet.hs
index 7ecad22bfc..f0e84884a3 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Wallet.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Wallet.hs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import Simplex.Messaging.Parsers (defaultJSON, dropPrefix, sumTypeJSON)
 type AccountIndex = Word32
 
 -- | The key at an account index. It owns whatever that account owns.
-type AccountKey = S.PrivateKey
+type AccountKey = S.Secp256k1PrivateKey
 
 -- | One derived address, with the index it came from, so a caller that left the
 -- index out knows what it got.
diff --git a/tests/WalletTests.hs b/tests/WalletTests.hs
index 6c03e95f80..1e8426024a 100644
--- a/tests/WalletTests.hs
+++ b/tests/WalletTests.hs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ testPhrase24 = B.unwords $ replicate 23 "abandon" <> ["art"]
 seedEntropy :: ByteString -> BA.ScrubbedBytes
 seedEntropy phrase = BA.convert . B39.mnemonicToEntropy . either error id $ B39.parseMnemonic phrase
 
-accountKey :: BA.ScrubbedBytes -> AccountIndex -> S.PrivateKey
+accountKey :: BA.ScrubbedBytes -> AccountIndex -> S.Secp256k1PrivateKey
 accountKey entropy n = either (error . show) id $ seedMaster entropy >>= \m -> deriveAccountKey m n
 
 -- | The address a wallet reaches when the secret is imported as a private key.