diff --git a/keypair.go b/keypair.go
index 9d05518..69ebe21 100644
--- a/keypair.go
+++ b/keypair.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2018-2022 The NATS Authors
+// Copyright 2018-2024 The NATS Authors
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 // You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ package nkeys
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"crypto/ed25519"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"io"
-
-	"golang.org/x/crypto/ed25519"
 )
 
 // kp is the internal struct for a kepypair using seed.
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ const seedLen = 32
 
 // CreatePair will create a KeyPair based on the rand entropy and a type/prefix byte.
 func CreatePair(prefix PrefixByte) (KeyPair, error) {
-	return CreatePairWithRand(prefix, rand.Reader)
+	return CreatePairWithRand(prefix, nil)
 }
 
 // CreatePair will create a KeyPair based on the rand reader and a type/prefix byte. rand can be nil.
@@ -39,17 +38,12 @@ func CreatePairWithRand(prefix PrefixByte, rr io.Reader) (KeyPair, error) {
 	if prefix == PrefixByteCurve {
 		return CreateCurveKeysWithRand(rr)
 	}
-	if rr == nil {
-		rr = rand.Reader
-	}
-	var rawSeed [seedLen]byte
-
-	_, err := io.ReadFull(rr, rawSeed[:])
+	_, priv, err := ed25519.GenerateKey(rr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	seed, err := EncodeSeed(prefix, rawSeed[:])
+	seed, err := EncodeSeed(prefix, priv.Seed())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/nkeys_test.go b/nkeys_test.go
index e0db328..8053fe6 100644
--- a/nkeys_test.go
+++ b/nkeys_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The NATS Authors
+// Copyright 2018-2024 The NATS Authors
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 // You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -15,14 +15,13 @@ package nkeys
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"crypto/ed25519"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"testing"
-
-	"golang.org/x/crypto/ed25519"
 )
 
 func TestVersion(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/public.go b/public.go
index c3cd21e..a6e88c9 100644
--- a/public.go
+++ b/public.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The NATS Authors
+// Copyright 2018-2024 The NATS Authors
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 // You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@
 package nkeys
 
 import (
+	"crypto/ed25519"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"io"
-
-	"golang.org/x/crypto/ed25519"
 )
 
 // A KeyPair from a public key capable of verifying only.
diff --git a/xkeys.go b/xkeys.go
index 78f8b99..7951fb7 100644
--- a/xkeys.go
+++ b/xkeys.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2022-2023 The NATS Authors
+// Copyright 2022-2024 The NATS Authors
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 // You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ package nkeys
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"crypto/ed25519"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"io"
@@ -40,17 +41,18 @@ type ckp struct {
 
 // CreateCurveKeys will create a Curve typed KeyPair.
 func CreateCurveKeys() (KeyPair, error) {
-	return CreateCurveKeysWithRand(rand.Reader)
+	return CreateCurveKeysWithRand(nil)
 }
 
 // CreateCurveKeysWithRand will create a Curve typed KeyPair
 // with specified rand source.
 func CreateCurveKeysWithRand(rr io.Reader) (KeyPair, error) {
 	var kp ckp
-	_, err := io.ReadFull(rr, kp.seed[:])
+	_, priv, err := ed25519.GenerateKey(rr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	kp.seed = [curveKeyLen]byte(priv.Seed())
 	return &kp, nil
 }