diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0e4eac..61a0aab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ _Code examples are using `snippets.py` which is not part of the go library._
 from nats_jwt.v2.snippets import Operator
 from nats_jwt.v2.account_claims import Export
 from nats_jwt.nkeys_ext import nkeys2
-from nkeys import nkeys
+import nkeys
 
 # create raw seed - 32 'random' bytes
 raw_seed: bytes = nkeys2.create_seed()
diff --git a/nats_jwt/nkeys_ext/nkeys2.py b/nats_jwt/nkeys_ext/nkeys2.py
index bba5332..32867e4 100644
--- a/nats_jwt/nkeys_ext/nkeys2.py
+++ b/nats_jwt/nkeys_ext/nkeys2.py
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@
 import os
 import typing
 
-import ed25519
 import nkeys
-from ed25519 import VerifyingKey
+from nacl.signing import VerifyKey
 from nkeys import crc16
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -46,8 +45,9 @@ class PublicKey:
     def __init__(self, pub_key: bytes):
         self.kp = pub_key
 
-    def get_verifying_key(self) -> VerifyingKey:
-        return VerifyingKey(self.kp)
+    @property
+    def verify_key(self) -> VerifyKey:
+        return VerifyKey(self.kp)
 
 
 def keypair_from_pubkey(pub_key: bytes) -> "nkeys.KeyPair":
@@ -149,10 +149,7 @@ def encode_seed(prefix: int, seed: bytes) -> bytes:
 def create_pair_with_rand(prefix: int, seed: bytes = None) -> nkeys.KeyPair:
     seed = seed or create_seed()
 
-    return nkeys.KeyPair(
-        seed=encode_seed(prefix, seed),
-        keys=ed25519.SigningKey(seed),
-    )
+    return nkeys.from_seed(encode_seed(prefix,seed))
 
 
 def create_operator_pair() -> nkeys.KeyPair:
diff --git a/nats_jwt/v2/account_claims.py b/nats_jwt/v2/account_claims.py
index 6ad0864..919a8b8 100644
--- a/nats_jwt/v2/account_claims.py
+++ b/nats_jwt/v2/account_claims.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from typing import Final, TYPE_CHECKING, Literal
 
 from dataclasses_json import config, dataclass_json
-from nkeys import nkeys
+import nkeys
 
 from nats_jwt.nkeys_ext import Decode
 from nats_jwt.v2.claims import _claim_data_config, AccountClaim, Claims, ClaimsData, GenericFields
diff --git a/nats_jwt/v2/snippets.py b/nats_jwt/v2/snippets.py
index 4fb25bc..180aa15 100644
--- a/nats_jwt/v2/snippets.py
+++ b/nats_jwt/v2/snippets.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import typing as t
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
-from nkeys import from_seed, KeyPair, nkeys
+from nkeys import from_seed, KeyPair, ErrInvalidSignature
 
 from nats_jwt.nkeys_ext import create_account_pair, create_operator_pair, create_user_pair, keypair_from_pubkey
 from nats_jwt.v2.account_claims import AccountClaims
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def verify(self, jwt: JWT) -> bool:
 
             # if claims are set, we can verify with them
             return self.claims.verify_jwt(jwt)
-        except nkeys.ErrInvalidSignature as e:
+        except ErrInvalidSignature as e:
             return False
 
 
diff --git a/nats_jwt/v2/user_claims.py b/nats_jwt/v2/user_claims.py
index 4b836b4..bf6490f 100644
--- a/nats_jwt/v2/user_claims.py
+++ b/nats_jwt/v2/user_claims.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import Final
 
-import nkeys.nkeys
+import nkeys
 
 from nats_jwt.nkeys_ext import Decode
 from nats_jwt.v2.claims import _claim_data_config, ClaimsData, GenericFields, PrefixByte, UserClaim
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 43211d9..6db7371 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.7.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "argcomplete"
-version = "3.2.2"
+version = "3.5.0"
 description = "Bash tab completion for argparse"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "argcomplete-3.2.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e44f4e7985883ab3e73a103ef0acd27299dbfe2dfed00142c35d4ddd3005901d"},
-    {file = "argcomplete-3.2.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f3e49e8ea59b4026ee29548e24488af46e30c9de57d48638e24f54a1ea1000a2"},
+    {file = "argcomplete-3.5.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d4bcf3ff544f51e16e54228a7ac7f486ed70ebf2ecfe49a63a91171c76bf029b"},
+    {file = "argcomplete-3.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4349400469dccfb7950bb60334a680c58d88699bff6159df61251878dc6bf74b"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fb88d64..dbff15c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ packages = [{include = "nats_jwt"}]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.9"
-nkeys = "^0.1.0"
+nkeys = "^0.2.0"
 pycryptodome = "^3.20.0"
 pytz = "^2024.1"
 dataclasses-json = "^0.6.4"
 dacite = "^1.8.1"
 
+pysodium = "^0.7.18"
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"