diff --git a/common/changes/@cityofzion/neon-dappkit/CU-86a12v3tv_2023-11-27-18-17.json b/common/changes/@cityofzion/neon-dappkit/CU-86a12v3tv_2023-11-27-18-17.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54c48b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@cityofzion/neon-dappkit/CU-86a12v3tv_2023-11-27-18-17.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@cityofzion/neon-dappkit",
+      "comment": "Changes were made to methods that take Buffer as a parameter to ensure that the parameter is in fact Buffer",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@cityofzion/neon-dappkit"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/neon-dappkit/src/NeonSigner.ts b/packages/neon-dappkit/src/NeonSigner.ts
index 0dfc72a..391b6d9 100644
--- a/packages/neon-dappkit/src/NeonSigner.ts
+++ b/packages/neon-dappkit/src/NeonSigner.ts
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ export class NeonSigner implements Neo3Signer {
       const macKey = hash.subarray(32)
 
       const cipher = crypto.createCipheriv('aes-256-cbc', encryptionKey, iv)
-      const firstChunk = cipher.update(messageBuffer)
+      const firstChunk = cipher.update(Buffer.from(messageBuffer))
       const secondChunk = cipher.final()
       const ciphertext = Buffer.concat([firstChunk, secondChunk])
 
       const dataToMac = Buffer.concat([iv, Buffer.from(ephemPublicKey, 'hex'), ciphertext])
 
-      const hmacSha = crypto.createHmac('sha256', macKey).update(dataToMac).digest()
+      const hmacSha = crypto.createHmac('sha256', Buffer.from(macKey)).update(dataToMac).digest()
       const mac = Buffer.from(hmacSha)
 
       return {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export class NeonSigner implements Neo3Signer {
       Buffer.from(payload.ephemPublicKey, 'hex'),
       Buffer.from(payload.cipherText, 'hex'),
     ])
-    const realMac = crypto.createHmac('sha256', macKey).update(dataToMac).digest()
+    const realMac = crypto.createHmac('sha256', Buffer.from(macKey)).update(dataToMac).digest()
 
     if (payload.dataTag !== realMac.toString('hex')) {
       throw new Error('invalid payload: hmac misalignment')