diff --git a/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk/src/networking/network.rs b/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk/src/networking/network.rs
index 3d62526..e41a69f 100644
--- a/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk/src/networking/network.rs
+++ b/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk/src/networking/network.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use crate::{config::ClientConfig, errors::DIDCacheError, WSRequest};
+use blake2::{Blake2s256, Digest};
 use futures_util::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
-use ssi::{crypto::hashes::sha256, dids::Document};
+use ssi::dids::Document;
 use tokio::{
     net::TcpStream,
     select,
@@ -101,7 +102,10 @@ impl NetworkTask {
                         if let Some(cmd) = value {
                             match cmd {
                                 WSCommands::Send(channel, uid, request) => {
-                                    if network_task.cache.insert(String::from_utf8(sha256::sha256(request.did.as_bytes()).to_vec()).unwrap(), &uid, channel) {
+                                    let mut hasher = Blake2s256::new();
+                                    hasher.update(request.did.clone());
+                                    let did_hash = format!("{:x}", hasher.finalize());
+                                    if network_task.cache.insert(did_hash, &uid, channel) {
                                         let _ = network_task.ws_send(&mut websocket, &request).await;
                                     }
                                 }
diff --git a/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-server/src/handlers/websocket.rs b/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-server/src/handlers/websocket.rs
index 899a47b..42bb750 100644
--- a/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-server/src/handlers/websocket.rs
+++ b/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-server/src/handlers/websocket.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use axum::{
     },
     response::IntoResponse,
 };
-use ssi::crypto::hashes::sha256;
+use blake2::{Blake2s256, Digest};
 use tokio::select;
 use tracing::{debug, info, span, warn, Instrument};
 
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ async fn handle_socket(mut socket: WebSocket, state: SharedData) {
                                     }
                                     Err(e) => {
                                         // Couldn't resolve the DID, send an error back
-                                        let did_hash = String::from_utf8(sha256::sha256(request.did.as_bytes()).to_vec()).unwrap();
+                                        let mut hasher = Blake2s256::new();
+                                        hasher.update(request.did.clone());
+                                        let did_hash = format!("{:x}", hasher.finalize());
                                         warn!("Couldn't resolve DID: ({}) Reason: {}", &request.did, e);
                                         state.stats().await.increment_resolver_error();
                                         if let Err(e) = socket.send(Message::Text(serde_json::to_string(&WSResponseType::Error(WSResponseError {did: request.did, hash: did_hash, error: e.to_string()})).unwrap())).await {