diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0a28faf..ea9aa1a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@
     "libp2p-crypto": "^0.17.6",
     "peer-id": "^0.13.5",
     "protobufjs": "6.8.8",
-    "tweetnacl": "^1.0.3"
+    "tweetnacl": "^1.0.1"
+  },
+  "resolutions": {
+    "bn.js": "4.4.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 22fb423..b373ba0 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export async function verifySignedPayload(
   const generatedPayload = getHandshakePayload(noiseStaticKey);
   // Unmarshaling from PublicKey protobuf
   const publicKey = keys.unmarshalPublicKey(identityKey);
-  if (!publicKey.verify(generatedPayload, payload.identitySig)) {
+  if (!publicKey.verify(generatedPayload, payload.identitySig as Buffer)) {
     throw new Error("Static key doesn't match to peer that signed payload!");
   }
   return remotePeer;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7eabfcc..8028648 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1703,15 +1703,10 @@ bluebird@^3.3.0, bluebird@^3.5.5:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bluebird/-/bluebird-3.7.2.tgz#9f229c15be272454ffa973ace0dbee79a1b0c36f"
   integrity sha512-XpNj6GDQzdfW+r2Wnn7xiSAd7TM3jzkxGXBGTtWKuSXv1xUV+azxAm8jdWZN06QTQk+2N2XB9jRDkvbmQmcRtg==
 
-bn.js@^4.0.0, bn.js@^4.1.0, bn.js@^4.1.1, bn.js@^4.11.8, bn.js@^4.4.0:
-  version "4.11.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bn.js/-/bn.js-4.11.8.tgz#2cde09eb5ee341f484746bb0309b3253b1b1442f"
-  integrity sha512-ItfYfPLkWHUjckQCk8xC+LwxgK8NYcXywGigJgSwOP8Y2iyWT4f2vsZnoOXTTbo+o5yXmIUJ4gn5538SO5S3gA==
-
-bn.js@^5.0.0:
-  version "5.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bn.js/-/bn.js-5.0.0.tgz#5c3d398021b3ddb548c1296a16f857e908f35c70"
-  integrity sha512-bVwDX8AF+72fIUNuARelKAlQUNtPOfG2fRxorbVvFk4zpHbqLrPdOGfVg5vrKwVzLLePqPBiATaOZNELQzmS0A==
+bn.js@4.4.0, bn.js@^4.0.0, bn.js@^4.1.0, bn.js@^4.1.1, bn.js@^4.11.8, bn.js@^4.4.0, bn.js@^5.0.0:
+  version "4.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bn.js/-/bn.js-4.4.0.tgz#b196a96e7ab08a7a3eca9c66390390da3a980eb6"
+  integrity sha1-sZapbnqwino+ypxmOQOQ2jqYDrY=
 
 body-parser@1.19.0, body-parser@^1.16.1:
   version "1.19.0"
@@ -6390,11 +6385,6 @@ tweetnacl@^1.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tweetnacl/-/tweetnacl-1.0.1.tgz#2594d42da73cd036bd0d2a54683dd35a6b55ca17"
   integrity sha512-kcoMoKTPYnoeS50tzoqjPY3Uv9axeuuFAZY9M/9zFnhoVvRfxz9K29IMPD7jGmt2c8SW7i3gT9WqDl2+nV7p4A==
 
-tweetnacl@^1.0.3:
-  version "1.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tweetnacl/-/tweetnacl-1.0.3.tgz#ac0af71680458d8a6378d0d0d050ab1407d35596"
-  integrity sha512-6rt+RN7aOi1nGMyC4Xa5DdYiukl2UWCbcJft7YhxReBGQD7OAM8Pbxw6YMo4r2diNEA8FEmu32YOn9rhaiE5yw==
-
 type-check@~0.3.2:
   version "0.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/type-check/-/type-check-0.3.2.tgz#5884cab512cf1d355e3fb784f30804b2b520db72"