diff --git a/did_core/did_doc/src/schema/types/jsonwebkey.rs b/did_core/did_doc/src/schema/types/jsonwebkey.rs
index 34bc41a4a2..cb3a7df339 100644
--- a/did_core/did_doc/src/schema/types/jsonwebkey.rs
+++ b/did_core/did_doc/src/schema/types/jsonwebkey.rs
@@ -48,13 +48,6 @@ impl JsonWebKey {
             source: Box::new(err),
         })
     }
-
-    pub fn to_vec(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, JsonWebKeyError> {
-        serde_json::to_vec(self).map_err(|err| JsonWebKeyError {
-            reason: "Serializing JWK to vector failed",
-            source: Box::new(err),
-        })
-    }
 }
 
 impl FromStr for JsonWebKey {
diff --git a/did_core/did_doc/src/schema/verification_method/error.rs b/did_core/did_doc/src/schema/verification_method/error.rs
index 235d175e09..aba2cca24b 100644
--- a/did_core/did_doc/src/schema/verification_method/error.rs
+++ b/did_core/did_doc/src/schema/verification_method/error.rs
@@ -90,3 +90,12 @@ impl From<JsonWebKeyError> for KeyDecodingError {
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl From<public_key::PublicKeyError> for KeyDecodingError {
+    fn from(error: public_key::PublicKeyError) -> Self {
+        KeyDecodingError {
+            reason: "Failed to decode multibase public key",
+            source: Some(Box::new(error)),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/did_core/did_doc/src/schema/verification_method/public_key.rs b/did_core/did_doc/src/schema/verification_method/public_key.rs
index cc05514fb9..f913ff07df 100644
--- a/did_core/did_doc/src/schema/verification_method/public_key.rs
+++ b/did_core/did_doc/src/schema/verification_method/public_key.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-use std::str::FromStr;
-
 use base64::{engine::general_purpose, Engine};
+use public_key::Key;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::schema::{
-    types::{jsonwebkey::JsonWebKey, multibase::Multibase},
-    verification_method::error::KeyDecodingError,
-};
+use crate::schema::{types::jsonwebkey::JsonWebKey, verification_method::error::KeyDecodingError};
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
 #[serde(untagged)]
@@ -34,10 +30,9 @@ impl PublicKeyField {
             PublicKeyField::Multibase {
                 public_key_multibase,
             } => {
-                let multibase = Multibase::from_str(public_key_multibase)?;
-                Ok(multibase.as_ref().to_vec())
+                let key = Key::from_fingerprint(public_key_multibase)?;
+                Ok(key.key().to_vec())
             }
-            PublicKeyField::Jwk { public_key_jwk } => Ok(public_key_jwk.to_vec()?),
             PublicKeyField::Base58 { public_key_base58 } => {
                 Ok(bs58::decode(public_key_base58).into_vec()?)
             }
@@ -48,6 +43,9 @@ impl PublicKeyField {
             PublicKeyField::Pem { public_key_pem } => {
                 Ok(pem::parse(public_key_pem.as_bytes())?.contents().to_vec())
             }
+            PublicKeyField::Jwk { public_key_jwk: _ } => Err(KeyDecodingError::new(
+                "JWK public key decoding not supported",
+            )),
             PublicKeyField::Pgp { public_key_pgp: _ } => Err(KeyDecodingError::new(
                 "PGP public key decoding not supported",
             )),
@@ -67,13 +65,13 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
     static PUBLIC_KEY_MULTIBASE: &str = "z6LSbysY2xFMRpGMhb7tFTLMpeuPRaqaWM1yECx2AtzE3KCc";
-    static PUBLIC_KEY_BASE58: &str = "6LSbysY2xFMRpGMhb7tFTLMpeuPRaqaWM1yECx2AtzE3KCc";
-    static PUBLIC_KEY_BASE64: &str = "7AEEiIVxASfd1+8HamOWE5BCi6vqNfL13mzYUoQk1M4mKQ";
+    static PUBLIC_KEY_BASE58: &str = "JhNWeSVLMYccCk7iopQW4guaSJTojqpMEELgSLhKwRr";
+    static PUBLIC_KEY_BASE64: &str = "BIiFcQEn3dfvB2pjlhOQQour6jXy9d5s2FKEJNTOJik";
     static PUBLIC_KEY_HEX: &str =
-        "ec01048885710127ddd7ef076a63961390428babea35f2f5de6cd8528424d4ce2629";
-    static PUBLIC_KEY_BYTES: [u8; 34] = [
-        236, 1, 4, 136, 133, 113, 1, 39, 221, 215, 239, 7, 106, 99, 150, 19, 144, 66, 139, 171,
-        234, 53, 242, 245, 222, 108, 216, 82, 132, 36, 212, 206, 38, 41,
+        "048885710127ddd7ef076a63961390428babea35f2f5de6cd8528424d4ce2629";
+    static PUBLIC_KEY_BYTES: [u8; 32] = [
+        4, 136, 133, 113, 1, 39, 221, 215, 239, 7, 106, 99, 150, 19, 144, 66, 139, 171, 234, 53,
+        242, 245, 222, 108, 216, 82, 132, 36, 212, 206, 38, 41,
     ];
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/did_core/did_methods/did_peer/src/peer_did/numalgos/numalgo2/verification_method.rs b/did_core/did_methods/did_peer/src/peer_did/numalgos/numalgo2/verification_method.rs
index 657becc81e..625334ad97 100644
--- a/did_core/did_methods/did_peer/src/peer_did/numalgos/numalgo2/verification_method.rs
+++ b/did_core/did_methods/did_peer/src/peer_did/numalgos/numalgo2/verification_method.rs
@@ -194,11 +194,12 @@ mod tests {
             )
             .unwrap();
             assert_eq!(vms.len(), 1);
-            assert_eq!(
-                vms[0].public_key_field().key_decoded().unwrap(),
-                key.multicodec_prefixed_key()
-            );
-            assert_ne!(vms[0].public_key_field().key_decoded().unwrap(), key.key());
+            let vm = &vms[0];
+            assert!(matches!(
+                vm.public_key_field(),
+                PublicKeyField::Multibase { .. }
+            ));
+            assert_eq!(vm.public_key_field().key_decoded().unwrap(), key.key());
         }
 
         // ... and base58 encoded keys are not
@@ -211,11 +212,12 @@ mod tests {
             )
             .unwrap();
             assert_eq!(vms.len(), 1);
-            assert_ne!(
-                vms[0].public_key_field().key_decoded().unwrap(),
-                key.multicodec_prefixed_key()
-            );
-            assert_eq!(vms[0].public_key_field().key_decoded().unwrap(), key.key());
+            let vm = &vms[0];
+            assert!(matches!(
+                vm.public_key_field(),
+                PublicKeyField::Base58 { .. }
+            ));
+            assert_eq!(vm.public_key_field().key_decoded().unwrap(), key.key());
         }
 
         #[test]