diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4af0002..fa6a791 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cas-lib"
-version = "0.2.55"
+version = "0.2.56"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Core lib for CAS"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ rsa = "0.9.6"
 scrypt = "0.11.0"
 sha3 = "0.10.8"
 x25519-dalek = {version = "2.0.0", features = ["static_secrets"]}
-ascon-aead = "0.4.2"
+ascon-aead = "0.5.1"
 rayon = "1.10.0"
 hmac = "0.12.1"
 sha2 = "0.10.8"
diff --git a/src/sponges/ascon_aead.rs b/src/sponges/ascon_aead.rs
index 4567ead..dbcca7b 100644
--- a/src/sponges/ascon_aead.rs
+++ b/src/sponges/ascon_aead.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 use std::sync::mpsc;
 
 use aes_gcm::AeadCore;
-use ascon_aead::{aead::{generic_array::GenericArray, Aead, KeyInit, OsRng}, Ascon128};
+use ascon_aead::{aead::{generic_array::GenericArray, Aead, KeyInit, OsRng}, AsconAead128 as Ascon128};
 
 use super::cas_ascon_aead::{CASAsconAead};
 pub struct AsconAead;