diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 17c2959..05b2306 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     "keypair": "^1.0.1",
     "multibase": "^3.0.0",
     "multicodec": "^2.0.0",
+    "multihashes": "^4.0.2",
     "multihashing-async": "^2.0.1",
     "node-forge": "^0.10.0",
     "pem-jwk": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/src/keys/ed25519-class.js b/src/keys/ed25519-class.js
index ec57209..b6b549e 100644
--- a/src/keys/ed25519-class.js
+++ b/src/keys/ed25519-class.js
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ const sha = require('multihashing-async/src/sha')
 const protobuf = require('protons')
 const errcode = require('err-code')
 const uint8ArrayEquals = require('uint8arrays/equals')
-const uint8ArrayToString = require('uint8arrays/to-string')
-
+const mh = require('multihashes')
 const crypto = require('./ed25519')
 const pbm = protobuf(require('./keys.proto'))
 const exporter = require('./exporter')
@@ -84,8 +83,8 @@ class Ed25519PrivateKey {
    * @returns {Promise<String>}
    */
   async id () {
-    const hash = await this.public.hash()
-    return uint8ArrayToString(hash, 'base58btc')
+    const encoding = mh.encode(this.public.bytes, 'identity')
+    return await mh.toB58String(encoding)
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/keys/ed25519.spec.js b/test/keys/ed25519.spec.js
index e457b33..a8d3589 100644
--- a/test/keys/ed25519.spec.js
+++ b/test/keys/ed25519.spec.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe('ed25519', function () {
   it('key id', async () => {
     const key = await crypto.keys.unmarshalPrivateKey(fixtures.verify.privateKey)
     const id = await key.id()
-    expect(id).to.eql('QmUawW9qzMrBBiMrWQQMvoatadKZ9F4EwZCAMKnt3STLtz')
+    expect(id).to.eql('12D3KooWLqLxEfJ9nDdEe8Kh8PFvNPQRYDQBwyL7CMM7HhVd5LsX')
   })
 
   it('should export a password encrypted libp2p-key', async () => {