diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6a2c8a48..3d99c69c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -102,17 +102,6 @@ version = "1.0.68"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2cb2f989d18dd141ab8ae82f64d1a8cdd37e0840f73a406896cf5e99502fab61"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "argon2"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "95c2fcf79ad1932ac6269a738109997a83c227c09b75842ae564dc8ede6a861c"
-dependencies = [
- "base64ct",
- "blake2",
- "password-hash",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayref"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -2861,17 +2850,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "password-hash"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "346f04948ba92c43e8469c1ee6736c7563d71012b17d40745260fe106aac2166"
-dependencies = [
- "base64ct",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
- "subtle",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "paste"
 version = "1.0.11"
@@ -4480,7 +4458,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "tauri-plugin-stronghold"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
- "argon2",
  "hex",
  "iota-crypto 0.21.0",
  "iota_stronghold",
@@ -4488,6 +4465,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rust-argon2",
  "rusty-fork",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/plugins/stronghold/Cargo.toml b/plugins/stronghold/Cargo.toml
index ef1f0942..98c6d3fa 100644
--- a/plugins/stronghold/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/stronghold/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ hex = "0.4"
 zeroize = { version = "1", features = ["zeroize_derive"] }
 
 # kdf dependencies
-argon2 = { version = "0.5.0", optional = true }
+rust-argon2 = { version = "1", optional = true }
 rand_chacha = { version = "0.3.1", optional = true }
 rand_core = { version = "0.6.4", features = ["getrandom"], optional = true }
 
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ rusty-fork = "0.3"
 
 [features]
 default = ["kdf"]
-kdf = ["dep:argon2", "dep:rand_chacha", "dep:rand_core"]
+kdf = ["dep:rust-argon2", "dep:rand_chacha", "dep:rand_core"]
diff --git a/plugins/stronghold/src/kdf.rs b/plugins/stronghold/src/kdf.rs
index 9d8dd120..f6667b52 100644
--- a/plugins/stronghold/src/kdf.rs
+++ b/plugins/stronghold/src/kdf.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use argon2::Argon2;
 use rand_chacha::ChaCha20Rng;
 use rand_core::{RngCore, SeedableRng};
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -17,11 +16,8 @@ impl KeyDerivation {
         let mut salt = [0u8; HASH_LENGTH];
         create_or_get_salt(&mut salt, salt_path);
 
-        let mut encoded = [0u8; HASH_LENGTH];
-        Argon2::default()
-            .hash_password_into(password.as_bytes(), &salt, &mut encoded)
-            .expect("Failed to generate hash for password");
-        encoded.to_vec()
+        argon2::hash_raw(password.as_bytes(), &salt, &Default::default())
+            .expect("Failed to generate hash for password")
     }
 }