diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 54973e1f..2d46000f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,21 +15,22 @@ integration = [ "elementsd" ]
 
 json-contract = [ "serde_json" ]
 "serde-feature" = [
-    "bitcoin/use-serde",
+    "bitcoin/serde",
     "secp256k1-zkp/use-serde",
     "serde"
 ]
 "fuzztarget" = []
 
 [dependencies]
-bitcoin = "0.28.0"
-secp256k1-zkp = { version = "0.6.0", features = [ "global-context", "bitcoin_hashes" ] }
+bitcoin = "0.29.1"
+#secp256k1-zkp = { version = "0.6.0", features = [ "global-context", "bitcoin_hashes" ] }
+secp256k1-zkp = { git = "https://github.com/RCasatta/rust-secp256k1-zkp", branch="bump_secp", features = [ "global-context", "bitcoin_hashes" ] }
 slip21 = "0.2.0"
 
 # While this dependency is included in bitcoin, we need this to use the macros.
 # We should probably try keep this one in sync with the bitcoin version,
 # to avoid requiring two version of bitcoin_hashes.
-bitcoin_hashes = "0.10.0"
+bitcoin_hashes = "0.11.0"
 
 # Used for ContractHash::from_json_contract.
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
@@ -38,10 +39,10 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features=["derive"], optional = true }
 
 # This should be an optional dev-dependency (only needed for integration tests),
 # but dev-dependency cannot be optional, and without optionality older toolchain try to compile it and fails
-elementsd = {version = "0.5.0", features=["0_21_0","bitcoind_22_0"], optional = true }
+elementsd = {version = "0.6.0", features=["0_21_0","bitcoind_22_0"], optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand = "0.6.5"
+rand = "0.8"
 serde_test = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_cbor = "0.8"  # older than latest version to support 1.36
diff --git a/examples/pset_blind_coinjoin.rs b/examples/pset_blind_coinjoin.rs
index c0a7ab42..6307b42a 100644
--- a/examples/pset_blind_coinjoin.rs
+++ b/examples/pset_blind_coinjoin.rs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ fn main() {
     // Initially secp context and rng global state
     let secp = secp256k1_zkp::Secp256k1::new();
     #[allow(deprecated)]
-    let mut rng = rand::ChaChaRng::seed_from_u64(0);
+    let mut rng = rand::rngs::StdRng::seed_from_u64(0);
 
     let txouts = txout_data();
     let (btc_txout, btc_txout_secrets, btc_inp) = txouts[0].clone();
diff --git a/examples/raw_blind.rs b/examples/raw_blind.rs
index 5e907a1d..bca3afb9 100644
--- a/examples/raw_blind.rs
+++ b/examples/raw_blind.rs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ fn main() {
     // Initially secp context and rng global state
     let secp = secp256k1_zkp::Secp256k1::new();
     #[allow(deprecated)]
-    let mut rng = rand::ChaChaRng::seed_from_u64(0);
+    let mut rng = rand::rngs::StdRng::seed_from_u64(0);
 
     let txouts = txout_data();
     let (btc_txout, btc_txout_secrets, btc_inp) = txouts[0].clone();
diff --git a/src/block.rs b/src/block.rs
index d9d5e89c..cdf2efe2 100644
--- a/src/block.rs
+++ b/src/block.rs
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ impl Default for ExtData {
 }
 
 /// Elements block header
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Eq, Hash, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, Hash, PartialEq)]
 pub struct BlockHeader {
     /// Version - should be 0x20000000 except when versionbits signalling
     pub version: u32,
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ impl Decodable for BlockHeader {
 }
 
 /// Elements block
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Eq, Hash, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, Hash, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Block {
     /// Header of the block
     pub header: BlockHeader,
diff --git a/src/confidential.rs b/src/confidential.rs
index e7aff470..927c1d2e 100644
--- a/src/confidential.rs
+++ b/src/confidential.rs
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ impl AddAssign for ValueBlindingFactor {
             // The only reason that secret key addition can fail
             // is when the keys add up to zero since we have already checked
             // keys are in valid secret keys
-            if sk.add_assign(sk2.as_ref()).is_err() {
+            if sk.add_assign(&sk2.into()).is_err() {
                 *self = Self::zero();
             } else {
                 *self = ValueBlindingFactor::from_slice(sk.as_ref()).expect("Valid Tweak")
diff --git a/src/dynafed.rs b/src/dynafed.rs
index 0c8b2fc2..66d666b9 100644
--- a/src/dynafed.rs
+++ b/src/dynafed.rs
@@ -590,6 +590,8 @@ mod tests {
     use bitcoin::hashes::hex::ToHex;
     use bitcoin::hashes::sha256;
 
+    use crate::{BlockHash, TxMerkleNode};
+
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
@@ -655,7 +657,11 @@ mod tests {
                 proposed: full_entry,
                 signblock_witness: vec![],
             },
-            ..Default::default()
+            version: Default::default(),
+            prev_blockhash: BlockHash::all_zeros(),
+            merkle_root: TxMerkleNode::all_zeros(),
+            time: Default::default(),
+            height: Default::default(),
         };
         assert_eq!(
             header.calculate_dynafed_params_root().unwrap().to_hex(),
diff --git a/src/pset/map/input.rs b/src/pset/map/input.rs
index 84593421..6e254e1b 100644
--- a/src/pset/map/input.rs
+++ b/src/pset/map/input.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use crate::encode::{self, Decodable};
 use crate::confidential;
 use bitcoin::util::bip32::KeySource;
 use bitcoin::{self, PublicKey};
+use hashes::Hash;
 use crate::hashes::{self, hash160, ripemd160, sha256, sha256d};
 use crate::pset::map::Map;
 use crate::pset::raw;
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ const PSBT_ELEMENTS_IN_ISSUANCE_BLIND_VALUE_PROOF: u8 = 0x0f;
 const PSBT_ELEMENTS_IN_ISSUANCE_BLIND_INFLATION_KEYS_PROOF: u8 = 0x10;
 /// A key-value map for an input of the corresponding index in the unsigned
 /// transaction.
-#[derive(Clone, Default, Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
 pub struct Input {
     /// The non-witness transaction this input spends from. Should only be
@@ -260,6 +261,12 @@ pub struct Input {
     pub unknown: BTreeMap<raw::Key, Vec<u8>>,
 }
 
+impl Default for Input {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self { non_witness_utxo: Default::default(), witness_utxo: Default::default(), partial_sigs: Default::default(), sighash_type: Default::default(), redeem_script: Default::default(), witness_script: Default::default(), bip32_derivation: Default::default(), final_script_sig: Default::default(), final_script_witness: Default::default(), ripemd160_preimages: Default::default(), sha256_preimages: Default::default(), hash160_preimages: Default::default(), hash256_preimages: Default::default(), previous_txid: Txid::all_zeros(), previous_output_index: Default::default(), sequence: Default::default(), required_time_locktime: Default::default(), required_height_locktime: Default::default(), tap_key_sig: Default::default(), tap_script_sigs: Default::default(), tap_scripts: Default::default(), tap_key_origins: Default::default(), tap_internal_key: Default::default(), tap_merkle_root: Default::default(), issuance_value_amount: Default::default(), issuance_value_comm: Default::default(), issuance_value_rangeproof: Default::default(), issuance_keys_rangeproof: Default::default(), pegin_tx: Default::default(), pegin_txout_proof: Default::default(), pegin_genesis_hash: Default::default(), pegin_claim_script: Default::default(), pegin_value: Default::default(), pegin_witness: Default::default(), issuance_inflation_keys: Default::default(), issuance_inflation_keys_comm: Default::default(), issuance_blinding_nonce: Default::default(), issuance_asset_entropy: Default::default(), in_utxo_rangeproof: Default::default(), in_issuance_blind_value_proof: Default::default(), in_issuance_blind_inflation_keys_proof: Default::default(), proprietary: Default::default(), unknown: Default::default() }
+    }
+}
+
 /// A Signature hash type for the corresponding input. As of taproot upgrade, the signature hash
 /// type can be either [`SigHashType`] or [`SchnorrSigHashType`] but it is not possible to know
 /// directly which signature hash type the user is dealing with. Therefore, the user is responsible
diff --git a/src/pset/mod.rs b/src/pset/mod.rs
index fb03c25a..4be72ff1 100644
--- a/src/pset/mod.rs
+++ b/src/pset/mod.rs
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ mod tests {
         // Initially secp context and rng global state
         let secp = secp256k1_zkp::Secp256k1::new();
         #[allow(deprecated)]
-        let mut rng = rand::ChaChaRng::seed_from_u64(0);
+        let mut rng = rand::rngs::StdRng::seed_from_u64(0);
 
         let pset_hex = "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";
         let mut pset : PartiallySignedTransaction = encode::deserialize(&Vec::<u8>::from_hex(&pset_hex).unwrap()[..]).unwrap();
diff --git a/src/schnorr.rs b/src/schnorr.rs
index bdbb7913..297b85b7 100644
--- a/src/schnorr.rs
+++ b/src/schnorr.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 use std::fmt;
 
+use secp256k1_zkp::Scalar;
 pub use secp256k1_zkp::{XOnlyPublicKey, KeyPair};
 use secp256k1_zkp::{self, Secp256k1, Verification, constants::SCHNORR_SIGNATURE_SIZE};
 use crate::hashes::{Hash, HashEngine};
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ impl TapTweak for UntweakedPublicKey {
         engine.input(&self.serialize());
         merkle_root.map(|hash| engine.input(&hash));
         let tweak_value: [u8; 32] = TapTweakHash::from_engine(engine).into_inner();
+        let tweak_value = Scalar::from_be_bytes(tweak_value).expect("hash value greater than curve order");
 
         //Tweak the internal key by the tweak value
         let mut output_key = self.clone();
diff --git a/src/sighash.rs b/src/sighash.rs
index 9ff8b6fe..10a33c22 100644
--- a/src/sighash.rs
+++ b/src/sighash.rs
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ impl<R: Deref<Target = Transaction>> SigHashCache<R> {
         value: confidential::Value,
         sighash_type: EcdsaSigHashType,
     ) -> Result<(), encode::Error> {
-        let zero_hash = sha256d::Hash::default();
+        let zero_hash = sha256d::Hash::all_zeros();
 
         let (sighash, anyone_can_pay) = sighash_type.split_anyonecanpay_flag();
 
diff --git a/src/taproot.rs b/src/taproot.rs
index 5210b365..8b1e9004 100644
--- a/src/taproot.rs
+++ b/src/taproot.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use crate::hashes::{sha256, sha256t, Hash};
 use crate::schnorr::{UntweakedPublicKey, TweakedPublicKey, TapTweak};
 use crate::Script;
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, BinaryHeap};
-use secp256k1_zkp::{self, Secp256k1};
+use secp256k1_zkp::{self, Secp256k1, Scalar};
 use crate::hashes::HashEngine;
 use crate::encode::Encodable;
 
@@ -736,11 +736,13 @@ impl ControlBlock {
         }
         // compute the taptweak
         let tweak = TapTweakHash::from_key_and_tweak(self.internal_key, Some(curr_hash));
+        let tweak = Scalar::from_be_bytes(tweak.into_inner()).expect("hash value greater than curve order");
+
         self.internal_key.tweak_add_check(
             secp,
             output_key.as_inner(),
             self.output_key_parity,
-            tweak.into_inner(),
+            tweak,
         )
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/transaction.rs b/src/transaction.rs
index d9daa2bb..4595ba50 100644
--- a/src/transaction.rs
+++ b/src/transaction.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl OutPoint {
     #[inline]
     pub fn null() -> OutPoint {
         OutPoint {
-            txid: Default::default(),
+            txid: Txid::all_zeros(),
             vout: u32::max_value(),
         }
     }
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ impl TxInWitness {
 
 
 /// Parsed data from a transaction input's pegin witness
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Hash)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Hash)]
 pub struct PeginData<'tx> {
     /// Reference to the pegin output on the mainchain
     pub outpoint: bitcoin::OutPoint,
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ impl TxOutWitness {
 }
 
 /// Information about a pegout
-#[derive(Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Hash)]
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Hash)]
 pub struct PegoutData<'txo> {
     /// Amount to peg out
     pub value: u64,