diff --git a/src/modules/credentials/generateSecureValue.ts b/src/modules/credentials/generateSecureValue.ts
index 3b584a1..9565ba9 100644
--- a/src/modules/credentials/generateSecureValue.ts
+++ b/src/modules/credentials/generateSecureValue.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ export const generateSecureValue = (content: string) => {
   const hash = Password.hash(content);
 
   // Parse the PKCS#1 PEM key into a proper KeyObject
-  const publicKey = crypto.createPublicKey(secureValuesPublicKey);
+  const publicKey = crypto.createPublicKey({
+    key: secureValuesPublicKey,
+    format: "pem",
+    type: "pkcs1",
+  });
 
   // Encrypt the content using the .secureValues.pub public key
   const encrypted = crypto.publicEncrypt(
diff --git a/src/modules/credentials/readSecureValue.ts b/src/modules/credentials/readSecureValue.ts
index dda7548..1010831 100644
--- a/src/modules/credentials/readSecureValue.ts
+++ b/src/modules/credentials/readSecureValue.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ import crypto from "crypto";
 import { secureValuesPrivateKey } from "../../constants";
 import GenericError from "../../Errors/GenericError";
 
-const privateKey = crypto.createPrivateKey(secureValuesPrivateKey);
+const privateKey = crypto.createPrivateKey({
+  key: secureValuesPrivateKey,
+  format: "pem",
+  type: "pkcs1",
+});
 
 export const readSecureValue = (
   encryptedContent: string,