diff --git a/atala-prism-sdk/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/iohk/atala/prism/walletsdk/apollo/ApolloImpl.kt b/atala-prism-sdk/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/iohk/atala/prism/walletsdk/apollo/ApolloImpl.kt
index b62ef16d7..362aa48b2 100644
--- a/atala-prism-sdk/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/iohk/atala/prism/walletsdk/apollo/ApolloImpl.kt
+++ b/atala-prism-sdk/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/iohk/atala/prism/walletsdk/apollo/ApolloImpl.kt
@@ -85,23 +85,17 @@ class ApolloImpl : Apollo {
     override fun createKeyPair(seed: Seed?, privateKey: PrivateKey): KeyPair {
         return when (privateKey.keyCurve.curve) {
             Curve.SECP256K1 -> {
-                val derivationPath = DerivationPath.fromPath("m/${privateKey.keyCurve.index}'/0'/0'")
-                if (seed == null) {
-                    throw ApolloError.InvalidMnemonicWord()
-                }
-                val extendedKey = KeyDerivation.deriveKey(seed.value, derivationPath)
-                val kmmKeyPair = extendedKey.keyPair()
-                val mPrivateKey = kmmKeyPair.privateKey as KMMECSecp256k1PrivateKey
-                val mPublicKey = kmmKeyPair.publicKey as KMMECSecp256k1PublicKey
+                val kmmPrivateKey = KMMECSecp256k1PrivateKey.secp256k1FromBytes(privateKey.value)
+
                 KeyPair(
                     keyCurve = privateKey.keyCurve,
                     privateKey = PrivateKey(
                         keyCurve = privateKey.keyCurve,
-                        value = mPrivateKey.getEncoded(),
+                        value = kmmPrivateKey.getEncoded(),
                     ),
                     publicKey = PublicKey(
                         curve = privateKey.keyCurve,
-                        value = mPublicKey.getEncoded(),
+                        value = kmmPrivateKey.getPublicKey().getEncoded(),
                     ),
                 )
             }
diff --git a/atala-prism-sdk/src/commonTest/kotlin/io/iohk/atala/prism/walletsdk/apollo/ApolloTests.kt b/atala-prism-sdk/src/commonTest/kotlin/io/iohk/atala/prism/walletsdk/apollo/ApolloTests.kt
index 340f6b196..e52708efd 100644
--- a/atala-prism-sdk/src/commonTest/kotlin/io/iohk/atala/prism/walletsdk/apollo/ApolloTests.kt
+++ b/atala-prism-sdk/src/commonTest/kotlin/io/iohk/atala/prism/walletsdk/apollo/ApolloTests.kt
@@ -118,6 +118,19 @@ class ApolloTests {
         assertEquals(32, publicKey.value.size)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun testCreateKeyPair_whenSecp256k1FromPrivateKey_thenPublicKeyCorrect() {
+        val seed = apollo.createRandomSeed()
+        val keyPair = apollo.createKeyPair(seed = seed.seed, curve = KeyCurve(Curve.SECP256K1))
+        val expectedPrivateKey = keyPair.privateKey
+        val expectedPublicKey = keyPair.publicKey
+
+        val resultKeyPair = apollo.createKeyPair(privateKey = keyPair.privateKey)
+
+        assertEquals(expectedPublicKey, resultKeyPair.publicKey)
+        assertEquals(expectedPrivateKey, resultKeyPair.privateKey)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun testCreateKeyPair_whenUsingSeedAndMnemonics_thenKeyPairIsCorrect() {
         val mnemonics = arrayOf("blade", "multiply", "coil", "rare", "fox", "doll", "tongue", "please", "icon", "mind", "gesture", "moral", "old", "laugh", "symptom", "assume", "burden", "appear", "always", "oil", "ticket", "vault", "return", "height")