diff --git a/packages/core/src/modules/x509/X509Certificate.ts b/packages/core/src/modules/x509/X509Certificate.ts
index 746cf3a45..058b885b7 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/modules/x509/X509Certificate.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/modules/x509/X509Certificate.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ export class X509Certificate {
       if (keyBytes[0] !== 0x04) {
         throw new X509Error('Received P256 key with 65 bytes, but key did not start with 0x04. Invalid key')
       }
-      keyBytes = compress(keyBytes)
+      // TODO(crypto): the compress method is bugged because it does not expect the required `0x04` prefix. Here we strip that and receive the expected result
+      keyBytes = compress(keyBytes.slice(1))
     }
 
     const key = new Key(keyBytes, keyType)
diff --git a/packages/core/src/modules/x509/__tests__/X509Service.test.ts b/packages/core/src/modules/x509/__tests__/X509Service.test.ts
index c7a479ca9..141185fb6 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/modules/x509/__tests__/X509Service.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/modules/x509/__tests__/X509Service.test.ts
@@ -127,14 +127,14 @@ describe('X509Service', () => {
     const x509Certificate = X509Service.parseCertificate(agentContext, { encodedCertificate })
 
     expect(x509Certificate.publicKey.publicKey.length).toStrictEqual(33)
-    expect(x509Certificate.publicKey.publicKeyBase58).toStrictEqual('tzf7ci2SqwnesE1Ppb8NPhWfMJpuWpRETfLegmsaooBY')
+    expect(x509Certificate.publicKey.publicKeyBase58).toStrictEqual('23vfBuUJkWXTC3zZWMh1TR57CTubFjFfhm4CGfgszRMHU')
 
     const jwk = getJwkFromKey(x509Certificate.publicKey)
 
     expect(jwk).toBeInstanceOf(P256Jwk)
     expect(jwk).toMatchObject({
-      x: 'BIk8LYNHkG3GzWm39javS_1TP5YYTwqtrNEIMNpEcds',
-      y: '2UODj-scC_6OYXAeLtWqbo6SP4tU1coNPU0qLjxCBCE',
+      x: 'iTwtg0eQbcbNabf2Nq9L_VM_lhhPCq2s0Qgw2kRx29s',
+      y: 'YKwXDRz8U0-uLZ3NSI93R_35eNkl6jHp6Qg8OCup7VM',
     })
   })