diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/issuance/service/DgciService.java b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/issuance/service/DgciService.java
index 4176b32..7d75a1e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/issuance/service/DgciService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/issuance/service/DgciService.java
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public DidDocument getDidDocument(String dgciHash) {
             if (dgciEntity.isClaimed()) {
                 DidAuthentication didAuthentication = new DidAuthentication();
                 didAuthentication.setController(dgciEntity.getDgci());
-                didAuthentication.setType("EcdsaSecp256k1VerificationKey2018");
+                didAuthentication.setType("EcdsaSecp256r1VerificationKey2019");
                 didAuthentication.setExpires(dgciEntity.getExpiresAt()
                     .toOffsetDateTime().format(
                         DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'")));