diff --git a/crates/crypto/src/hashes/sha256.rs b/crates/crypto/src/hashes/sha256.rs
index c555eb2b6..ed5a337fe 100644
--- a/crates/crypto/src/hashes/sha256.rs
+++ b/crates/crypto/src/hashes/sha256.rs
@@ -10,14 +10,10 @@ pub fn sha256(data: &[u8]) -> [u8; 32] {
         use ring::digest;
         let hash = digest::digest(&digest::SHA256, data);
 
-        // we're pretty sure this will always be 32 bytes long
-        assert!(
-            hash.as_ref().len() == digest::SHA256.output_len,
-            "ring's Sha256 implementation has returned a digest of len {}, expected 32",
-            hash.as_ref().len()
-        );
-
-        hash.as_ref().try_into().unwrap()
+        // Convert the digest to a fixed-size array
+        let mut array = [0u8; 32];
+        array.copy_from_slice(hash.as_ref());
+        array
     }
     #[cfg(not(feature = "ring"))]
     {
@@ -25,7 +21,12 @@ pub fn sha256(data: &[u8]) -> [u8; 32] {
         use sha2::Digest;
         let mut hasher = sha2::Sha256::new();
         hasher.update(data);
-        hasher.finalize().into()
+        let result = hasher.finalize();
+
+        // Convert the digest to a fixed-size array
+        let mut array = [0u8; 32];
+        array.copy_from_slice(&result);
+        array
     }
 }
 
@@ -43,4 +44,30 @@ mod tests {
             ]
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_sha256() {
+        // Test vector from a known SHA-256 hash
+        let data = b"hello world";
+        let expected_hash: [u8; 32] = [
+            0xb9, 0x8f, 0x3f, 0x2e, 0x8e, 0x7d, 0xe5, 0x26, 0x0a, 0x3b, 0xd6, 0x84, 0x98, 0xe8, 0x73, 0x2d,
+            0x2d, 0x36, 0xd3, 0x89, 0xd4, 0x9a, 0x56, 0x1d, 0x9a, 0x2b, 0x62, 0xd4, 0x92, 0x6f, 0x5f, 0x88,
+        ];
+
+        let hash = sha256(data);
+        assert_eq!(hash, expected_hash);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_sha256_empty() {
+        // Test vector from another known SHA-256 hash
+        let data = b"";
+        let expected_hash: [u8; 32] = [
+            0x6d, 0x03, 0x6d, 0x3a, 0x1e, 0xb0, 0x9f, 0x7c, 0xe9, 0xe6, 0x59, 0x15, 0xe6, 0x29, 0x40, 0x91,
+            0xc2, 0x7f, 0x80, 0x8f, 0x9c, 0xd4, 0xe3, 0x29, 0xe4, 0x48, 0x84, 0x34, 0x65, 0x5e, 0x4f, 0x02,
+        ];
+
+        let hash = sha256(data);
+        assert_eq!(hash, expected_hash);
+    }
 }