diff --git a/blsSignatures/blsSignatures.go b/blsSignatures/blsSignatures.go
index cfcbc34d80..b597d6a07e 100644
--- a/blsSignatures/blsSignatures.go
+++ b/blsSignatures/blsSignatures.go
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ import (
 	cryptorand "crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
+	"math/big"
+
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
-	bls12381 "github.com/kilic/bls12-381"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/bls12381"
 )
 
 type PublicKey struct {
@@ -16,13 +18,13 @@ type PublicKey struct {
 	validityProof *bls12381.PointG1 // if this is nil, key came from a trusted source
 }
 
-type PrivateKey *bls12381.Fr
+type PrivateKey *big.Int
 
 type Signature *bls12381.PointG1
 
 func GeneratePrivKeyString() (string, error) {
-	fr := bls12381.NewFr()
-	privKey, err := fr.Rand(cryptorand.Reader)
+	g2 := bls12381.NewG2()
+	privKey, err := cryptorand.Int(cryptorand.Reader, g2.Q())
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -33,8 +35,8 @@ func GeneratePrivKeyString() (string, error) {
 }
 
 func GenerateKeys() (PublicKey, PrivateKey, error) {
-	fr := bls12381.NewFr()
-	privateKey, err := fr.Rand(cryptorand.Reader)
+	g2 := bls12381.NewG2()
+	privateKey, err := cryptorand.Int(cryptorand.Reader, g2.Q())
 	if err != nil {
 		return PublicKey{}, nil, err
 	}
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ func verifySignature2(sig Signature, message []byte, publicKey PublicKey, keyVal
 		return false, err
 	}
 
-	engine := bls12381.NewEngine()
+	engine := bls12381.NewPairingEngine()
 	engine.Reset()
 	engine.AddPair(pointOnCurve, publicKey.key)
 	leftSide := engine.Result()
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ func VerifyAggregatedSignatureDifferentMessages(sig Signature, messages [][]byte
 	if len(messages) != len(pubKeys) {
 		return false, errors.New("len(messages) does not match (len(pub keys) in verification")
 	}
-	engine := bls12381.NewEngine()
+	engine := bls12381.NewPairingEngine()
 	engine.Reset()
 	for i, msg := range messages {
 		pointOnCurve, err := hashToG1Curve(msg, false)
@@ -240,11 +242,11 @@ func PublicKeyFromBytes(in []byte, trustedSource bool) (PublicKey, error) {
 }
 
 func PrivateKeyToBytes(priv PrivateKey) []byte {
-	return bls12381.NewFr().Set(priv).ToBytes()
+	return ((*big.Int)(priv)).Bytes()
 }
 
 func PrivateKeyFromBytes(in []byte) (PrivateKey, error) {
-	return bls12381.NewFr().FromBytes(in), nil
+	return new(big.Int).SetBytes(in), nil
 }
 
 func SignatureToBytes(sig Signature) []byte {
diff --git a/go-ethereum b/go-ethereum
index 2b01a1c83e..0fd8140a61 160000
--- a/go-ethereum
+++ b/go-ethereum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2b01a1c83e022983547559c070b200b95cfcab4e
+Subproject commit 0fd8140a6127e77c228bc1beb0b9374244478dcd
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f5a6768eb2..cbe473d15b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7
 	github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.2.4
-	github.com/kilic/bls12-381 v0.1.0
 	github.com/knadh/koanf v1.4.0
 	github.com/mailru/easygo v0.0.0-20190618140210-3c14a0dc985f
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.4.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 419b1acfae..25b594cc25 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -441,8 +441,6 @@ github.com/juju/utils v0.0.0-20180808125547-9dfc6dbfb02b/go.mod h1:6/KLg8Wz/y2KV
 github.com/juju/version v0.0.0-20161031051906-1f41e27e54f2/go.mod h1:kE8gK5X0CImdr7qpSKl3xB2PmpySSmfj7zVbkZFs81U=
 github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.2.0/go.mod h1:SYymIcj16QtmaHHD7aYtjjsJG7VTCxuUUipMqKk8s4w=
 github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.3.0/go.mod h1:JR6WtHb+2LUe8TCKY3cZOxFyyO8IZAc4RVcycCCAKdM=
-github.com/kilic/bls12-381 v0.1.0 h1:encrdjqKMEvabVQ7qYOKu1OvhqpK4s47wDYtNiPtlp4=
-github.com/kilic/bls12-381 v0.1.0/go.mod h1:vDTTHJONJ6G+P2R74EhnyotQDTliQDnFEwhdmfzw1ig=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.2 h1:RlWWUY/Dr4fL8qk9YG7DTZ7PDgME2V4csBXA8L/ixi4=
@@ -810,7 +808,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200625212154-ddb9806d33ae/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200803210538-64077c9b5642/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200814200057-3d37ad5750ed/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201101102859-da207088b7d1/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210124154548-22da62e12c0c/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=