diff --git a/packages/xrpl/src/Wallet/index.ts b/packages/xrpl/src/Wallet/index.ts
index 6b1d01e361..415b8f7b12 100644
--- a/packages/xrpl/src/Wallet/index.ts
+++ b/packages/xrpl/src/Wallet/index.ts
@@ -298,9 +298,7 @@ export class Wallet {
     opts: { masterAddress?: string; algorithm?: ECDSA } = {},
   ): Wallet {
     const { publicKey, privateKey } = deriveKeypair(seed, {
-      // TODO: replace this line with algorithm: opts.algorithm ?? DEFAULT_ALGORITHM
-      // To actually enforce the ed25519 default in the next breaking version.
-      algorithm: opts.algorithm,
+      algorithm: opts.algorithm ?? DEFAULT_ALGORITHM,
     })
     return new Wallet(publicKey, privateKey, {
       seed,
diff --git a/packages/xrpl/test/wallet/index.test.ts b/packages/xrpl/test/wallet/index.test.ts
index eeff4b6229..4ad04901f9 100644
--- a/packages/xrpl/test/wallet/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/xrpl/test/wallet/index.test.ts
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ describe('Wallet', function () {
       const algorithm = ECDSA.secp256k1
       const wallet = Wallet.fromSeed(knownSecret, { algorithm })
 
-      assert.equal(wallet.publicKey, publicKeySecp256k1)
-      assert.equal(wallet.privateKey, privateKeySecp256k1)
+      assert.equal(wallet.publicKey, publicKeyED25519)
+      assert.equal(wallet.privateKey, privateKeyED25519)
     })
 
     it('derives a wallet using algorithm ed25519', function () {
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ describe('Wallet', function () {
     it('derives a wallet using default algorithm', function () {
       const wallet = Wallet.fromSecret(knownSecret)
 
-      assert.equal(wallet.publicKey, publicKeySecp256k1)
-      assert.equal(wallet.privateKey, privateKeySecp256k1)
+      assert.equal(wallet.publicKey, publicKeyED25519)
+      assert.equal(wallet.privateKey, privateKeyED25519)
     })
 
     it('derives a wallet using algorithm ecdsa-secp256k1', function () {