diff --git a/packages/xrpl/src/Wallet/index.ts b/packages/xrpl/src/Wallet/index.ts
index 415b8f7b12..6b1d01e361 100644
--- a/packages/xrpl/src/Wallet/index.ts
+++ b/packages/xrpl/src/Wallet/index.ts
@@ -298,7 +298,9 @@ export class Wallet {
     opts: { masterAddress?: string; algorithm?: ECDSA } = {},
   ): Wallet {
     const { publicKey, privateKey } = deriveKeypair(seed, {
-      algorithm: opts.algorithm ?? DEFAULT_ALGORITHM,
+      // TODO: replace this line with algorithm: opts.algorithm ?? DEFAULT_ALGORITHM
+      // To actually enforce the ed25519 default in the next breaking version.
+      algorithm: opts.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 8ba3005e46..eeff4b6229 100644
--- a/packages/xrpl/test/wallet/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/xrpl/test/wallet/index.test.ts
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ describe('Wallet', function () {
     it('derives a wallet using default algorithm', function () {
       const wallet = Wallet.fromSeed(knownSecret)
 
-      assert.equal(wallet.publicKey, publicKeyED25519)
-      assert.equal(wallet.privateKey, privateKeyED25519)
+      assert.equal(wallet.publicKey, publicKeySecp256k1)
+      assert.equal(wallet.privateKey, privateKeySecp256k1)
     })
 
     it('derives a wallet using algorithm ecdsa-secp256k1', 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, publicKeyED25519)
-      assert.equal(wallet.privateKey, privateKeyED25519)
+      assert.equal(wallet.publicKey, publicKeySecp256k1)
+      assert.equal(wallet.privateKey, privateKeySecp256k1)
     })
 
     it('derives a wallet using algorithm ecdsa-secp256k1', function () {