diff --git a/lib/hdkey.js b/lib/hdkey.js
index f48492c..e26c5a5 100644
--- a/lib/hdkey.js
+++ b/lib/hdkey.js
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 var assert = require('assert')
 var crypto = require('crypto')
-var BigInteger = require('bigi')
 var cs = require('coinstring')
-var ecurve = require('ecurve')
-var curve = ecurve.getCurveByName('secp256k1')
-var Point = ecurve.Point
+var secp256k1 = require('secp256k1')
 
 var MASTER_SECRET = new Buffer('Bitcoin seed')
 var HARDENED_OFFSET = 0x80000000
@@ -34,9 +31,10 @@ Object.defineProperty(HDKey.prototype, 'privateKey', {
   },
   set: function (value) {
     assert.equal(value.length, 32, 'Private key must be 32 bytes.')
+    assert(secp256k1.privateKeyVerify(value) === true, 'Invalid private key')
+
     this._privateKey = value
-    this._publicPoint = curve.G.multiply(BigInteger.fromBuffer(this._privateKey))
-    this._publicKey = this._publicPoint.getEncoded(true) // force compressed point
+    this._publicKey = secp256k1.publicKeyCreate(value, true)
     this._identifier = hash160(this.publicKey)
     this._fingerprint = this._identifier.slice(0, 4).readUInt32BE(0)
   }
@@ -48,8 +46,9 @@ Object.defineProperty(HDKey.prototype, 'publicKey', {
   },
   set: function (value) {
     assert(value.length === 33 || value.length === 65, 'Public key must be 33 or 65 bytes.')
-    this._publicPoint = Point.decodeFrom(curve, value)
-    this._publicKey = this._publicPoint.getEncoded(true) // force compressed point
+    assert(secp256k1.publicKeyVerify(value) === true, 'Invalid public key')
+
+    this._publicKey = secp256k1.publicKeyConvert(value, true) // force compressed point
     this._identifier = hash160(this.publicKey)
     this._fingerprint = this._identifier.slice(0, 4).readUInt32BE(0)
     this._privateKey = null
@@ -119,33 +118,28 @@ HDKey.prototype.deriveChild = function (index) {
   var IR = I.slice(32)
 
   var hd = new HDKey(this.versions)
-  var pIL = BigInteger.fromBuffer(IL)
 
   // Private parent key -> private child key
   if (this.privateKey) {
     // ki = parse256(IL) + kpar (mod n)
-    var ki = pIL.add(BigInteger.fromBuffer(this.privateKey)).mod(curve.n)
-
-    // In case parse256(IL) >= n or ki == 0, one should proceed with the next value for i
-    if (pIL.compareTo(curve.n) >= 0 || ki.signum() === 0) {
+    try {
+      hd.privateKey = secp256k1.privateKeyTweakAdd(this.privateKey, IL)
+      // throw if IL >= n || (privateKey + IL) === 0
+    } catch (err) {
+      // In case parse256(IL) >= n or ki == 0, one should proceed with the next value for i
       return this.derive(index + 1)
     }
-
-    // if less than 32 bytes, pad with 0's
-    hd.privateKey = ki.toBuffer(32)
-
   // Public parent key -> public child key
   } else {
     // Ki = point(parse256(IL)) + Kpar
     //    = G*IL + Kpar
-    var Ki = curve.G.multiply(pIL).add(this._publicPoint)
-
-    // In case parse256(IL) >= n or Ki is the point at infinity, one should proceed with the next value for i
-    if (pIL.compareTo(curve.n) >= 0 || curve.isInfinity(Ki)) {
-      return this.derive(index + 1)
+    try {
+      hd.publicKey = secp256k1.publicKeyTweakAdd(this.publicKey, IL, true)
+      // throw if IL >= n || (g**IL + publicKey) is infinity
+    } catch (err) {
+      // In case parse256(IL) >= n or Ki is the point at infinity, one should proceed with the next value for i
+      return this.derive(index + 1, isHardened)
     }
-
-    hd.publicKey = Ki.getEncoded(true)
   }
 
   hd.chainCode = IR
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 58d11b5..f004d47 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/cryptocoinjs/hdkey",
   "devDependencies": {
+    "bigi": "^1.1.0",
     "coveralls": "^2.10.0",
+    "ecurve": "^1.0.0",
     "istanbul": "^0.3.17",
     "mocha": "^2.2.5",
     "mocha-lcov-reporter": "0.0.1",
@@ -30,9 +32,8 @@
     "standard": "4.x"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "bigi": "^1.1.0",
-    "ecurve": "^1.0.0",
-    "coinstring": "^2.0.0"
+    "coinstring": "^2.0.0",
+    "secp256k1": "^3.0.1"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "browser-test": "mochify --wd -R spec",