diff --git a/Package.resolved b/Package.resolved
index 38ae8640..150c530f 100644
--- a/Package.resolved
+++ b/Package.resolved
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
-  "originHash" : "6a7b6f94e12ad64740435b6a1f32724d65be46fe7a993e5ced1b75ca71949624",
+  "originHash" : "39ed8c4de5a35df098c4136c5fd9af5dca9968bb7f2a853a5583c6abf61f5870",
   "pins" : [
     {
       "identity" : "bigint",
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/attaswift/BigInt",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "0ed110f7555c34ff468e72e1686e59721f2b0da6",
-        "version" : "5.3.0"
+        "revision" : "e07e00fa1fd435143a2dcf8b7eec9a7710b2fdfe",
+        "version" : "5.7.0"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -37,6 +37,24 @@
         "version" : "1.2.1"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-asn1",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-asn1.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "40d25bbb2fc5b557a9aa8512210bded327c0f60d",
+        "version" : "1.5.0"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-async-algorithms",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-async-algorithms.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "2773d4125311133a2f705ec374c363a935069d45",
+        "version" : "1.1.0"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "identity" : "swift-atomics",
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
@@ -46,13 +64,31 @@
         "version" : "1.3.0"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-certificates",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-certificates.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "66a8512c4e7466582bab21e0e0c333f01974e5b6",
+        "version" : "1.16.0"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "identity" : "swift-collections",
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-collections.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "8c0c0a8b49e080e54e5e328cc552821ff07cd341",
-        "version" : "1.2.1"
+        "revision" : "7b847a3b7008b2dc2f47ca3110d8c782fb2e5c7e",
+        "version" : "1.3.0"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-crypto",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-crypto.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "6f70fa9eab24c1fd982af18c281c4525d05e3095",
+        "version" : "4.2.0"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -60,8 +96,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-http-structured-headers.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "db6eea3692638a65e2124990155cd220c2915903",
-        "version" : "1.3.0"
+        "revision" : "76d7627bd88b47bf5a0f8497dd244885960dde0b",
+        "version" : "1.6.0"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -69,8 +105,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-http-types.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "a0a57e949a8903563aba4615869310c0ebf14c03",
-        "version" : "1.4.0"
+        "revision" : "45eb0224913ea070ec4fba17291b9e7ecf4749ca",
+        "version" : "1.5.1"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -87,8 +123,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "a5fea865badcb1c993c85b0f0e8d05a4bd2270fb",
-        "version" : "2.85.0"
+        "revision" : "3eea09220e07d34ace722221cbda90306f48c86c",
+        "version" : "2.90.1"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -96,8 +132,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-extras.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "f1f6f772198bee35d99dd145f1513d8581a54f2c",
-        "version" : "1.26.0"
+        "revision" : "7ee281d816fa8e5f3967a2c294035a318ea551c7",
+        "version" : "1.31.0"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -105,8 +141,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-http2.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "5e9e99ec96c53bc2c18ddd10c1e25a3cd97c55e5",
-        "version" : "1.38.0"
+        "revision" : "c2ba4cfbb83f307c66f5a6df6bb43e3c88dfbf80",
+        "version" : "1.39.0"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -114,8 +150,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-ssl.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "385f5bd783ffbfff46b246a7db7be8e4f04c53bd",
-        "version" : "2.33.0"
+        "revision" : "173cc69a058623525a58ae6710e2f5727c663793",
+        "version" : "2.36.0"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -123,8 +159,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-transport-services.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "decfd235996bc163b44e10b8a24997a3d2104b90",
-        "version" : "1.25.0"
+        "revision" : "60c3e187154421171721c1a38e800b390680fb5d",
+        "version" : "1.26.0"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -132,8 +168,17 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-numerics.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "e0ec0f5f3af6f3e4d5e7a19d2af26b481acb6ba8",
-        "version" : "1.0.3"
+        "revision" : "0c0290ff6b24942dadb83a929ffaaa1481df04a2",
+        "version" : "1.1.1"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-service-lifecycle",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/swift-server/swift-service-lifecycle.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "1de37290c0ab3c5a96028e0f02911b672fd42348",
+        "version" : "2.9.1"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -141,8 +186,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-system.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "b63d24d465e237966c3f59f47dcac6c70fb0bca3",
-        "version" : "1.6.1"
+        "revision" : "395a77f0aa927f0ff73941d7ac35f2b46d47c9db",
+        "version" : "1.6.3"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index bd4a0e03..5f64d43d 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ let package = Package(
     dependencies: [
         .package(url: "https://github.com/attaswift/BigInt", from: "5.3.0"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/iwill/generic-json-swift", .upToNextMajor(from: "2.0.2")),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/GigaBitcoin/secp256k1.swift.git", .upToNextMajor(from: "0.6.0")),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/GigaBitcoin/secp256k1.swift.git", exact: "0.12.2"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/websocket-kit.git", from: "2.16.1"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-log.git", from: "1.6.4")
     ],
diff --git a/Package@swift-6.1.swift b/Package@swift-6.1.swift
index 7362ba50..9a659fb7 100644
--- a/Package@swift-6.1.swift
+++ b/Package@swift-6.1.swift
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ let package = Package(
     dependencies: [
         .package(url: "https://github.com/attaswift/BigInt", from: "5.3.0"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/iwill/generic-json-swift", .upToNextMajor(from: "2.0.2")),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/GigaBitcoin/secp256k1.swift.git", .upToNextMajor(from: "0.6.0")),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/GigaBitcoin/secp256k1.swift.git", exact: "0.12.2"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/websocket-kit.git", from: "2.16.1"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-log.git", from: "1.6.4")
     ],
diff --git a/web3swift/src/Extensions/HexExtensions.swift b/web3swift/src/Extensions/HexExtensions.swift
index a07537a2..6949517b 100644
--- a/web3swift/src/Extensions/HexExtensions.swift
+++ b/web3swift/src/Extensions/HexExtensions.swift
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ import Foundation
 
 public extension BigUInt {
     init?(hex: String) {
-        self.init(hex.web3.noHexPrefix.lowercased(), radix: 16)
+        let stripped = hex.web3.noHexPrefix.lowercased()
+        if stripped.isEmpty {
+            self.init(0)
+        } else {
+            self.init(stripped, radix: 16)
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -24,13 +29,23 @@ public extension Web3Extensions where Base == BigUInt {
 
 public extension BigInt {
     init?(hex: String) {
-        self.init(hex.web3.noHexPrefix.lowercased(), radix: 16)
+        let stripped = hex.web3.noHexPrefix.lowercased()
+        if stripped.isEmpty {
+            self.init(0)
+        } else {
+            self.init(stripped, radix: 16)
+        }
     }
 }
 
 public extension Int {
     init?(hex: String) {
-        self.init(hex.web3.noHexPrefix, radix: 16)
+        let stripped = hex.web3.noHexPrefix
+        if stripped.isEmpty {
+            self.init(0)
+        } else {
+            self.init(stripped, radix: 16)
+        }
     }
 }