diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 906937d..71906e6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ migration = []
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.38"
-borsh =  "0.10.0" 
+borsh = { version = "1.3.0" , features = ["derive", "de_strict_order"]}
 digest = "0.10" 
 hashbrown = "0.13.2"
 itertools = { version = "0.10.0", default-features = false }
diff --git a/src/node_type.rs b/src/node_type.rs
index 88de3b7..33fa74c 100644
--- a/src/node_type.rs
+++ b/src/node_type.rs
@@ -867,6 +867,7 @@ impl From<LeafNode> for SparseMerkleLeafNode {
 
 #[repr(u8)]
 #[derive(FromPrimitive, ToPrimitive, BorshDeserialize, BorshSerialize)]
+#[borsh(use_discriminant = false)]
 enum NodeTag {
     Null = 0,
     Leaf = 1,
diff --git a/src/types/proof/definition.rs b/src/types/proof/definition.rs
index db7d3e9..79bf519 100644
--- a/src/types/proof/definition.rs
+++ b/src/types/proof/definition.rs
@@ -741,9 +741,9 @@ mod serialization_tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_sparse_merkle_proof_roundtrip_borsh() {
-        use borsh::{BorshDeserialize, BorshSerialize};
+        use borsh::BorshDeserialize;
         let proof = get_test_proof();
-        let serialized_proof = proof.try_to_vec().expect("serialization is infallible");
+        let serialized_proof = borsh::to_vec(&proof).expect("serialization is infallible");
         let deserialized =
             SparseMerkleProof::<Sha256>::deserialize(&mut serialized_proof.as_slice())
                 .expect("serialized proof is valid");
@@ -763,9 +763,9 @@ mod serialization_tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_sparse_merkle_range_proof_roundtrip_borsh() {
-        use borsh::{BorshDeserialize, BorshSerialize};
+        use borsh::BorshDeserialize;
         let proof = get_test_range_proof();
-        let serialized_proof = proof.try_to_vec().expect("serialization is infallible");
+        let serialized_proof = borsh::to_vec(&proof).expect("serialization is infallible");
         let deserialized =
             SparseMerkleRangeProof::<Sha256>::deserialize(&mut serialized_proof.as_slice())
                 .expect("serialized proof is valid");