diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6324907..1b9e2ae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "benchmark": "node -r ./.babel-register test/benchmarks"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@chainsafe/bls-keygen": "^0.0.2",
     "@chainsafe/eth2-bls-wasm": "^0.2.0",
     "@chainsafe/eth2.0-types": "^0.1.0",
     "assert": "^1.4.1",
diff --git a/src/privateKey.ts b/src/privateKey.ts
index 48865e1..c30bf9e 100644
--- a/src/privateKey.ts
+++ b/src/privateKey.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {SECRET_KEY_LENGTH} from "./constants";
 import assert from "assert";
 import {BLSSecretKey, Domain, Hash} from "@chainsafe/eth2.0-types";
 import {SecretKeyType} from "@chainsafe/eth2-bls-wasm";
+import {generateRandomSecretKey} from "@chainsafe/bls-keygen";
 import {getContext} from "./context";
 import {PublicKey} from "./publicKey";
 import {Signature} from "./signature";
@@ -38,10 +39,8 @@ export class PrivateKey {
   }
 
   public static random(): PrivateKey {
-    const context = getContext();
-    const secretKey = new context.SecretKey();
-    secretKey.setByCSPRNG();
-    return new PrivateKey(secretKey);
+    const randomKey: Buffer = generateRandomSecretKey();
+    return this.fromBytes(randomKey);
   }
 
   public getValue(): SecretKeyType {