diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 77521540b..d35d3d438 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6543,6 +6543,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "sha2 0.10.8",
+ "sha3",
  "sp1-lib",
  "sp1-primitives",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/zkvm/entrypoint/Cargo.toml b/crates/zkvm/entrypoint/Cargo.toml
index e24ef6b10..2859eac7b 100644
--- a/crates/zkvm/entrypoint/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/zkvm/entrypoint/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ rand = "0.8.5"
 serde = { version = "1.0.204", features = ["derive"] }
 libm = { version = "0.2.8", optional = true }
 sha2 = { version = "0.10.8" }
+sha3 = { version = "0.10.8" }
 lazy_static = "1.5.0"
 
 # optional
diff --git a/crates/zkvm/entrypoint/src/lib.rs b/crates/zkvm/entrypoint/src/lib.rs
index c49e856d1..9a43e494f 100644
--- a/crates/zkvm/entrypoint/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/zkvm/entrypoint/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mod zkvm {
     use crate::syscalls::syscall_halt;
 
     use cfg_if::cfg_if;
-    use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+    use sha3::{Digest, Keccak256};
 
     cfg_if! {
         if #[cfg(feature = "verify")] {
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ mod zkvm {
         }
     }
 
-    pub static mut PUBLIC_VALUES_HASHER: Option<Sha256> = None;
+    pub static mut PUBLIC_VALUES_HASHER: Option<Keccak256> = None;
 
     #[cfg(not(feature = "interface"))]
     #[no_mangle]
     unsafe extern "C" fn __start() {
         {
-            PUBLIC_VALUES_HASHER = Some(Sha256::new());
+            PUBLIC_VALUES_HASHER = Some(Keccak256::new());
             #[cfg(feature = "verify")]
             {
                 DEFERRED_PROOFS_DIGEST = Some([BabyBear::zero(); 8]);