diff --git a/src/crypto/encryption.ts b/src/crypto/encryption.ts
index 0e9460acb..8398cd8f2 100644
--- a/src/crypto/encryption.ts
+++ b/src/crypto/encryption.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { ciphertext } from '@xmtp/proto'
 import Ciphertext, { AESGCMNonceSize, KDFSaltSize } from './Ciphertext'
 import crypto from './crypto'
 
-const hkdfNoInfo = new ArrayBuffer(0)
+const hkdfNoInfo = new Uint8Array().buffer
 
 // This is a variation of https://github.com/paulmillr/noble-secp256k1/blob/main/index.ts#L1378-L1388
 // that uses `digest('SHA-256', bytes)` instead of `digest('SHA-256', bytes.buffer)`