diff --git a/costs/Cargo.toml b/costs/Cargo.toml
index db064e08..382404d6 100644
--- a/costs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/costs/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "grovedb-costs"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.2.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 description = "Costs extension crate for GroveDB"
diff --git a/grovedb-epoch-based-storage-flags/Cargo.toml b/grovedb-epoch-based-storage-flags/Cargo.toml
index 01594792..2e32ec2b 100644
--- a/grovedb-epoch-based-storage-flags/Cargo.toml
+++ b/grovedb-epoch-based-storage-flags/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 name = "grovedb-epoch-based-storage-flags"
 authors = ["Samuel Westrich <sam@dash.org>"]
 description = "Epoch based storage flags for GroveDB"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.2.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/dashpay/grovedb"
 
 [dependencies]
-grovedb-costs = { version = "2.2.0", path = "../costs" }
+grovedb-costs = { version = "2.2.1", path = "../costs" }
 
 hex = { version = "0.4.3" }
 integer-encoding = { version = "4.0.0" }
diff --git a/grovedb-version/Cargo.toml b/grovedb-version/Cargo.toml
index 0c523e1c..5cbd2dbe 100644
--- a/grovedb-version/Cargo.toml
+++ b/grovedb-version/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "grovedb-version"
 authors = ["Samuel Westrich <sam@dash.org>"]
 description = "Versioning library for Platform"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.2.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/dashpay/grovedb"
diff --git a/grovedb/Cargo.toml b/grovedb/Cargo.toml
index e1368278..f977d0f4 100644
--- a/grovedb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/grovedb/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "grovedb"
 description = "Fully featured database using balanced hierarchical authenticated data structures"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.2.1"
 authors = ["Samuel Westrich <sam@dash.org>", "Wisdom Ogwu <wisdom@dash.org", "Evgeny Fomin <evgeny.fomin@dash.org>"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ readme = "../README.md"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/grovedb"
 
 [dependencies]
-grovedb-costs = { version = "2.2.0", path = "../costs" , optional = true }
-grovedbg-types = { version = "2.2.0", path = "../grovedbg-types", optional = true }
-grovedb-merk = { version = "2.2.0", path = "../merk", optional = true, default-features = false }
-grovedb-path = { version = "2.2.0", path = "../path" }
-grovedb-storage = { version = "2.2.0", path = "../storage", optional = true }
-grovedb-version = { version = "2.2.0", path = "../grovedb-version" }
-grovedb-visualize = { version = "2.2.0", path = "../visualize", optional = true }
+grovedb-costs = { version = "2.2.1", path = "../costs" , optional = true }
+grovedbg-types = { version = "2.2.1", path = "../grovedbg-types", optional = true }
+grovedb-merk = { version = "2.2.1", path = "../merk", optional = true, default-features = false }
+grovedb-path = { version = "2.2.1", path = "../path" }
+grovedb-storage = { version = "2.2.1", path = "../storage", optional = true }
+grovedb-version = { version = "2.2.1", path = "../grovedb-version" }
+grovedb-visualize = { version = "2.2.1", path = "../visualize", optional = true }
 
 axum = { version = "=0.7.5", features = ["macros"], optional = true }
 bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.3" }
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ zip-extensions = { version = "0.8.1", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0.210", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-grovedb-epoch-based-storage-flags = { version = "2.2.0", path = "../grovedb-epoch-based-storage-flags" }
+grovedb-epoch-based-storage-flags = { version = "2.2.1", path = "../grovedb-epoch-based-storage-flags" }
 
 criterion = "0.5.1"
 hex = "0.4.3"
diff --git a/grovedb/src/replication/state_sync_session.rs b/grovedb/src/replication/state_sync_session.rs
index 59d93316..1ce41c4b 100644
--- a/grovedb/src/replication/state_sync_session.rs
+++ b/grovedb/src/replication/state_sync_session.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use super::{
 };
 use crate::{replication, Element, Error, GroveDb, Transaction};
 
-pub(crate) type SubtreePrefix = [u8; blake3::OUT_LEN];
+pub(crate) type SubtreePrefix = [u8; 32];
 
 /// Struct governing the state synchronization of one subtree.
 struct SubtreeStateSyncInfo<'db> {
diff --git a/grovedbg-types/Cargo.toml b/grovedbg-types/Cargo.toml
index be14fd54..7c5eb549 100644
--- a/grovedbg-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/grovedbg-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "grovedbg-types"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.2.1"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Common type definitions for data exchange over GroveDBG protocol"
 authors = ["Evgeny Fomin <evgeny.fomin@dash.org>"]
diff --git a/merk/Cargo.toml b/merk/Cargo.toml
index a720f127..903c61d7 100644
--- a/merk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/merk/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "grovedb-merk"
 description = "Merkle key/value store adapted for GroveDB"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.2.1"
 authors = ["Samuel Westrich <sam@dash.org>", "Wisdom Ogwu <wisdom@dash.org", "Evgeny Fomin <evgeny.fomin@dash.org>", "Matt Bell <mappum@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ readme = "README.md"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/grovedb-merk"
 
 [dependencies]
-grovedb-costs = { version = "2.2.0" , path = "../costs" }
-grovedb-path = { version = "2.2.0", path = "../path" }
-grovedb-storage = { version = "2.2.0", path = "../storage", optional = true }
-grovedb-version = { version = "2.2.0", path = "../grovedb-version" }
-grovedb-visualize = { version = "2.2.0", path = "../visualize" }
+grovedb-costs = { version = "2.2.1" , path = "../costs" }
+grovedb-path = { version = "2.2.1", path = "../path" }
+grovedb-storage = { version = "2.2.1", path = "../storage", optional = true }
+grovedb-version = { version = "2.2.1", path = "../grovedb-version" }
+grovedb-visualize = { version = "2.2.1", path = "../visualize" }
 
 bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.3" }
 hex = "0.4.3"
diff --git a/node-grove/Cargo.toml b/node-grove/Cargo.toml
index cc5624c3..bd91146b 100644
--- a/node-grove/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node-grove/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ exclude = ["index.node"]
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-grovedb = { version = "2.2.0", path = "../grovedb", features = ["full", "estimated_costs"] }
-grovedb-version =  { version = "2.2.0", path = "../grovedb-version" }
+grovedb = { version = "2.2.1", path = "../grovedb", features = ["full", "estimated_costs"] }
+grovedb-version =  { version = "2.2.1", path = "../grovedb-version" }
 
 [dependencies.neon]
 version = "0.10.1"
diff --git a/path/Cargo.toml b/path/Cargo.toml
index 1334da45..f5f89be7 100644
--- a/path/Cargo.toml
+++ b/path/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "grovedb-path"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.2.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 description = "Path extension crate for GroveDB"
diff --git a/storage/Cargo.toml b/storage/Cargo.toml
index 683470de..e2db3bb6 100644
--- a/storage/Cargo.toml
+++ b/storage/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "grovedb-storage"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.2.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 description = "Storage extension crate for GroveDB"
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ documentation = "https://docs.rs/grovedb-storage"
 repository = "https://github.com/dashpay/grovedb"
 
 [dependencies]
-grovedb-costs = { version = "2.2.0", path = "../costs" }
-grovedb-path = { version = "2.2.0", path = "../path" }
-grovedb-visualize = { version = "2.2.0", path = "../visualize" }
+grovedb-costs = { version = "2.2.1", path = "../costs" }
+grovedb-path = { version = "2.2.1", path = "../path" }
+grovedb-visualize = { version = "2.2.1", path = "../visualize" }
 
 blake3 = { version = "1.5.1", optional = true }
 hex = "0.4.3"
diff --git a/storage/src/rocksdb_storage/storage.rs b/storage/src/rocksdb_storage/storage.rs
index 44510694..f43c05e2 100644
--- a/storage/src/rocksdb_storage/storage.rs
+++ b/storage/src/rocksdb_storage/storage.rs
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 const BLAKE_BLOCK_LEN: usize = 64;
-
-pub type SubtreePrefix = [u8; blake3::OUT_LEN];
+pub type SubtreePrefix = [u8; 32];
 
 fn blake_block_count(len: usize) -> usize {
     if len == 0 {
diff --git a/storage/src/storage.rs b/storage/src/storage.rs
index 2795cfc2..196507a6 100644
--- a/storage/src/storage.rs
+++ b/storage/src/storage.rs
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ use grovedb_path::SubtreePath;
 use grovedb_visualize::visualize_to_vec;
 
 use crate::{worst_case_costs::WorstKeyLength, Error};
-
-pub type SubtreePrefix = [u8; blake3::OUT_LEN];
+pub type SubtreePrefix = [u8; 32];
 
 /// Top-level storage_cost abstraction.
 /// Should be able to hold storage_cost connection and to start transaction when
diff --git a/visualize/Cargo.toml b/visualize/Cargo.toml
index 603fad71..233341a2 100644
--- a/visualize/Cargo.toml
+++ b/visualize/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "grovedb-visualize"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.2.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 description = "Debug prints extension crate for GroveDB"