diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ced26a1..fae8b6b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### [0.0.1-alpha.29](https://github.com/DIG-Network/dig-chia-sdk/compare/v0.0.1-alpha.28...v0.0.1-alpha.29) (2024-09-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* update datalayer-driver ([17f648b](https://github.com/DIG-Network/dig-chia-sdk/commit/17f648b72a122bfe4677471fa33d1f312e3ba87b))
+
 ### [0.0.1-alpha.28](https://github.com/DIG-Network/dig-chia-sdk/compare/v0.0.1-alpha.26...v0.0.1-alpha.28) (2024-09-18)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6fc044e..fc5dbfe 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@dignetwork/dig-sdk",
-  "version": "0.0.1-alpha.28",
+  "version": "0.0.1-alpha.29",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@dignetwork/dig-sdk",
-      "version": "0.0.1-alpha.28",
+      "version": "0.0.1-alpha.29",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@dignetwork/datalayer-driver": "^0.1.24",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 59eeff9..1c1b499 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@dignetwork/dig-sdk",
-  "version": "0.0.1-alpha.28",
+  "version": "0.0.1-alpha.29",
   "description": "",
   "type": "commonjs",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
diff --git a/src/DigNetwork/DigPeer.ts b/src/DigNetwork/DigPeer.ts
index 41e0953..166d8f3 100644
--- a/src/DigNetwork/DigPeer.ts
+++ b/src/DigNetwork/DigPeer.ts
@@ -297,6 +297,6 @@ export class DigPeer {
     const transformedBuffer = hash.digest();
 
     // Return the 32-byte hash as a hex string
-    return transformedBuffer.toString("hex");
+    return transformedBuffer;
   }
 }