diff --git a/ChatSecureCore/Classes/Controllers/FileTransferManager.swift b/ChatSecureCore/Classes/Controllers/FileTransferManager.swift
index 6b7cb47a1..6fa6aafcd 100644
--- a/ChatSecureCore/Classes/Controllers/FileTransferManager.swift
+++ b/ChatSecureCore/Classes/Controllers/FileTransferManager.swift
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public class FileTransferManager: NSObject, OTRServerCapabilitiesDelegate {
             var outData = data
             var outKeyIv: Data? = nil
             if shouldEncrypt {
-                guard let key = OTRPasswordGenerator.randomData(withLength: 32), let iv = OTRPasswordGenerator.randomData(withLength: 16) else {
+                guard let key = OTRPasswordGenerator.randomData(withLength: 32), let iv = OTRSignalEncryptionHelper.generateIV() else {
                     DDLogError("Could not generate key/iv")
                     self.callbackQueue.async {
                         completion(nil, FileTransferError.keyGenerationError)
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ public class FileTransferManager: NSObject, OTRServerCapabilitiesDelegate {
                 }
                 outKeyIv = iv + key
                 do {
-                    let crypted = try OTRCryptoUtility.encryptAESGCMData(data, key: key, iv: iv)
+                    let crypted = try OTRSignalEncryptionHelper.encryptData(data, key: key, iv: iv)
                     outData = crypted.data + crypted.authTag
                 } catch let error {
                     outData = Data()
diff --git a/ChatSecureCore/Classes/Controllers/OTROMEMOSignalCoordinator.swift b/ChatSecureCore/Classes/Controllers/OTROMEMOSignalCoordinator.swift
index 519221aa2..047f4e621 100644
--- a/ChatSecureCore/Classes/Controllers/OTROMEMOSignalCoordinator.swift
+++ b/ChatSecureCore/Classes/Controllers/OTROMEMOSignalCoordinator.swift
@@ -310,10 +310,7 @@ import SignalProtocolObjC
             }
             do {
                 //Create the encrypted payload
-                guard let gcmData = try OTRSignalEncryptionHelper.encryptData(messageBodyData, key: keyData, iv: ivData) else {
-                    DDLogError("OMEMO Encryption error: Could not perform AES-GCM operation")
-                    return
-                }
+                let gcmData = try OTRSignalEncryptionHelper.encryptData(messageBodyData, key: keyData, iv: ivData)
                 
                 // this does the signal encryption. If we fail it doesn't matter here. We end up trying the next device and fail later if no devices worked.
                 let encryptClosure:(OMEMODevice) -> (OMEMOKeyData?) = { device in
diff --git a/ChatSecureCore/Classes/Controllers/OTRSignalEncryptionHelper.swift b/ChatSecureCore/Classes/Controllers/OTRSignalEncryptionHelper.swift
index 87743567e..c0867cbdf 100644
--- a/ChatSecureCore/Classes/Controllers/OTRSignalEncryptionHelper.swift
+++ b/ChatSecureCore/Classes/Controllers/OTRSignalEncryptionHelper.swift
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import UIKit
 import OTRKit
+import CryptoKit
 
 class OTRSignalEncryptionHelper {
     
@@ -20,8 +21,15 @@ class OTRSignalEncryptionHelper {
      
      returns: The encrypted data
      */
-    class func encryptData(_ data:Data, key:Data, iv:Data) throws -> OTRCryptoData? {
-        return try OTRCryptoUtility.encryptAESGCMData(data, key: key, iv: iv)
+    class func encryptData(_ data:Data, key:Data, iv:Data) throws -> OTRCryptoData {
+        if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {
+            let nonce = try AES.GCM.Nonce(data: iv)
+            let symmetricKey = SymmetricKey(data: key)
+            let sealedBox = try AES.GCM.seal(data, using: symmetricKey, nonce: nonce)
+            return OTRCryptoData(data: sealedBox.ciphertext, authTag: sealedBox.tag)
+        } else {
+            return try OTRCryptoUtility.encryptAESGCMData(data, key: key, iv: iv)
+        }
     }
     
     /**
@@ -34,22 +42,30 @@ class OTRSignalEncryptionHelper {
      returns: The Decrypted data
      */
     class func decryptData(_ data:Data, key:Data, iv:Data, authTag:Data) throws -> Data? {
-        let cryptoData = OTRCryptoData(data: data, authTag: authTag)
-        return try OTRCryptoUtility.decryptAESGCMData(cryptoData, key: key, iv: iv)
-    }
-    
-    /** Generates random data of length 16 bytes */
-    fileprivate class func randomDataOfBlockLength() -> Data? {
-        return OTRPasswordGenerator.randomData(withLength: 16)
+        // CryptoKit only accepts 12-byte IVs
+        if #available(iOS 13.0, *), iv.count == 12 {
+            let nonce = try AES.GCM.Nonce(data: iv)
+            let sealedBox = try AES.GCM.SealedBox(nonce: nonce, ciphertext: data, tag: authTag)
+            let symmetricKey = SymmetricKey(data: key)
+            return try AES.GCM.open(sealedBox, using: symmetricKey)
+        } else {
+            let cryptoData = OTRCryptoData(data: data, authTag: authTag)
+            return try OTRCryptoUtility.decryptAESGCMData(cryptoData, key: key, iv: iv)
+        }
     }
     
     /** Generates random key of length 16 bytes*/
     class func generateSymmetricKey() -> Data? {
-        return self.randomDataOfBlockLength()
+        return OTRPasswordGenerator.randomData(withLength: 16)
     }
-    /** Generates random iv of length 16 bytes */
+    
+    /** Generates random iv of length 12 bytes */
     class func generateIV() -> Data? {
-        return self.randomDataOfBlockLength()
+        if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {
+            return Data(AES.GCM.Nonce())
+        } else {
+            return OTRPasswordGenerator.randomData(withLength: 12)
+        }
     }
     
 }