diff --git a/frost-secp256k1-tr/src/lib.rs b/frost-secp256k1-tr/src/lib.rs
index b9f4962a..82db3786 100644
--- a/frost-secp256k1-tr/src/lib.rs
+++ b/frost-secp256k1-tr/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
 use frost_rerandomized::RandomizedCiphersuite;
+use k256::elliptic_curve::ops::Reduce;
 use k256::{
     elliptic_curve::{
         bigint::U256,
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ use k256::{
         hash2curve::{hash_to_field, ExpandMsgXmd},
         point::AffineCoordinates,
         sec1::{FromEncodedPoint, ToEncodedPoint},
-        Field as FFField, PrimeField, ScalarPrimitive,
+        Field as FFField, PrimeField,
     },
     AffinePoint, ProjectivePoint, Scalar,
 };
@@ -190,8 +191,10 @@ pub struct Secp256K1Sha256;
 
 /// Digest the hasher to a Scalar
 fn hasher_to_scalar(hasher: Sha256) -> Scalar {
-    let sp = ScalarPrimitive::new(U256::from_be_slice(&hasher.finalize())).unwrap();
-    Scalar::from(&sp)
+    // This is acceptable because secp256k1 curve order is close to 2^256,
+    // and the input is uniformly random since it is a hash output, therefore
+    // the bias is negligibly small.
+    Scalar::reduce(U256::from_be_slice(&hasher.finalize()))
 }
 
 /// Create a BIP340 compliant tagged hash