diff --git a/common/nym_offline_compact_ecash/src/proofs/mod.rs b/common/nym_offline_compact_ecash/src/proofs/mod.rs
index c1a19acc8c..bd3cc63e89 100644
--- a/common/nym_offline_compact_ecash/src/proofs/mod.rs
+++ b/common/nym_offline_compact_ecash/src/proofs/mod.rs
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ where
     // instead we could maybe use the `from_bytes` variant and adding some suffix
     // when computing the digest until we produce a valid scalar.
     let mut bytes = [0u8; 64];
-    let pad_size = 64usize
-        .checked_sub(D::OutputSize::to_usize())
-        .unwrap_or_default();
+    let pad_size = 64usize.saturating_sub(D::OutputSize::to_usize());
 
     bytes[pad_size..].copy_from_slice(&digest);
 
diff --git a/nym-ip-packet-client/src/connect.rs b/nym-ip-packet-client/src/connect.rs
index 0448c0cf40..e28405d321 100644
--- a/nym-ip-packet-client/src/connect.rs
+++ b/nym-ip-packet-client/src/connect.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ impl IprClientConnect {
     }
 
     async fn send_connect_request(&self, ip_packet_router_address: Recipient) -> Result<u64> {
-        let (request, request_id) = IpPacketRequest::new_connect_request(None);
+        let (request, request_id) = nym_ip_packet_requests::v9::new_connect_request(None);
 
         // We use 20 surbs for the connect request because typically the IPR is configured to have
         // a min threshold of 10 surbs that it reserves for itself to request additional surbs.