diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index 52e0999a..50089e7b 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ cargo-fuzz = true
 [dependencies]
 libfuzzer-sys = "0.4"
 scrypt = { path = "../scrypt", features = ["simple"]}
-hex = "0.4"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "scrypt_fuzzer"
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/scrypt_fuzzer.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/scrypt_fuzzer.rs
index 954a0f30..73d3e1b6 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/scrypt_fuzzer.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/scrypt_fuzzer.rs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ fuzz_target!(|data: &[u8]| {
 
         let salt_value = salt_string.as_salt(); // Safe to use now
 
-        let formatted_hash = format!("$scrypt$ln=16,r=8,p=1${}$invalid$", hex::encode(password));
+        let formatted_hash = format!("$scrypt$ln=16,r=8,p=1${}$invalid$", base64ct::Base64::encode_string(password));
 
         if let Ok(hash) =
             PasswordHash::new(SAMPLE_HASH).or_else(|_| PasswordHash::new(formatted_hash.as_str()))