diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 33d01836..8a02a676 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -894,8 +894,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "pkcs8"
 version = "0.11.0-rc.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "66180445f1dce533620a7743467ef85fe1c5e80cdaf7c7053609d7a2fbcdae20"
+source = "git+https://github.com/RustCrypto/formats.git#3fb883b2f445e74f38f51fef63a347ecfe69f623"
 dependencies = [
  "der 0.8.0-rc.0",
  "spki 0.8.0-rc.0",
@@ -1069,8 +1068,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "sec1"
 version = "0.8.0-rc.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "32c98827dc6ed0ea1707286a3d14b4ad4e25e2643169cbf111568a46ff5b09f5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/RustCrypto/formats.git#3fb883b2f445e74f38f51fef63a347ecfe69f623"
 dependencies = [
  "base16ct",
  "der 0.8.0-rc.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2ca101fb..bbea205a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ members = [
 [patch.crates-io]
 digest = { path = "./digest" }
 signature = { path = "./signature" }
+
+sec1 = { git = "https://github.com/RustCrypto/formats.git" }
+pkcs8 = { git = "https://github.com/RustCrypto/formats.git" }
diff --git a/elliptic-curve/src/secret_key/pkcs8.rs b/elliptic-curve/src/secret_key/pkcs8.rs
index a1c37aa3..6cf1b33e 100644
--- a/elliptic-curve/src/secret_key/pkcs8.rs
+++ b/elliptic-curve/src/secret_key/pkcs8.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ use {
         sec1::{FromEncodedPoint, ToEncodedPoint},
         AffinePoint, CurveArithmetic,
     },
-    pkcs8::{der, EncodePrivateKey},
+    pkcs8::{
+        der::{self, asn1::OctetStringRef},
+        EncodePrivateKey,
+    },
 };
 
 // Imports for actual PEM support
@@ -39,19 +42,19 @@ where
     };
 }
 
-impl<C> TryFrom<pkcs8::PrivateKeyInfo<'_>> for SecretKey<C>
+impl<C> TryFrom<pkcs8::PrivateKeyInfoRef<'_>> for SecretKey<C>
 where
     C: AssociatedOid + Curve + ValidatePublicKey,
     FieldBytesSize<C>: ModulusSize,
 {
     type Error = pkcs8::Error;
 
-    fn try_from(private_key_info: pkcs8::PrivateKeyInfo<'_>) -> pkcs8::Result<Self> {
+    fn try_from(private_key_info: pkcs8::PrivateKeyInfoRef<'_>) -> pkcs8::Result<Self> {
         private_key_info
             .algorithm
             .assert_oids(ALGORITHM_OID, C::OID)?;
 
-        let ec_private_key = EcPrivateKey::from_der(private_key_info.private_key)?;
+        let ec_private_key = EcPrivateKey::from_der(private_key_info.private_key.as_bytes())?;
         Ok(Self::try_from(ec_private_key)?)
     }
 }
@@ -64,14 +67,16 @@ where
     FieldBytesSize<C>: ModulusSize,
 {
     fn to_pkcs8_der(&self) -> pkcs8::Result<der::SecretDocument> {
-        // TODO(tarcieri): make `PrivateKeyInfo` generic around `Params`
         let algorithm_identifier = pkcs8::AlgorithmIdentifierRef {
             oid: ALGORITHM_OID,
             parameters: Some((&C::OID).into()),
         };
 
         let ec_private_key = self.to_sec1_der()?;
-        let pkcs8_key = pkcs8::PrivateKeyInfo::new(algorithm_identifier, &ec_private_key);
+        let pkcs8_key = pkcs8::PrivateKeyInfoRef::new(
+            algorithm_identifier,
+            OctetStringRef::new(&ec_private_key)?,
+        );
         Ok(der::SecretDocument::encode_msg(&pkcs8_key)?)
     }
 }