diff --git a/src/encryption.rs b/src/encryption.rs
index a90839f..a55e36f 100644
--- a/src/encryption.rs
+++ b/src/encryption.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ use std::io::Write;
 
 use age::armor::ArmoredWriter;
 use age::armor::Format::AsciiArmor;
-use age::secrecy::Secret;
+use age::secrecy::SecretString;
 
 /// Encrypt the data from the reader and PEM encode the ciphertext
 pub fn encrypt_plaintext(
     reader: &mut dyn std::io::BufRead,
-    passphrase: Secret<String>,
+    passphrase: SecretString,
 ) -> Result<(usize, String), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     debug!("Encrypting plaintext");
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_armored_output() {
         let mut input = b"some secrets" as &[u8];
-        let passphrase = Secret::new(String::from("snakeoil"));
+        let passphrase = SecretString::from("snakeoil".to_owned());
         let result = encrypt_plaintext(&mut input, passphrase);
 
         assert!(result.is_ok());
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 557839e..49b90a7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use std::{
     path::PathBuf,
 };
 
-use age::secrecy::{ExposeSecret, Secret, SecretString};
+use age::secrecy::{ExposeSecret, SecretString};
 use clap::Parser;
 use printpdf::LineDashPattern;
 use qrcode::types::QrError;
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 }
 
 /// Read a secret from the user
-pub fn read_secret(prompt: &str) -> Result<Secret<String>, io::Error> {
-    let passphrase = prompt_password(format!("{}: ", prompt)).map(SecretString::new)?;
+pub fn read_secret(prompt: &str) -> Result<SecretString, io::Error> {
+    let passphrase = prompt_password(format!("{}: ", prompt)).map(SecretString::from)?;
 
     if passphrase.expose_secret().is_empty() {
         return Err(io::Error::new(
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ pub fn read_secret(prompt: &str) -> Result<Secret<String>, io::Error> {
 
 /// Get the passphrase from an interactive prompt or from the PAPERAGE_PASSPHRASE
 /// environment variable
-fn get_passphrase() -> Result<Secret<String>, io::Error> {
+fn get_passphrase() -> Result<SecretString, io::Error> {
     let env_passphrase = env::var("PAPERAGE_PASSPHRASE");
 
     if let Ok(value) = env_passphrase {