diff --git a/substrate/frame/identity/Cargo.toml b/substrate/frame/identity/Cargo.toml
index 8c0052004ae3..5d06aec12097 100644
--- a/substrate/frame/identity/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/frame/identity/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ frame-system = { path = "../system", default-features = false }
 sp-io = { path = "../../primitives/io", default-features = false }
 sp-runtime = { path = "../../primitives/runtime", default-features = false }
 sp-std = { path = "../../primitives/std", default-features = false }
+sp-core = { path = "../../primitives/core", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 pallet-balances = { path = "../balances" }
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ runtime-benchmarks = [
 	"frame-system/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-balances/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"sp-runtime/runtime-benchmarks",
+	"sp-core"
 ]
 try-runtime = [
 	"frame-support/try-runtime",
diff --git a/substrate/frame/identity/src/benchmarking.rs b/substrate/frame/identity/src/benchmarking.rs
index 9cdf6cfcb302..ac1aeefdb7a0 100644
--- a/substrate/frame/identity/src/benchmarking.rs
+++ b/substrate/frame/identity/src/benchmarking.rs
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ use frame_support::{
 	traits::{EnsureOrigin, Get, OnFinalize, OnInitialize},
 };
 use frame_system::RawOrigin;
-use sp_io::crypto::{sr25519_generate, sr25519_sign};
+use sp_io::crypto::{ecdsa_generate, ecdsa_sign_prehashed};
 use sp_runtime::{
-	traits::{Bounded, IdentifyAccount, One},
-	MultiSignature, MultiSigner,
+	traits::{Bounded, One},
+	MultiSignature,
 };
 
 const SEED: u32 = 0;
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ fn bounded_username<T: Config>(username: Vec<u8>, suffix: Vec<u8>) -> Username<T
 	where
 		<T as frame_system::Config>::AccountId: From<sp_runtime::AccountId32>,
 		T::OffchainSignature: From<MultiSignature>,
+		T::SigningPublicKey: From<sp_core::ecdsa::Public>,
 )]
 mod benchmarks {
 	use super::*;
@@ -627,18 +628,22 @@ mod benchmarks {
 		let bounded_username = bounded_username::<T>(username.clone(), suffix.clone());
 		let encoded_username = Encode::encode(&bounded_username.to_vec());
 
-		let public = sr25519_generate(0.into(), None);
-		let who_account: T::AccountId = MultiSigner::Sr25519(public).into_account().into();
+		let public = ecdsa_generate(0.into(), None);
+		let who_account: T::AccountId =
+			T::SigningPublicKey::from(public.clone()).into_account().into();
 		let who_lookup = T::Lookup::unlookup(who_account.clone());
 
-		let signature =
-			MultiSignature::Sr25519(sr25519_sign(0.into(), &public, &encoded_username).unwrap());
+		let encoded_username_hash = sp_io::hashing::keccak_256(&encoded_username);
+		let signature: T::OffchainSignature = MultiSignature::Ecdsa(
+			ecdsa_sign_prehashed(0.into(), &public, &encoded_username_hash).unwrap(),
+		)
+		.into();
 
 		// Verify signature here to avoid surprise errors at runtime
-		assert!(signature.verify(&encoded_username[..], &public.into()));
+		assert!(signature.verify(&encoded_username[..], &who_account));
 
 		#[extrinsic_call]
-		_(RawOrigin::Signed(authority.clone()), who_lookup, username, Some(signature.into()));
+		_(RawOrigin::Signed(authority.clone()), who_lookup, username, Some(signature));
 
 		assert_has_event::<T>(
 			Event::<T>::UsernameSet {