diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d35f55ac..ab71b184c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 - Implemented `storage_size`, updated storage bounds (#886).
 - [BREAKING] Auto-generate `KERNEL_ERRORS` list from the transaction kernel's MASM files and rework error constant names (#906).
 - Implement `Serializable` for `FungibleAsset` (#907).
+- [BREAKING] Changed type of `EMPTY_STORAGE_MAP_ROOT` constant to `RpoDigst`, which references constant from `miden-crypto` (#916).
 
 ## 0.5.1 (2024-08-28) - `miden-objects` crate only
 
diff --git a/objects/src/accounts/storage/map.rs b/objects/src/accounts/storage/map.rs
index 5e9084f6d..8ccc7d1df 100644
--- a/objects/src/accounts/storage/map.rs
+++ b/objects/src/accounts/storage/map.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+use miden_crypto::merkle::EmptySubtreeRoots;
+
 use super::{
-    AccountError, ByteReader, ByteWriter, Deserializable, DeserializationError, Digest, Felt,
+    AccountError, ByteReader, ByteWriter, Deserializable, DeserializationError, Digest,
     Serializable, Word,
 };
 use crate::{
@@ -12,13 +14,10 @@ use crate::{
 
 // ACCOUNT STORAGE MAP
 // ================================================================================================
+
 /// Empty storage map root.
-pub const EMPTY_STORAGE_MAP_ROOT: Word = [
-    Felt::new(15321474589252129342),
-    Felt::new(17373224439259377994),
-    Felt::new(15071539326562317628),
-    Felt::new(3312677166725950353),
-];
+pub const EMPTY_STORAGE_MAP_ROOT: Digest =
+    *EmptySubtreeRoots::entry(StorageMap::STORAGE_MAP_TREE_DEPTH, 0);
 
 /// Account storage map is a Sparse Merkle Tree of depth 64. It can be used to store more data as
 /// there is in plain usage of the storage slots. The root of the SMT consumes one account storage
@@ -174,6 +173,6 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_empty_storage_map_constants() {
         // If these values don't match, update the constants.
-        assert_eq!(*StorageMap::default().root(), EMPTY_STORAGE_MAP_ROOT);
+        assert_eq!(StorageMap::default().root(), EMPTY_STORAGE_MAP_ROOT);
     }
 }
diff --git a/objects/src/accounts/storage/slot/mod.rs b/objects/src/accounts/storage/slot/mod.rs
index 4cc98a4b4..5e6862e67 100644
--- a/objects/src/accounts/storage/slot/mod.rs
+++ b/objects/src/accounts/storage/slot/mod.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ impl StorageSlot {
     pub fn is_default(&self) -> bool {
         match self {
             StorageSlot::Value(value) => *value == EMPTY_WORD,
-            StorageSlot::Map(map) => *map.root() == EMPTY_STORAGE_MAP_ROOT,
+            StorageSlot::Map(map) => map.root() == EMPTY_STORAGE_MAP_ROOT,
         }
     }
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ impl StorageSlot {
     pub fn default_word(&self) -> Word {
         match self {
             StorageSlot::Value(_) => EMPTY_WORD,
-            StorageSlot::Map(_) => EMPTY_STORAGE_MAP_ROOT,
+            StorageSlot::Map(_) => EMPTY_STORAGE_MAP_ROOT.into(),
         }
     }