diff --git a/tuic-quinn/Cargo.toml b/tuic-quinn/Cargo.toml
index c430129..9362786 100644
--- a/tuic-quinn/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tuic-quinn/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tuic-quinn"
-version = "0.1.0-pre-alpha1"
+version = "0.1.0-pre-alpha2"
 authors = ["EAimTY <ea.imty@gmail.com>"]
 description = "A thin layer on top of quinn to provide functions for TUIC"
 categories = ["network-programming"]
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ bytes = { version = "1.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3.26", default-features = false, features = ["io", "std"] }
 quinn = { version = "0.9.3", default-features = false, features = ["futures-io"] }
 thiserror = { version = "1.0.38", default-features = false }
-tuic = { version = "5.0.0-pre-alpha5", default-features = false, features = ["async_marshal", "marshal", "model"] }
+tuic = { version = "5.0.0-pre-alpha6", default-features = false, features = ["async_marshal", "marshal", "model"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.3.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
diff --git a/tuic-quinn/src/lib.rs b/tuic-quinn/src/lib.rs
index d3fab8b..2fcfc09 100644
--- a/tuic-quinn/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tuic-quinn/src/lib.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ impl Connection<side::Client> {
     pub async fn authenticate(&self, uuid: Uuid, password: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let model = self
             .model
-            .send_authenticate(uuid, password, self.keying_material_exporter());
+            .send_authenticate(uuid, password, &self.keying_material_exporter());
 
         let mut send = self.conn.open_uni().await?;
         model.header().async_marshal(&mut send).await?;
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ impl Authenticate {
     }
 
     /// Validates if the given password is matching the hashed token.
-    pub fn validate(self, password: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> bool {
-        self.model.is_valid(password, self.exporter)
+    pub fn validate(&self, password: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> bool {
+        self.model.is_valid(password, &self.exporter)
     }
 }