diff --git a/certify-service/pom.xml b/certify-service/pom.xml
index c8ed72fc..6955ef97 100644
--- a/certify-service/pom.xml
+++ b/certify-service/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.mosip.kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>kernel-keymanager-service</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.1-java21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>${kernel.core.version}</version>
             <classifier>lib</classifier>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
diff --git a/certify-service/src/main/java/io/mosip/certify/CertifyServiceApplication.java b/certify-service/src/main/java/io/mosip/certify/CertifyServiceApplication.java
index f69c7be7..134bc317 100644
--- a/certify-service/src/main/java/io/mosip/certify/CertifyServiceApplication.java
+++ b/certify-service/src/main/java/io/mosip/certify/CertifyServiceApplication.java
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 @SpringBootApplication(scanBasePackages = "io.mosip.certify,"+
         "io.mosip.kernel.crypto," +
         "io.mosip.kernel.keymanager.hsm," +
+        "io.mosip.kernel.cryptomanager," +
+        "io.mosip.kernel.keymanagerservice.validator,"+
+        "io.mosip.kernel.keymanager,"+
         "io.mosip.kernel.cryptomanager.util," +
         "io.mosip.kernel.keymanagerservice.helper," +
         "io.mosip.kernel.keymanagerservice.repository," +
diff --git a/certify-service/src/main/java/io/mosip/certify/config/AppConfig.java b/certify-service/src/main/java/io/mosip/certify/config/AppConfig.java
index 3035c47a..24581a90 100644
--- a/certify-service/src/main/java/io/mosip/certify/config/AppConfig.java
+++ b/certify-service/src/main/java/io/mosip/certify/config/AppConfig.java
@@ -75,10 +75,14 @@ public void run(ApplicationArguments args) throws Exception {
         String objectType = "CSR";
         KeyPairGenerateRequestDto rootKeyRequest = new KeyPairGenerateRequestDto();
         rootKeyRequest.setApplicationId(Constants.ROOT_KEY);
+        // Set the reference id to empty string, as keymanager is expecting the same for initialization
+        rootKeyRequest.setReferenceId(org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.EMPTY);
         keymanagerService.generateMasterKey(objectType, rootKeyRequest);
         log.info("===================== CERTIFY_SERVICE MASTER KEY CHECK ========================");
         KeyPairGenerateRequestDto masterKeyRequest = new KeyPairGenerateRequestDto();
         masterKeyRequest.setApplicationId(Constants.CERTIFY_SERVICE_APP_ID);
+        // Set the reference id to empty string, as keymanager is expecting the same for initialization
+        masterKeyRequest.setReferenceId(org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.EMPTY);
         keymanagerService.generateMasterKey(objectType, masterKeyRequest);
 
         if(!StringUtils.isEmpty(cacheSecretKeyRefId)) {
@@ -93,6 +97,8 @@ public void run(ApplicationArguments args) throws Exception {
         log.info("===================== CERTIFY_PARTNER MASTER KEY CHECK ========================");
         KeyPairGenerateRequestDto partnerMasterKeyRequest = new KeyPairGenerateRequestDto();
         partnerMasterKeyRequest.setApplicationId(Constants.CERTIFY_PARTNER_APP_ID);
+        // Set the reference id to empty string, as keymanager is expecting the same for initialization
+        partnerMasterKeyRequest.setReferenceId(org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.EMPTY);
         keymanagerService.generateMasterKey(objectType, partnerMasterKeyRequest);
         log.info("===================== CERTIFY KEY SETUP COMPLETED ========================");
     }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a9f0a15e..77b8ebc5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
 		<java.version>21</java.version>
 		<jose4j.version>0.6.5</jose4j.version>
-		<kernel.core.version>1.2.0.1</kernel.core.version>
+		<kernel.core.version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</kernel.core.version>
 		<jsonld.common.java.version>0.5.0</jsonld.common.java.version>
 		<springdoc-openapi-webmvc-ui-version>2.5.0</springdoc-openapi-webmvc-ui-version>
 		<commons.validator.version>1.7</commons.validator.version>