diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ab552c6..bc19823 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ checksum = "ace50bade8e6234aa140d9a2f552bbee1db4d353f69b8217bc503490fc1a9f26"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "2.9.0"
+version = "2.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5c8214115b7bf84099f1309324e63141d4c5d7cc26862f97a0a857dbefe165bd"
+checksum = "1b8e56985ec62d17e9c1001dc89c88ecd7dc08e47eba5ec7c29c7b5eeecde967"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitvec"
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand",
  "rand_core",
  "subtle",
+ "zeroize",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -112,14 +113,14 @@ checksum = "e6d5a32815ae3f33302d95fdcb2ce17862f8c65363dcfd29360480ba1001fc9c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "43a49c392881ce6d5c3b8cb70f98717b7c07aabbdff06687b9030dbfbe2725f8"
+checksum = "26145e563e54f2cadc477553f1ec5ee650b00862f0a58bcd12cbdc5f0ea2d2f4"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
+ "r-efi",
  "wasi",
- "windows-targets",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ version = "0.2.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77957b295656769bb8ad2b6a6b09d897d94f05c41b069aede1fcdaa675eaea04"
 dependencies = [
- "zerocopy 0.7.35",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -184,6 +185,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "r-efi"
+version = "5.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "74765f6d916ee2faa39bc8e68e4f3ed8949b48cccdac59983d287a7cb71ce9c5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "radium"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -192,13 +199,12 @@ checksum = "dc33ff2d4973d518d823d61aa239014831e521c75da58e3df4840d3f47749d09"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3779b94aeb87e8bd4e834cee3650289ee9e0d5677f976ecdb6d219e5f4f6cd94"
+checksum = "9fbfd9d094a40bf3ae768db9361049ace4c0e04a4fd6b359518bd7b73a73dd97"
 dependencies = [
  "rand_chacha",
  "rand_core",
- "zerocopy 0.8.23",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
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+version = "0.14.2+wasi-0.2.4"
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-checksum = "26816d2e1a4a36a2940b96c5296ce403917633dff8f3440e9b236ed6f6bacad2"
+checksum = "9683f9a5a998d873c0d21fcbe3c083009670149a8fab228644b8bd36b2c48cb3"
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-checksum = "9b724f72796e036ab90c1021d4780d4d3d648aca59e491e6b98e725b84e99973"
-dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc",
- "windows_i686_gnu",
- "windows_i686_gnullvm",
- "windows_i686_msvc",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc",
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-checksum = "0eee52d38c090b3caa76c563b86c3a4bd71ef1a819287c19d586d7334ae8ed66"
-
-[[package]]
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-
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-
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-
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-
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-bindgen-rt"
-version = "0.33.0"
+version = "0.39.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3268f3d866458b787f390cf61f4bbb563b922d091359f9608842999eaee3943c"
+checksum = "6f42320e61fe2cfd34354ecb597f86f413484a798ba44a8ca1165c58d42da6c1"
 dependencies = [
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 ]
@@ -358,16 +300,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1b9b4fd18abc82b8136838da5d50bae7bdea537c574d8dc1a34ed098d6c166f0"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
- "zerocopy-derive 0.7.35",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zerocopy"
-version = "0.8.23"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fd97444d05a4328b90e75e503a34bad781f14e28a823ad3557f0750df1ebcbc6"
-dependencies = [
- "zerocopy-derive 0.8.23",
+ "zerocopy-derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -382,12 +315,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "zerocopy-derive"
-version = "0.8.23"
+name = "zeroize"
+version = "1.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6352c01d0edd5db859a63e2605f4ea3183ddbd15e2c4a9e7d32184df75e4f154"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.99",
-]
+checksum = "ced3678a2879b30306d323f4542626697a464a97c0a07c9aebf7ebca65cd4dde"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a5f7f7c..06ae537 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ subtle = { version = "2.2.1", default-features = false, features = ["i128"] }
 [dev-dependencies]
 blake2b_simd = "1"
 rand = "0.9"
+zeroize = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 
 [features]
 default = ["bits", "std"]
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ alloc = []
 bits = ["bitvec", "ff_derive?/bits"]
 derive = ["byteorder", "ff_derive"]
 std = ["alloc"]
+test_derive_zeroize = ["derive", "ff_derive/zeroize"]
 
 [[test]]
 name = "derive"
diff --git a/ff_derive/Cargo.toml b/ff_derive/Cargo.toml
index 6ae2aa0..582a906 100644
--- a/ff_derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ff_derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ repository = "https://github.com/zkcrypto/ff"
 # enabled when generating bitvec code utilizing the version of ff's bitvec
 # ff/bits enables this
 bits = []
+# enabled when generating zeroize bindings
+zeroize = []
 
 [lib]
 proc-macro = true
diff --git a/ff_derive/src/lib.rs b/ff_derive/src/lib.rs
index 53bc6ea..cc26e25 100644
--- a/ff_derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ff_derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -332,6 +332,14 @@ fn prime_field_repr_impl(
 ) -> proc_macro2::TokenStream {
     let repr_iter_be = endianness.iter_be();
 
+    let prime_field_repr_zeroize_impl = if cfg!(feature = "zeroize") {
+        Some(quote! {
+            impl ::zeroize::DefaultIsZeroes for #repr {}
+        })
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+
     quote! {
         #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
         pub struct #repr(pub [u8; #bytes]);
@@ -386,6 +394,8 @@ fn prime_field_repr_impl(
                 &mut self.0
             }
         }
+
+        #prime_field_repr_zeroize_impl
     }
 }
 
@@ -934,6 +944,14 @@ fn prime_field_impl(
         None
     };
 
+    let prime_field_zeroize_impl = if cfg!(feature = "zeroize") {
+        Some(quote! {
+            impl ::zeroize::DefaultIsZeroes for #name {}
+        })
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+
     let top_limb_index = limbs - 1;
 
     quote! {
@@ -1253,6 +1271,7 @@ fn prime_field_impl(
         }
 
         #prime_field_bits_impl
+        #prime_field_zeroize_impl
 
         impl ::ff::Field for #name {
             const ZERO: Self = #name([0; #limbs]);
diff --git a/tests/derive.rs b/tests/derive.rs
index 29800f1..b699f1e 100644
--- a/tests/derive.rs
+++ b/tests/derive.rs
@@ -155,3 +155,20 @@ fn sqrt() {
     test(Fp::ONE);
     test(Fp::random(&mut rand::rng()));
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "test_derive_zeroize")]
+#[test]
+fn zeroize() {
+    use ff::{Field, PrimeField};
+    use rand::{rngs::OsRng, TryRngCore};
+    use zeroize::Zeroize;
+
+    let mut f = Bls381K12Scalar::random(&mut OsRng.unwrap_err());
+    let mut r = f.to_repr();
+
+    f.zeroize();
+    assert_eq!(f, Bls381K12Scalar::ZERO);
+
+    r.zeroize();
+    assert_eq!(r, Default::default());
+}