diff --git a/lib/trie/trie.go b/lib/trie/trie.go
index 62c75d1f6b..e98d6b27dd 100644
--- a/lib/trie/trie.go
+++ b/lib/trie/trie.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer/internal/trie/codec"
 	"github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer/internal/trie/node"
+	"github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer/internal/trie/pools"
 	"github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer/lib/common"
 )
 
@@ -154,8 +155,16 @@ func (t *Trie) MustHash() common.Hash {
 
 // Hash returns the hashed root of the trie.
 func (t *Trie) Hash() (rootHash common.Hash, err error) {
-	_, hash, err := t.root.EncodeAndHash(true)
-	return common.BytesToHash(hash), err
+	buffer := pools.EncodingBuffers.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
+	buffer.Reset()
+	defer pools.EncodingBuffers.Put(buffer)
+
+	err = encodeRoot(t.root, buffer)
+	if err != nil {
+		return [32]byte{}, err
+	}
+
+	return common.Blake2bHash(buffer.Bytes()) // TODO optimisation: use hashers sync pools
 }
 
 // Entries returns all the key-value pairs in the trie as a map of keys to values