diff --git a/src/controllers/did/DidController.ts b/src/controllers/did/DidController.ts
index 577bd1d8..d3ccb2e8 100644
--- a/src/controllers/did/DidController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/did/DidController.ts
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ export class DidController extends Controller {
         .addContext('https://w3id.org/security/suites/ed25519-2018/v1')
         .addVerificationMethod(getEd25519VerificationKey2018({ key, id: keyId, controller: did }))
         .addAuthentication(keyId)
+        .addAssertionMethod(keyId)
         .build()
     }
     if (didOptions.keyType === KeyType.Bls12381g2) {
@@ -388,6 +389,7 @@ export class DidController extends Controller {
         .addContext('https://w3id.org/security/bbs/v1')
         .addVerificationMethod(getBls12381G2Key2020({ key, id: keyId, controller: did }))
         .addAuthentication(keyId)
+        .addAssertionMethod(keyId)
         .build()
     }
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/multi-tenancy/MultiTenancyController.ts b/src/controllers/multi-tenancy/MultiTenancyController.ts
index d2271405..281b775b 100644
--- a/src/controllers/multi-tenancy/MultiTenancyController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/multi-tenancy/MultiTenancyController.ts
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ export class MultiTenancyController extends Controller {
           .addContext('https://w3id.org/security/suites/ed25519-2018/v1')
           .addVerificationMethod(getEd25519VerificationKey2018({ key, id: keyId, controller: did }))
           .addAuthentication(keyId)
+          .addAssertionMethod(keyId)
           .build()
       }
       if (keyType === KeyType.Bls12381g2) {
@@ -502,6 +503,7 @@ export class MultiTenancyController extends Controller {
           .addContext('https://w3id.org/security/bbs/v1')
           .addVerificationMethod(getBls12381G2Key2020({ key, id: keyId, controller: did }))
           .addAuthentication(keyId)
+          .addAssertionMethod(keyId)
           .build()
       }