diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 3b6c295a7f..16e8cd0780 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ go_repository(
 
 go_repository(
     name = "com_github_prysmaticlabs_go_ssz",
-    commit = "72881c4223d824701b737af31cc987968510b228",
+    commit = "9193cae6b7c3347054706b8466db139b8be90985",
     importpath = "github.com/prysmaticlabs/go-ssz",
 )
 
diff --git a/beacon-chain/blockchain/forkchoice/lmd_ghost_test.yaml b/beacon-chain/blockchain/forkchoice/lmd_ghost_test.yaml
index 19267e9720..df21c306ea 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/blockchain/forkchoice/lmd_ghost_test.yaml
+++ b/beacon-chain/blockchain/forkchoice/lmd_ghost_test.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test_cases:
       b1: 5
       b2: 6
       b3: 6
-    head: 'b2'
+    head: 'b3'
   # Equal weights children, GHOST chooses b2 because it is higher lexicographically than b1
   - blocks:
       - id: 'b0'
diff --git a/beacon-chain/core/blocks/block_operations.go b/beacon-chain/core/blocks/block_operations.go
index cbf82ee25c..791e34b7d0 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/core/blocks/block_operations.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/core/blocks/block_operations.go
@@ -949,7 +949,6 @@ func ProcessDeposit(beaconState *pb.BeaconState, deposit *ethpb.Deposit, valInde
 	amount := deposit.Data.Amount
 	index, ok := valIndexMap[bytesutil.ToBytes32(pubKey)]
 	if !ok {
-
 		domain := helpers.Domain(beaconState, helpers.CurrentEpoch(beaconState), params.BeaconConfig().DomainDeposit)
 		depositSig := deposit.Data.Signature
 		if err := verifySigningRoot(deposit.Data, pubKey, depositSig, domain); err != nil {
diff --git a/beacon-chain/core/epoch/epoch_processing_test.go b/beacon-chain/core/epoch/epoch_processing_test.go
index 0639210ecd..8a63ab2cef 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/core/epoch/epoch_processing_test.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/core/epoch/epoch_processing_test.go
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ func TestWinningCrosslink_CanGetWinningRoot(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	want := &ethpb.Crosslink{StartEpoch: ge, Shard: 1, DataRoot: []byte{'B'}}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(winner, want) {
-		t.Errorf("Did not get wanted crosslink, got: %v", winner)
+		t.Errorf("Did not get wanted crosslink, got: %v, want %v", winner, want)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/genesis-state-gen/main.go b/tools/genesis-state-gen/main.go
index 81c38deef1..c912cf4458 100644
--- a/tools/genesis-state-gen/main.go
+++ b/tools/genesis-state-gen/main.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func createDepositData(privKey *bls.SecretKey, pubKey *bls.PublicKey) (*ethpb.De
 		WithdrawalCredentials: withdrawalCredentialsHash(pubKey.Marshal()),
 		Amount:                params.BeaconConfig().MaxEffectiveBalance,
 	}
-	sr, err := ssz.HashTreeRoot(di)
+	sr, err := ssz.SigningRoot(di)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}