diff --git a/src/keyResolver.ts b/src/keyResolver.ts
index 8a8b65a..716ff6b 100644
--- a/src/keyResolver.ts
+++ b/src/keyResolver.ts
@@ -27,11 +27,19 @@ export type ResolveKeyResult = ResolveKeySuccess | ResolveKeyFailure;
 
 function asPublicKey(raw: string): ReturnType<typeof createPublicKey> {
   const trimmed = raw.trim();
+  let key: ReturnType<typeof createPublicKey>;
   if (trimmed.includes('BEGIN PUBLIC KEY')) {
-    return createPublicKey(trimmed);
+    key = createPublicKey(trimmed);
+  } else {
+    const der = Buffer.from(trimmed, 'base64');
+    key = createPublicKey({ key: der, format: 'der', type: 'spki' });
   }
-  const der = Buffer.from(trimmed, 'base64');
-  return createPublicKey({ key: der, format: 'der', type: 'spki' });
+  if (key.asymmetricKeyType !== 'ed25519') {
+    throw new Error(
+      `public key is ${key.asymmetricKeyType}; only ed25519 signing keys are accepted`
+    );
+  }
+  return key;
 }
 
 type RemoteKeyRecord = {
diff --git a/tests/verify.test.ts b/tests/verify.test.ts
index 0fd26db..e24347d 100644
--- a/tests/verify.test.ts
+++ b/tests/verify.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { readFile, writeFile, unlink } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { mkdtemp, rm } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { generateKeyPairSync } from 'node:crypto';
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import { verifyReceipt } from '../src/verify.js';
+import { resolvePublicKey } from '../src/keyResolver.js';
 
 async function loadJson(name: string): Promise<unknown> {
   const path = resolve(process.cwd(), 'tests/fixtures', name);
@@ -60,3 +65,53 @@ describe('verifyReceipt', () => {
     }
   });
 });
+
+describe('resolvePublicKey key-type enforcement', () => {
+  async function makeTmpKeyFile(keyPem: string): Promise<string> {
+    const dir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'pp-test-'));
+    const keyPath = join(dir, 'key.pem');
+    await writeFile(keyPath, keyPem);
+    return keyPath;
+  }
+
+  async function cleanup(keyPath: string): Promise<void> {
+    const dir = keyPath.replace(/\/[^/]+$/, '');
+    try {
+      await rm(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    } catch {
+      // best-effort cleanup
+    }
+  }
+
+  it('rejects RSA public keys as non-ed25519', async () => {
+    const { publicKey } = generateKeyPairSync('rsa', { modulusLength: 2048 });
+    const pem = publicKey.export({ type: 'spki', format: 'pem' });
+    const keyPath = await makeTmpKeyFile(pem);
+    try {
+      const result = await resolvePublicKey({ keyFile: keyPath, signatureKeyId: 'any' });
+      expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+      if (!result.ok) {
+        expect(result.errorCode).toBe('KEY_RESOLUTION_FAILED');
+        expect(result.errorMessage.toLowerCase()).toContain('rsa');
+      }
+    } finally {
+      await cleanup(keyPath);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('rejects ECDSA P-256 public keys as non-ed25519', async () => {
+    const { publicKey } = generateKeyPairSync('ec', { namedCurve: 'P-256' });
+    const pem = publicKey.export({ type: 'spki', format: 'pem' });
+    const keyPath = await makeTmpKeyFile(pem);
+    try {
+      const result = await resolvePublicKey({ keyFile: keyPath, signatureKeyId: 'any' });
+      expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+      if (!result.ok) {
+        expect(result.errorCode).toBe('KEY_RESOLUTION_FAILED');
+        expect(result.errorMessage.toLowerCase()).toContain('ec');
+      }
+    } finally {
+      await cleanup(keyPath);
+    }
+  });
+});