diff --git a/src/stored/merkle.rs b/src/stored/merkle.rs
index 40e380a..4b33d65 100644
--- a/src/stored/merkle.rs
+++ b/src/stored/merkle.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use core::{cell::RefCell, ops::Deref};
 use alloc::{boxed::Box, format, vec::Vec};
 use bumpalo::Bump;
 use ouroboros::self_referencing;
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 
 use crate::{
     transaction::nodes::{NodeRef, TrieRoot},
@@ -85,14 +86,15 @@ impl<V: AsRef<[u8]>> Store<V> for Snapshot<V> {
         let idx = node as usize;
         let leaf_offset = self.branches.len();
         let unvisited_offset = leaf_offset + self.leaves.len();
+        let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
 
         if let Some(branch) = self.branches.get(idx) {
             let left = self.calc_subtree_hash(branch.left)?;
             let right = self.calc_subtree_hash(branch.right)?;
 
-            Ok(branch.hash_branch(&left, &right))
+            Ok(branch.hash_branch(&mut hasher, &left, &right))
         } else if let Some(leaf) = self.leaves.get(idx - leaf_offset) {
-            Ok(leaf.hash_leaf())
+            Ok(leaf.hash_leaf(&mut hasher))
         } else if let Some(hash) = self.unvisited_nodes.get(idx - unvisited_offset) {
             Ok(*hash)
         } else {
diff --git a/src/transaction.rs b/src/transaction.rs
index 566dace..cb80f14 100644
--- a/src/transaction.rs
+++ b/src/transaction.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pub(crate) mod nodes;
 
 use alloc::{boxed::Box, format};
 use core::mem;
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 
 use crate::{stored, KeyHash, NodeHash};
 use crate::{
@@ -67,9 +68,12 @@ impl<S: Store<V>, V: AsRef<[u8]>> Transaction<S, V> {
         ) -> Result<(), TrieError>,
         on_modified_leaf: &mut impl FnMut(&NodeHash, &Leaf<V>) -> Result<(), TrieError>,
     ) -> Result<TrieRoot<NodeHash>, TrieError> {
+        let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
+
         let root_hash = match &self.current_root {
             TrieRoot::Empty => return Ok(TrieRoot::Empty),
             TrieRoot::Node(node_ref) => Self::calc_root_hash_node(
+                &mut hasher,
                 &self.data_store,
                 node_ref,
                 on_modified_leaf,
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@ impl<S: Store<V>, V: AsRef<[u8]>> Transaction<S, V> {
 
     #[inline]
     fn calc_root_hash_node(
+        hasher: &mut Sha256,
         data_store: &S,
         node_ref: &NodeRef<V>,
         on_modified_leaf: &mut impl FnMut(&NodeHash, &Leaf<V>) -> Result<(), TrieError>,
@@ -101,24 +106,26 @@ impl<S: Store<V>, V: AsRef<[u8]>> Transaction<S, V> {
         match node_ref {
             NodeRef::ModBranch(branch) => {
                 let left = Self::calc_root_hash_node(
+                    hasher,
                     data_store,
                     &branch.left,
                     on_modified_leaf,
                     on_modified_branch,
                 )?;
                 let right = Self::calc_root_hash_node(
+                    hasher,
                     data_store,
                     &branch.right,
                     on_modified_leaf,
                     on_modified_branch,
                 )?;
 
-                let hash = branch.hash_branch(&left, &right);
+                let hash = branch.hash_branch(hasher, &left, &right);
                 on_modified_branch(&hash, branch, left, right)?;
                 Ok(hash)
             }
             NodeRef::ModLeaf(leaf) => {
-                let hash = leaf.hash_leaf();
+                let hash = leaf.hash_leaf(hasher);
 
                 on_modified_leaf(&hash, leaf)?;
                 Ok(hash)
diff --git a/src/transaction/nodes.rs b/src/transaction/nodes.rs
index 598528f..b9704f2 100644
--- a/src/transaction/nodes.rs
+++ b/src/transaction/nodes.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use alloc::{boxed::Box, vec::Vec};
 use core::{iter, mem};
 
-use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+use sha2::{digest::FixedOutputReset, Digest, Sha256};
 
 use crate::{stored, KeyHash, NodeHash};
 
@@ -282,9 +282,8 @@ impl<NR> Branch<NR> {
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    pub fn hash_branch(&self, left: &NodeHash, right: &NodeHash) -> NodeHash {
-        let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
-
+    pub fn hash_branch(&self, hasher: &mut Sha256, left: &NodeHash, right: &NodeHash) -> NodeHash {
+        hasher.reset();
         hasher.update(left);
         hasher.update(right);
         hasher.update(self.mask.bit_idx.to_le_bytes());
@@ -295,7 +294,7 @@ impl<NR> Branch<NR> {
             .iter()
             .for_each(|word| hasher.update(word.to_le_bytes()));
 
-        NodeHash::new(hasher.finalize().into())
+        NodeHash::new(hasher.finalize_fixed_reset().into())
     }
 }
 
@@ -489,10 +488,10 @@ pub struct Leaf<V> {
 
 impl<V: AsRef<[u8]>> Leaf<V> {
     #[inline]
-    pub fn hash_leaf(&self) -> NodeHash {
-        let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
+    pub fn hash_leaf(&self, hasher: &mut Sha256) -> NodeHash {
+        hasher.reset();
         hasher.update(self.key_hash.to_bytes());
         hasher.update(self.value.as_ref());
-        NodeHash::new(hasher.finalize().into())
+        NodeHash::new(hasher.finalize_fixed_reset().into())
     }
 }