diff --git a/identity/CHANGELOG.md b/identity/CHANGELOG.md
index 961b5c6921d..d84e20416c3 100644
--- a/identity/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/identity/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## 0.1.2 - unreleased
+
+- Implement `Copy` for `identity::secp256k1::{Keypair,SecretKey,PublicKey}`.
+  See [PR 3707].
+
+[PR 3707]: https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/3707
+
 ## 0.1.1
 
 - Add `From` impl for specific keypairs.
diff --git a/identity/Cargo.toml b/identity/Cargo.toml
index e2764e1e5e3..b7c2d45e04f 100644
--- a/identity/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "libp2p-identity"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Data structures and algorithms for identifying peers in libp2p."
 rust-version = "1.60.0"
diff --git a/identity/src/keypair.rs b/identity/src/keypair.rs
index 0e4cce683b1..4231cba81cd 100644
--- a/identity/src/keypair.rs
+++ b/identity/src/keypair.rs
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ impl Keypair {
             #[cfg(all(feature = "rsa", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
             Rsa(pair) => PublicKey::Rsa(pair.public()),
             #[cfg(feature = "secp256k1")]
-            Secp256k1(pair) => PublicKey::Secp256k1(pair.public().clone()),
+            Secp256k1(pair) => PublicKey::Secp256k1(*pair.public()),
             #[cfg(feature = "ecdsa")]
             Ecdsa(pair) => PublicKey::Ecdsa(pair.public().clone()),
         }
diff --git a/identity/src/secp256k1.rs b/identity/src/secp256k1.rs
index 119c3ef64e9..8b0e54bdf2f 100644
--- a/identity/src/secp256k1.rs
+++ b/identity/src/secp256k1.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use sha2::{Digest as ShaDigestTrait, Sha256};
 use zeroize::Zeroize;
 
 /// A Secp256k1 keypair.
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 pub struct Keypair {
     secret: SecretKey,
     public: PublicKey,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ impl From<Keypair> for SecretKey {
 }
 
 /// A Secp256k1 secret key.
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 pub struct SecretKey(libsecp256k1::SecretKey);
 
 impl fmt::Debug for SecretKey {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ impl SecretKey {
 }
 
 /// A Secp256k1 public key.
-#[derive(Eq, Clone)]
+#[derive(Eq, Clone, Copy)]
 pub struct PublicKey(libsecp256k1::PublicKey);
 
 impl fmt::Debug for PublicKey {