diff --git a/lib/helpers.js b/lib/helpers.js
index 4d44afb3..012a2f3c 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/helpers.js
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ export async function getIssuerAndSuite({
         cause
       });
   }
-  const suite = createSuite({signer: assertionMethodKey, config, options});
+  const suite = await createSuite({
+    signer: assertionMethodKey, config, options
+  });
   return {issuer, suite};
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/suites.js b/lib/suites.js
index 4d3729f6..0ed0ff78 100644
--- a/lib/suites.js
+++ b/lib/suites.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 /*!
- * Copyright (c) 2019-2023 Digital Bazaar, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2024 Digital Bazaar, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 import * as bedrock from '@bedrock/core';
+import * as Bls12381Multikey from '@digitalbazaar/bls12-381-multikey';
+import {
+  createSignCryptosuite as createBbs2023SignCryptosuite
+} from '@digitalbazaar/bbs-2023-cryptosuite';
 import {
   createSignCryptosuite as createEcdsaSd2023SignCryptosuite
 } from '@digitalbazaar/ecdsa-sd-2023-cryptosuite';
@@ -50,7 +54,10 @@ const SUPPORTED_SUITES = new Map([
   }],
   [createEcdsaXi2023SignCryptosuite().name, {
     createSuite: _createEcdsaXi2023Suite
-  }]
+  }],
+  [createBbs2023SignCryptosuite().name, {
+    createSuite: _createBbs2023Suite
+  }],
 ]);
 
 const {util: {BedrockError}} = bedrock;
@@ -160,6 +167,26 @@ function _createEcdsaXi2023Suite({signer, options} = {}) {
   });
 }
 
+async function _createBbs2023Suite({signer, options} = {}) {
+  // BBS requires signer public key
+  const {publicKeyMultibase} = await signer.getKeyDescription();
+  const {publicKey} = await Bls12381Multikey.from({publicKeyMultibase});
+  signer.publicKey = publicKey;
+
+  const mandatoryPointers = options?.mandatoryPointers ||
+    ['/issuer', '/issuanceDate'];
+  const cryptosuite = createBbs2023SignCryptosuite({
+    mandatoryPointers
+  });
+  const diProof = new DataIntegrityProof({
+    signer,
+    date: _getISODateTime(),
+    cryptosuite
+  });
+  diProof.proof = {id: `urn:uuid:${uuid()}`};
+  return diProof;
+}
+
 function _getISODateTime(date = new Date()) {
   // remove milliseconds precision
   return date.toISOString().replace(/\.\d+Z$/, 'Z');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 94b7bc3e..7e0f102b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/digitalbazaar/bedrock-vc-issuer",
   "dependencies": {
+    "@digitalbazaar/bbs-2023-cryptosuite": "^1.2.0",
     "@digitalbazaar/bitstring": "^3.0.0",
+    "@digitalbazaar/bls12-381-multikey": "^1.3.0",
     "@digitalbazaar/data-integrity": "^2.0.0",
     "@digitalbazaar/ecdsa-2019-cryptosuite": "^2.0.0",
     "@digitalbazaar/ecdsa-rdfc-2019-cryptosuite": "^1.0.1",
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@
     "@digitalbazaar/eddsa-rdfc-2022-cryptosuite": "^1.0.1",
     "@digitalbazaar/lru-memoize": "^3.0.0",
     "@digitalbazaar/vc": "github:digitalbazaar/vc#vc-2.0-time-props",
-    "@digitalbazaar/webkms-client": "^13.0.0",
+    "@digitalbazaar/webkms-client": "^14.1.0",
     "assert-plus": "^1.0.0",
     "base64url-universal": "2.0.0",
     "bnid": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/schemas/bedrock-vc-issuer.js b/schemas/bedrock-vc-issuer.js
index 6e38582d..69d3cdb2 100644
--- a/schemas/bedrock-vc-issuer.js
+++ b/schemas/bedrock-vc-issuer.js
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ export const issueOptions = {
       // supported default suites in this version
       enum: [
         'ecdsa-rdfc-2019', 'eddsa-rdfc-2022', 'Ed25519Signature2020',
-        'Ed25519Signature2018', 'ecdsa-sd-2023', 'ecdsa-xi-2023'
+        'Ed25519Signature2018', 'ecdsa-sd-2023', 'ecdsa-xi-2023',
+        'bbs-2023'
       ]
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/mocha/20-credentials.js b/test/mocha/20-credentials.js
index 740af771..981c36f5 100644
--- a/test/mocha/20-credentials.js
+++ b/test/mocha/20-credentials.js
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ describe('issue APIs', () => {
       statusOptions: {
         suiteName: 'ecdsa-rdfc-2019'
       }
+    },
+    'bbs-2023': {
+      algorithm: ['Bls12381G2'],
+      statusOptions: {
+        // sign status list with simple ECDSA
+        algorithm: 'P-256',
+        suiteName: 'ecdsa-rdfc-2019'
+      },
+      terseIssueOptions: {mandatoryPointers: ['issuer']}
     }
   };
   // list of suites to run the selective disclosure tests on
@@ -134,7 +143,7 @@ describe('issue APIs', () => {
         let assertionMethodKey;
         const publicAliasTemplate =
           'did:key:{publicKeyMultibase}#{publicKeyMultibase}';
-        if(algorithm === 'P-256' || algorithm === 'P-384') {
+        if(['P-256', 'P-384', 'Bls12381G2'].includes(algorithm)) {
           assertionMethodKey = await helpers._generateMultikey({
             keystoreAgent,
             type: `urn:webkms:multikey:${algorithm}`,
diff --git a/test/mocha/helpers.js b/test/mocha/helpers.js
index be4d4ba6..52c974f0 100644
--- a/test/mocha/helpers.js
+++ b/test/mocha/helpers.js
@@ -367,8 +367,10 @@ export async function provisionIssuerForStatus({
   let assertionMethodKey;
   const publicAliasTemplate =
     'did:key:{publicKeyMultibase}#{publicKeyMultibase}';
-  const {algorithm, statusOptions: {suiteName}} = suiteOptions;
-  if(algorithm === 'P-256' || algorithm === 'P-384') {
+  const {statusOptions} = suiteOptions;
+  const algorithm = statusOptions.algorithm ?? suiteOptions.algorithm;
+  const {suiteName} = statusOptions;
+  if(['P-256', 'P-384'].includes(algorithm)) {
     assertionMethodKey = await _generateMultikey({
       keystoreAgent,
       type: `urn:webkms:multikey:${algorithm}`,
diff --git a/test/package.json b/test/package.json
index 3c6d4af6..bc21a570 100644
--- a/test/package.json
+++ b/test/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "@bedrock/service-agent": "^8.0.0",
     "@bedrock/service-context-store": "^11.0.0",
     "@bedrock/service-core": "^9.0.0",
-    "@bedrock/ssm-mongodb": "^11.0.0",
+    "@bedrock/ssm-mongodb": "^11.2.0",
     "@bedrock/test": "^8.0.5",
     "@bedrock/validation": "^7.0.0",
     "@bedrock/vc-issuer": "file:..",
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "@digitalbazaar/http-client": "^4.0.0",
     "@digitalbazaar/vc-bitstring-status-list": "github:digitalbazaar/vc-bitstring-status-list#main",
     "@digitalbazaar/vc-status-list": "^7.1.0",
-    "@digitalbazaar/webkms-client": "^14.0.0",
+    "@digitalbazaar/webkms-client": "^14.1.0",
     "c8": "^9.1.0",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "jose": "^4.8.3",