diff --git a/doc/source/modules/constants.rst b/doc/source/modules/constants.rst
index 8127590a..8fdac118 100644
--- a/doc/source/modules/constants.rst
+++ b/doc/source/modules/constants.rst
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ KeyData
 
    The DSA key klass.
 
-.. data:: xmlsec.constants.KeyDataEcdsa
+.. data:: xmlsec.constants.KeyDataEc
 
    The ECDSA key klass.
 
diff --git a/src/constants.c b/src/constants.c
index e3b64527..f2c5a636 100644
--- a/src/constants.c
+++ b/src/constants.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ int PyXmlSec_ConstantsModule_Init(PyObject* package) {
 #endif
 #if XMLSEC_VERSION_HEX > 0x10212
     // from version 1.2.19
-    PYXMLSEC_ADD_KEYDATA_CONSTANT(KeyDataEcdsa, "ECDSA")
+    PYXMLSEC_ADD_KEYDATA_CONSTANT(KeyDataEc, "ECDSA")
 #endif
     PYXMLSEC_ADD_KEYDATA_CONSTANT(KeyDataHmac, "HMAC")
     PYXMLSEC_ADD_KEYDATA_CONSTANT(KeyDataRsa, "RSA")
diff --git a/src/keys.c b/src/keys.c
index 1362b128..47678a53 100644
--- a/src/keys.c
+++ b/src/keys.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static PyObject* PyXmlSec_KeyFromFile(PyObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject*
     if (is_content) {
         key->handle = xmlSecCryptoAppKeyLoadMemory((const xmlSecByte*)data, (xmlSecSize)data_size, format, password, NULL, NULL);
     } else {
-        key->handle = xmlSecCryptoAppKeyLoad(data, format, password, NULL, NULL);
+        key->handle = xmlSecCryptoAppKeyLoadEx(data, xmlSecKeyDataTypePrivate, format, password, NULL, NULL);
     }
     Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS;
 
diff --git a/src/xmlsec/constants.pyi b/src/xmlsec/constants.pyi
index 9fd24e53..80afdd22 100644
--- a/src/xmlsec/constants.pyi
+++ b/src/xmlsec/constants.pyi
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ EncNs: Final[str]
 KeyDataAes: Final[__KeyData]
 KeyDataDes: Final[__KeyData]
 KeyDataDsa: Final[__KeyData]
-KeyDataEcdsa: Final[__KeyData]
+KeyDataEc: Final[__KeyData]
 KeyDataEncryptedKey: Final[__KeyData]
 KeyDataFormatBinary: Final[int]
 KeyDataFormatCertDer: Final[int]