diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index cbb488ee2..00de776e1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.45.12
+0.45.14
diff --git a/pkg/wallet/private_key.go b/pkg/wallet/private_key.go
index 42ba4e483..ff05bb8e6 100644
--- a/pkg/wallet/private_key.go
+++ b/pkg/wallet/private_key.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/elliptic"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/sha256"
+	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -57,6 +58,15 @@ func NewPrivateKeyFromBytes(b []byte) (*PrivateKey, error) {
 	return &PrivateKey{b}, nil
 }
 
+// NewPrivateKeyFromRawBytes returns a NEO PrivateKey from the ASN.1 serialized keys.
+func NewPrivateKeyFromRawBytes(b []byte) (*PrivateKey, error) {
+	privkey, err := x509.ParseECPrivateKey(b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return NewPrivateKeyFromBytes(privkey.D.Bytes())
+}
+
 // PublicKey derives the public key from the private key.
 func (p *PrivateKey) PublicKey() ([]byte, error) {
 	var (