diff --git a/packages/api-derive/src/staking/info.ts b/packages/api-derive/src/staking/info.ts
index c53f780fd2..30b16d2d42 100644
--- a/packages/api-derive/src/staking/info.ts
+++ b/packages/api-derive/src/staking/info.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ import { eraLength } from '../session/eraLength';
 import { recentlyOffline } from './recentlyOffline';
 import { drr } from '../util/drr';
 
+const EMPTY_KEYS = {
+  toU8a: (): Uint8Array => new Uint8Array()
+};
+
 type MultiResult = [Option<Keys>, [
   Option<AccountId> | Vec<[AccountId, Keys] & Codec>, Option<StakingLedger>, [AccountId[]], RewardDestination, Exposure, [ValidatorPrefs]
 ]];
@@ -84,13 +88,27 @@ function redeemableSum (stakingLedger: StakingLedger | undefined, eraLength: BN,
     );
 }
 
+function keysToAccountIds (keys: Uint8Array): AccountId[] {
+  const result: AccountId[] = [];
+  let offset = 0;
+
+  while (offset < keys.length) {
+    result.push(createType('AccountId', keys.subarray(offset, offset + 32)));
+    offset += 32;
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
 function unwrapSessionIds (stashId: AccountId, queuedKeys: Option<AccountId> | Vec<[AccountId, Keys] & Codec>, nextKeys: Option<Keys>): { nextSessionIds: AccountId[]; nextSessionId?: AccountId; sessionIds: AccountId[]; sessionId?: AccountId } {
   // for 2.x we have a Vec<(ValidatorId,Keys)> of the keys
   if (Array.isArray(queuedKeys)) {
-    const sessionIds = (queuedKeys.find(([currentId]): boolean => currentId.eq(stashId)) || [undefined, { toArray: (): AccountId[] => [] }])[1].toArray() as AccountId[];
-    const nextSessionIds = nextKeys.isSome
-      ? nextKeys.unwrap().toArray() as AccountId[]
-      : [];
+    const sessionIds = keysToAccountIds(
+      (queuedKeys.find(([currentId]): boolean =>
+        currentId.eq(stashId)
+      ) || [undefined, EMPTY_KEYS])[1].toU8a(true)
+    );
+    const nextSessionIds = keysToAccountIds(nextKeys.unwrapOr(EMPTY_KEYS).toU8a(true));
 
     return {
       nextSessionId: nextSessionIds[0],
diff --git a/packages/rpc-core/src/jsonrpc.types.ts b/packages/rpc-core/src/jsonrpc.types.ts
index f8ce0a3989..683bd8f50f 100644
--- a/packages/rpc-core/src/jsonrpc.types.ts
+++ b/packages/rpc-core/src/jsonrpc.types.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ import { Codec, IExtrinsic } from '@polkadot/types/types';
 
 export interface RpcInterface {
   author: {
+    insertKey(keyType: Text | string, suri: Text | string, maybePublic?: Bytes | Uint8Array | string): Observable<Bytes>;
     removeExtrinsic(bytesOrHash: (ExtrinsicOrHash)[]): Observable<Vec<Hash>>;
+    rotateKeys(): Observable<Bytes>;
     pendingExtrinsics(): Observable<Vec<Extrinsic>>;
     submitExtrinsic(extrinsic: IExtrinsic): Observable<Hash>;
     submitAndWatchExtrinsic(extrinsic: IExtrinsic): Observable<ExtrinsicStatus>;
diff --git a/packages/type-jsonrpc/src/author.ts b/packages/type-jsonrpc/src/author.ts
index f83386d04d..7de6535a80 100644
--- a/packages/type-jsonrpc/src/author.ts
+++ b/packages/type-jsonrpc/src/author.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,22 @@ const removeExtrinsic: RpcMethodOpt = {
   type: 'Vec<Hash>'
 };
 
+const insertKey: RpcMethodOpt = {
+  description: 'Insert a key into the keystore.',
+  params: [
+    createParam('keyType', 'Text'),
+    createParam('suri', 'Text'),
+    createParam('maybePublic', 'Bytes', { isOptional: true })
+  ],
+  type: 'Bytes'
+};
+
+const rotateKeys: RpcMethodOpt = {
+  description: 'Generate new session keys and returns the corresponding public keys',
+  params: [],
+  type: 'Bytes'
+};
+
 const pendingExtrinsics: RpcMethodOpt = {
   description: 'Returns all pending extrinsics, potentially grouped by sender',
   params: [],
@@ -55,7 +71,9 @@ export default {
   description: 'Authoring of network items',
   section,
   methods: {
+    insertKey: createMethod(section, 'insertKey', insertKey),
     removeExtrinsic: createMethod(section, 'removeExtrinsic', removeExtrinsic),
+    rotateKeys: createMethod(section, 'rotateKeys', rotateKeys),
     pendingExtrinsics: createMethod(section, 'pendingExtrinsics', pendingExtrinsics),
     submitExtrinsic: createMethod(section, 'submitExtrinsic', submitExtrinsic),
     submitAndWatchExtrinsic: createMethod(section, 'submitAndWatchExtrinsic', submitAndWatchExtrinsic)