diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f5cf98..44945f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # @digitalbazaar/ecdsa-rdfc-2019-cryptosuite Changelog
 
+## 1.2.0 - 2024-11-xx
+
+### Added
+- Add support for `@direction`.
+
 ## 1.1.1 - 2024-08-26
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/lib/canonize.js b/lib/canonize.js
index 26b8937..8273ab0 100644
--- a/lib/canonize.js
+++ b/lib/canonize.js
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ export async function canonize(input, options) {
     safe: true,
     ...options
   };
-  const opts = {...options, produceGeneralizedRdf: false};
+  const opts = {
+    rdfDirection: 'i18n-datatype', ...options, produceGeneralizedRdf: false,
+  };
   delete opts.format;
-  opts.produceGeneralizedRdf = false;
   const dataset = await jsonld.toRDF(input, opts);
   return rdfCanonize.canonize(dataset, options);
 }