diff --git a/integration/ocean/AssetOwners.test.ts b/integration/ocean/AssetOwners.test.ts
index 1eea73a..74704da 100644
--- a/integration/ocean/AssetOwners.test.ts
+++ b/integration/ocean/AssetOwners.test.ts
@@ -81,4 +81,14 @@ describe('Asset Owners', () => {
         const { length: finalLength2 } = await ocean.assets.consumerAssets(account2.getId())
         assert.equal(finalLength2 - initialLength, 1)
     })
+
+    it('should be able to transfer ownership', async () => {
+        const { id } = await ocean.assets.create(metadata as any, account1)
+
+        // transfer
+        await ocean.assets.transferOwnership(id, account2.getId())
+        const newOwner = await ocean.keeper.didRegistry.getDIDOwner(id)
+
+        assert.equal(newOwner, account2.getId())
+    })
 })
diff --git a/src/keeper/contracts/DIDRegistry.ts b/src/keeper/contracts/DIDRegistry.ts
index a790b20..ecb0768 100644
--- a/src/keeper/contracts/DIDRegistry.ts
+++ b/src/keeper/contracts/DIDRegistry.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ export default class DIDRegistry extends ContractBase {
         return this.call('getPermission', [didZeroX(did), zeroX(grantee)])
     }
 
-    public async transferDIDOwnership(did: string, owner: string, newOwner: string): Promise<TransactionReceipt> {
-        return this.send('transferDIDOwnership', owner, [zeroX(did), zeroX(newOwner)])
+    public async transferDIDOwnership(
+        did: string,
+        newOwnerAddress: string,
+        ownerAddress: string
+    ): Promise<TransactionReceipt> {
+        return this.send('transferDIDOwnership', ownerAddress, [didZeroX(did), newOwnerAddress])
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ocean/OceanAssets.ts b/src/ocean/OceanAssets.ts
index dff3a96..d94f1e6 100644
--- a/src/ocean/OceanAssets.ts
+++ b/src/ocean/OceanAssets.ts
@@ -359,12 +359,12 @@ export class OceanAssets extends Instantiable {
     /**
      * Transfer ownership of an asset.
      * @param  {string} did Asset DID.
-     * @param  {string} owner Ethereum address of the current owner of the DID.
      * @param  {string} newOwner Ethereum address of the new owner of the DID.
      * @return {Promise<TransactionReceipt>} Returns Web3 transaction receipt.
      */
-    public async transferOwnership(did: string, owner: string, newOwner: string): Promise<TransactionReceipt> {
-        return this.ocean.keeper.didRegistry.transferDIDOwnership(did, owner, newOwner)
+    public async transferOwnership(did: string, newOwner: string): Promise<TransactionReceipt> {
+        const owner = await this.ocean.assets.owner(did)
+        return this.ocean.keeper.didRegistry.transferDIDOwnership(did, newOwner, owner)
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/keeper/DIDRegistry.test.ts b/test/keeper/DIDRegistry.test.ts
index 581c81b..0b467c9 100644
--- a/test/keeper/DIDRegistry.test.ts
+++ b/test/keeper/DIDRegistry.test.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe('DIDRegistry', () => {
 
             // transfer
             const newOwnerAccount: Account = (await ocean.accounts.list())[1]
-            await didRegistry.transferDIDOwnership(did, ownerAccount.getId(), newOwnerAccount.getId())
+            await didRegistry.transferDIDOwnership(did, newOwnerAccount.getId(), ownerAccount.getId())
 
             // check
             const newOwner = await didRegistry.getDIDOwner(did)