diff --git a/Cargo-minimal.lock b/Cargo-minimal.lock
index 5fa115666..2bcf1a58b 100644
--- a/Cargo-minimal.lock
+++ b/Cargo-minimal.lock
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "miniscript"
-version = "12.3.2"
+version = "12.3.3"
 dependencies = [
  "bech32",
  "bitcoin",
diff --git a/Cargo-recent.lock b/Cargo-recent.lock
index d4a312d77..680083661 100644
--- a/Cargo-recent.lock
+++ b/Cargo-recent.lock
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "miniscript"
-version = "12.3.2"
+version = "12.3.3"
 dependencies = [
  "bech32",
  "bitcoin",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4649502f7..deaab4939 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "miniscript"
-version = "12.3.2"
+version = "12.3.3"
 authors = ["Andrew Poelstra <apoelstra@wpsoftware.net>, Sanket Kanjalkar <sanket1729@gmail.com>"]
 license = "CC0-1.0"
 homepage = "https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-miniscript/"
diff --git a/src/descriptor/key.rs b/src/descriptor/key.rs
index 0ca62fc9f..005ebe852 100644
--- a/src/descriptor/key.rs
+++ b/src/descriptor/key.rs
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ impl DefiniteDescriptorKey {
     ///
     /// Returns `None` if the key contains a wildcard
     fn new(key: DescriptorPublicKey) -> Option<Self> {
-        if key.has_wildcard() {
+        if key.has_wildcard() || key.is_multipath() {
             None
         } else {
             Some(Self(key))
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ impl FromStr for DefiniteDescriptorKey {
     fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
         let inner = DescriptorPublicKey::from_str(s)?;
         DefiniteDescriptorKey::new(inner).ok_or(DescriptorKeyParseError(
-            "cannot parse key with a wilcard as a DerivedDescriptorKey",
+            "cannot parse multi-path keys or keys with a wilcard as a DerivedDescriptorKey",
         ))
     }
 }
@@ -1150,6 +1150,7 @@ mod test {
         MiniscriptKey, Wildcard,
     };
     use crate::prelude::*;
+    use crate::DefiniteDescriptorKey;
 
     #[test]
     fn parse_descriptor_key_errors() {
@@ -1497,4 +1498,23 @@ mod test {
         let public_key = DescriptorPublicKey::from_str(desc).unwrap();
         assert_tokens(&public_key, &[Token::String(desc)]);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn definite_keys() {
+        // basic xpub
+        let desc = "xpub661MyMwAqRbcFtXgS5sYJABqqG9YLmC4Q1Rdap9gSE8NqtwybGhePY2gZ29ESFjqJoCu1Rupje8YtGqsefD265TMg7usUDFdp6W1EGMcet8"
+            .parse::<DescriptorPublicKey>()
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(DefiniteDescriptorKey::new(desc).is_some());
+        // xpub with wildcard
+        let desc = "xpub661MyMwAqRbcFtXgS5sYJABqqG9YLmC4Q1Rdap9gSE8NqtwybGhePY2gZ29ESFjqJoCu1Rupje8YtGqsefD265TMg7usUDFdp6W1EGMcet8/*"
+            .parse::<DescriptorPublicKey>()
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(DefiniteDescriptorKey::new(desc).is_none());
+        // multipath xpub
+        let desc = "xpub661MyMwAqRbcFtXgS5sYJABqqG9YLmC4Q1Rdap9gSE8NqtwybGhePY2gZ29ESFjqJoCu1Rupje8YtGqsefD265TMg7usUDFdp6W1EGMcet8/<0;1>"
+            .parse::<DescriptorPublicKey>()
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(DefiniteDescriptorKey::new(desc).is_none());
+    }
 }