diff --git a/rs/dogecoin/ckdoge/minter/src/main.rs b/rs/dogecoin/ckdoge/minter/src/main.rs
index 1b39fc39b69e..b74b21dcb2a3 100644
--- a/rs/dogecoin/ckdoge/minter/src/main.rs
+++ b/rs/dogecoin/ckdoge/minter/src/main.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use ic_cdk::{init, post_upgrade, query, update};
 use ic_ckbtc_minter::reimbursement::InvalidTransactionError;
 use ic_ckbtc_minter::state::eventlog::EventLogger;
 use ic_ckbtc_minter::tasks::{TaskType, schedule_now};
-use ic_ckbtc_minter::{BuildTxError, CanisterRuntime};
+use ic_ckbtc_minter::{BuildTxError, CanisterRuntime, fees::FeeEstimator};
 use ic_ckdoge_minter::candid_api::{EstimateWithdrawalFeeError, MinterInfo};
 use ic_ckdoge_minter::event::CkDogeEventLogger;
 use ic_ckdoge_minter::{
@@ -105,11 +105,16 @@ fn estimate_withdrawal_fee(
         let fee_estimator = DOGECOIN_CANISTER_RUNTIME.fee_estimator(s);
         let withdrawal_amount = arg.amount.unwrap_or(s.fee_based_retrieve_btc_min_amount);
 
+        let fee_rate = fee_estimator
+            .estimate_median_fee(&s.last_fee_per_vbyte)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| {
+                s.last_median_fee_per_vbyte
+                    .expect("Bitcoin current fee percentiles not retrieved yet.")
+            });
         ic_ckdoge_minter::fees::estimate_retrieve_doge_fee(
             &mut s.available_utxos,
             withdrawal_amount,
-            s.last_median_fee_per_vbyte
-                .expect("Bitcoin current fee percentiles not retrieved yet."),
+            fee_rate,
             s.max_num_inputs_in_transaction,
             &fee_estimator,
         )