diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 351e8aae3d..ff0c1ce6f2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -21913,6 +21913,14 @@
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=16"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "@multiformats/multiaddr": "^11.0.6"
+      },
+      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+        "@multiformats/multiaddr": {
+          "optional": true
+        }
       }
     },
     "packages/core/node_modules/uuid": {
diff --git a/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
index c839606590..3f3fe3e0e8 100644
--- a/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Add `@multiformats/multiaddr` as peer dependency.
+
 ## @waku/core [0.0.6](https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/compare/@waku/core@0.0.5...@waku/core@0.0.6) (2022-11-18)
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 0f35c16a98..2ff0fa38a9 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -153,6 +153,14 @@
     "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
     "typescript": "^4.6.3"
   },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@multiformats/multiaddr": "^11.0.6"
+  },
+  "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+    "@multiformats/multiaddr": {
+      "optional": true
+    }
+  },
   "typedoc": {
     "entryPoint": "./src/index.ts"
   },