diff --git a/tools/confutils/cli_args.nim b/tools/confutils/cli_args.nim
index bcd839b6c..281e21fd6 100644
--- a/tools/confutils/cli_args.nim
+++ b/tools/confutils/cli_args.nim
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ with the drawback of consuming some more bandwidth.""",
 
     restAddress* {.
       desc: "Listening address of the REST HTTP server.",
-      defaultValue: parseIpAddress("127.0.0.1"),
+      defaultValue: IpAddress(family: IpAddressFamily.IPv4, address_v4: [127'u8, 0, 0, 1]),
       name: "rest-address"
     .}: IpAddress
 
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ with the drawback of consuming some more bandwidth.""",
 
     metricsServerAddress* {.
       desc: "Listening address of the metrics server.",
-      defaultValue: parseIpAddress("127.0.0.1"),
+      defaultValue: IpAddress(family: IpAddressFamily.IPv4, address_v4: [127'u8, 0, 0, 1]),
       name: "metrics-server-address"
     .}: IpAddress
 
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ proc completeCmdArg*(T: type IpAddress, val: string): seq[string] =
 
 proc defaultListenAddress*(): IpAddress =
   # TODO: Should probably listen on both ipv4 and ipv6 by default.
-  (static parseIpAddress("0.0.0.0"))
+  (static IpAddress(family: IpAddressFamily.IPv4, address_v4: [0'u8, 0, 0, 0]))
 
 proc defaultColocationLimit*(): int =
   return DefaultColocationLimit