diff --git a/tools/confutils/cli_args.nim b/tools/confutils/cli_args.nim
index a99ba43ee..bcd839b6c 100644
--- a/tools/confutils/cli_args.nim
+++ b/tools/confutils/cli_args.nim
@@ -251,7 +251,10 @@ type WakuNodeConf* = object
     dnsAddrsNameServers* {.
       desc:
         "DNS name server IPs to query for DNS multiaddrs resolution. Argument may be repeated.",
-      defaultValue: @[parseIpAddress("1.1.1.1"), parseIpAddress("1.0.0.1")],
+      defaultValue: @[
+        IpAddress(family: IpAddressFamily.IPv4, address_v4: [1'u8, 1, 1, 1]),
+        IpAddress(family: IpAddressFamily.IPv4, address_v4: [1'u8, 0, 0, 1]),
+      ],
       name: "dns-addrs-name-server"
     .}: seq[IpAddress]