diff --git a/codexdht.nimble b/codexdht.nimble
index 89c96ad..6db2e97 100644
--- a/codexdht.nimble
+++ b/codexdht.nimble
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ skipDirs      = @["tests"]
 # Dependencies
 requires "nim >= 2.2.4 & < 3.0.0"
 requires "secp256k1 >= 0.6.0 & < 0.7.0"
-requires "protobuf_serialization >= 0.3.0 & < 0.4.0"
 requires "nimcrypto >= 0.6.2 & < 0.8.0"
 requires "bearssl >= 0.2.5 & < 0.3.0"
 requires "chronicles >= 0.11.2 & < 0.13.0"
diff --git a/tests/dht/test_helper.nim b/tests/dht/test_helper.nim
index b1e220c..341f9cc 100644
--- a/tests/dht/test_helper.nim
+++ b/tests/dht/test_helper.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import
+  std/net,
   bearssl/rand,
   chronos,
   libp2p/crypto/[crypto, secp],