diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2267a8c77..23d1983f0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ __pycache__/
 # C extensions
 *.so
 
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
 # Distribution / packaging
 .Python
 env/
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5a39ffbcd..de39bba66 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ grpcio-tools>=1.33.2
 protobuf>=3.12.2
 configargparse>=1.2.3
 py-multihash>=0.2.3
-multiaddr @ git+https://github.com/multiformats/py-multiaddr.git@e01dbd38f2c0464c0f78b556691d655265018cce
+# multiaddr @ git+https://github.com/multiformats/py-multiaddr.git@e01dbd38f2c0464c0f78b556691d655265018cce
+multiaddr>=0.0.9
 cryptography>=3.4.6
 pydantic>=2.0.0
 packaging>=20.9