diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index feaa1927c5..b49daf934c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6650,6 +6650,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.29",
  "hex",
  "hickory-client",
+ "hickory-proto",
  "integer-encoding",
  "libsqlite3-sys",
  "lmdb-zero",
@@ -6892,6 +6893,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fs2",
  "futures 0.3.29",
  "hickory-client",
+ "hickory-proto",
  "hickory-resolver",
  "lmdb-zero",
  "log",
diff --git a/base_layer/core/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/core/Cargo.toml
index 0b7a7b11bb..488a487bd5 100644
--- a/base_layer/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ tiny-keccak = { package = "tari-tiny-keccak", version = "2.0.2", features = [
     "keccak",
 ] }
 dirs-next = "1.0.2"
-hickory-client = { version = "0.25.0-alpha.2", features = ["dns-over-rustls", "dnssec-openssl"], optional = true }
+hickory-client = { version = "=0.25.0-alpha.2", features = [
+    "dns-over-rustls",
+    "dnssec-openssl",
+], optional = true }
+hickory-proto = { version = "=0.25.0-alpha.2" }
 anyhow = "1.0.53"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -126,3 +130,7 @@ unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn", check-cfg = [
     'cfg(tari_target_network_nextnet)',
     'cfg(tari_target_network_testnet)',
 ] }
+
+
+[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
+ignored = ["hickory-proto"]
diff --git a/base_layer/p2p/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/p2p/Cargo.toml
index 5cb7b19714..01e7d5f154 100644
--- a/base_layer/p2p/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/p2p/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ pgp = { version = "0.10", optional = true }
 prost = "0.13.3"
 rand = "0.8"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", optional = true, default-features = false }
-rustls = { version = "0.23.13", default-features = false, features = ["logging", "std", "tls12"] }
+rustls = { version = "0.23.13", default-features = false, features = [
+    "logging",
+    "std",
+    "tls12",
+] }
 semver = { version = "1.0.1", optional = true }
 serde = "1.0.90"
 thiserror = "1.0.26"
@@ -37,8 +41,9 @@ tokio-stream = { version = "0.1.9", default-features = false, features = [
     "time",
 ] }
 tower = "0.4.11"
-hickory-client = { version = "0.25.0-alpha.2", features = ["dns-over-rustls"] }
+hickory-client = { version = "=0.25.0-alpha.2", features = ["dns-over-rustls"] }
 hickory-resolver = "0.25.0-alpha.2"
+hickory-proto = { version = "=0.25.0-alpha.2" }
 webpki-roots = "0.26.6"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -58,3 +63,5 @@ tari_common = { path = "../../common", features = [
 test-mocks = []
 auto-update = ["reqwest/default", "pgp", "semver"]
 
+[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
+ignored = ["hickory-proto"]