diff --git a/ape_foundry/provider.py b/ape_foundry/provider.py
index 8d66e89..62cb830 100644
--- a/ape_foundry/provider.py
+++ b/ape_foundry/provider.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 from ape_test import ApeTestConfig
 from eth_pydantic_types import HexBytes, HexBytes32
 from eth_typing import HexStr
-from eth_utils import add_0x_prefix, is_0x_prefixed, is_hex, to_hex
+from faster_eth_utils import add_0x_prefix, is_0x_prefixed, is_hex, to_hex
 from pydantic import field_validator, model_validator
 from pydantic_settings import SettingsConfigDict
 from web3 import HTTPProvider, Web3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index deb36fd..8ee929a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
         "eth_pydantic_types>=0.2.0,<0.3",
         "evm-trace>=0.2.3,<0.3",
         "ethpm-types>=0.6.19,<0.7",
+        "faster-eth-utils>=2.1.0,<6",
         "hexbytes>=0.3.1,<2",
         "web3>=6.20.1,<8",
         "yarl>=1.9.2,<2",
diff --git a/tests/test_provider.py b/tests/test_provider.py
index 6bed570..852f622 100644
--- a/tests/test_provider.py
+++ b/tests/test_provider.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 from ape_ethereum.trace import Trace
 from ape_ethereum.transactions import TransactionStatusEnum, TransactionType
 from eth_pydantic_types import HexBytes32
-from eth_utils import to_hex, to_int
 from evm_trace import CallType
+from faster_eth_utils import to_hex, to_int
 from hexbytes import HexBytes
 
 from ape_foundry import FoundryProviderError
diff --git a/tests/test_trace.py b/tests/test_trace.py
index f229df0..cb1a0d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_trace.py
+++ b/tests/test_trace.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import pytest
 from ape.exceptions import ContractLogicError
 from ape.utils import create_tempdir
-from eth_utils import to_hex
+from faster_eth_utils import to_hex
 from hexbytes import HexBytes
 
 from .expected_traces import (