diff --git a/newsfragments/766.internal.rst b/newsfragments/766.internal.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ecce428d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/766.internal.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Pin py-multiaddr dependency to specific git commit db8124e2321f316d3b7d2733c7df11d6ad9c03e6
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 259c6c17c..1b9589af2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "exceptiongroup>=1.2.0; python_version < '3.11'",
     "grpcio>=1.41.0",
     "lru-dict>=1.1.6",
-    "multiaddr>=0.0.9",
+    # "multiaddr>=0.0.9",
+    "multiaddr @ git+https://github.com/multiformats/py-multiaddr.git@db8124e2321f316d3b7d2733c7df11d6ad9c03e6",
     "mypy-protobuf>=3.0.0",
     "noiseprotocol>=0.3.0",
     "protobuf>=4.21.0,<5.0.0",