diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 03c6b089..3ea073f0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -67,11 +67,13 @@
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
         "apepay>=0.3.5,<1",
+        "cchecksum>=0.0.3",  # lower pin only, `eth-ape` governs upper pin
         "click",  # Use same version as eth-ape
         "eth-ape>=0.8.31,<1",
         "ethpm-types>=0.6.10",  # lower pin only, `eth-ape` governs upper pin
         "eth-pydantic-types",  # Use same version as eth-ape
         "exceptiongroup; python_version < '3.11'",  # Used with TaskGroup
+        "faster-eth-utils>=2.1.0",  # lower pin only, `eth-ape` governs upper pin
         "httpx>=0.28,<1",  # Use for Cluster client, auth
         "jwcrypto>=1.4,<2",  # Use for auth
         "packaging",  # Use same version as eth-ape
diff --git a/silverback/cluster/types.py b/silverback/cluster/types.py
index ad3bf861..41ab7149 100644
--- a/silverback/cluster/types.py
+++ b/silverback/cluster/types.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from ape.types import AddressType, HexBytes
 from cryptography.exceptions import InvalidSignature
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.hmac import HMAC, hashes
-from eth_utils import to_bytes, to_int
+from faster_eth_utils import to_bytes, to_int
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, computed_field, field_validator
 from typing_extensions import Self
 
diff --git a/silverback/main.py b/silverback/main.py
index da65c834..911ece89 100644
--- a/silverback/main.py
+++ b/silverback/main.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 from ape.types import AddressType, ContractLog
 from ape.utils import ManagerAccessMixin
 from eth_typing import HexStr
-from eth_utils import keccak, to_hex
 from ethpm_types.abi import encode_topic_value
+from faster_eth_utils import keccak, to_hex
 from packaging.version import Version
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from taskiq import AsyncTaskiqDecoratedTask, TaskiqEvents
diff --git a/silverback/runner.py b/silverback/runner.py
index 4bdbf815..48801daa 100644
--- a/silverback/runner.py
+++ b/silverback/runner.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from ape import chain
 from ape.logging import logger
 from ape.utils import ManagerAccessMixin
-from eth_utils import to_checksum_address
+from cchecksum import to_checksum_address
 from ethpm_types import EventABI
 from packaging.specifiers import SpecifierSet
 from packaging.version import Version
diff --git a/silverback/utils.py b/silverback/utils.py
index 6b513440..ad884dc6 100644
--- a/silverback/utils.py
+++ b/silverback/utils.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from ape.types import HexBytes
 from eth_typing import HexStr
-from eth_utils import to_hex
+from faster_eth_utils import to_hex
 
 Topic = list[HexStr] | HexStr | None
 
@@ -34,7 +34,13 @@ def decode_topics_from_string(encoded_topics: str) -> list[Topic]:
     # NOTE: Should reverse the above
     return _clean_trailing_nones(
         [
-            _simplify_topic([to_hex(hexstr=t) for t in et.split(",")]) if et else None
+            (
+                _simplify_topic(
+                    [to_hex(hexstr=t) for t in et.split(",")]  # type: ignore [arg-type]
+                )
+                if et
+                else None
+            )
             for et in encoded_topics.split(";")
         ]
     )
diff --git a/tests/test_cluster.py b/tests/test_cluster.py
index 8a9a909e..c82ea362 100644
--- a/tests/test_cluster.py
+++ b/tests/test_cluster.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from eth_utils import to_checksum_address
+from cchecksum import to_checksum_address
 from hypothesis import given
 from hypothesis import strategies as st
 from hypothesis_jsonschema import from_schema