diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 395b5d87ce2..0e528fd782d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1013,17 +1013,6 @@ version = "1.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1505bd5d3d116872e7271a6d4e16d81d0c8570876c8de68093a09ac269d8aac0"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "attohttpc"
-version = "0.24.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8d9a9bf8b79a749ee0b911b91b671cc2b6c670bdbc7e3dfd537576ddc94bb2a2"
-dependencies = [
- "http 0.2.12",
- "log",
- "url",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "aurora-engine-modexp"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1724,7 +1713,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
  "clap_lex",
- "strsim 0.11.1",
+ "strsim",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2266,38 +2255,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "darling"
-version = "0.10.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0d706e75d87e35569db781a9b5e2416cff1236a47ed380831f959382ccd5f858"
-dependencies = [
- "darling_core 0.10.2",
- "darling_macro 0.10.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
 version = "0.20.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "83b2eb4d90d12bdda5ed17de686c2acb4c57914f8f921b8da7e112b5a36f3fe1"
 dependencies = [
- "darling_core 0.20.9",
- "darling_macro 0.20.9",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "darling_core"
-version = "0.10.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f0c960ae2da4de88a91b2d920c2a7233b400bc33cb28453a2987822d8392519b"
-dependencies = [
- "fnv",
- "ident_case",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "strsim 0.9.3",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "darling_core",
+ "darling_macro",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2310,28 +2275,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "ident_case",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "strsim 0.11.1",
+ "strsim",
  "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "darling_macro"
-version = "0.10.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d9b5a2f4ac4969822c62224815d069952656cadc7084fdca9751e6d959189b72"
-dependencies = [
- "darling_core 0.10.2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "darling_macro"
 version = "0.20.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "733cabb43482b1a1b53eee8583c2b9e8684d592215ea83efd305dd31bc2f0178"
 dependencies = [
- "darling_core 0.20.9",
+ "darling_core",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
@@ -2453,31 +2407,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "derive_builder"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a2658621297f2cf68762a6f7dc0bb7e1ff2cfd6583daef8ee0fed6f7ec468ec0"
-dependencies = [
- "darling 0.10.2",
- "derive_builder_core",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "derive_builder_core"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2791ea3e372c8495c0bc2033991d76b512cd799d07491fbd6890124db9458bef"
-dependencies = [
- "darling 0.10.2",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "derive_more"
 version = "0.99.17"
@@ -2605,18 +2534,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dns-lookup"
-version = "1.0.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "53ecafc952c4528d9b51a458d1a8904b81783feff9fde08ab6ed2545ff396872"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "socket2 0.4.10",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "downcast"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -2775,18 +2692,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "enum-as-inner"
-version = "0.3.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "570d109b813e904becc80d8d5da38376818a143348413f7149f1340fe04754d4"
-dependencies = [
- "heck 0.4.1",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "enum-as-inner"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -3768,20 +3673,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hyper-system-resolver"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6eea26c5d0b6ab9d72219f65000af310f042a740926f7b2fa3553e774036e2e7"
-dependencies = [
- "derive_builder",
- "dns-lookup",
- "hyper 0.14.28",
- "tokio",
- "tower-service",
- "tracing",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-util"
 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -3984,17 +3875,6 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b9e0384b61958566e926dc50660321d12159025e767c18e043daf26b70104c39"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "idna"
-version = "0.2.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "418a0a6fab821475f634efe3ccc45c013f742efe03d853e8d3355d5cb850ecf8"
-dependencies = [
- "matches",
- "unicode-bidi",
- "unicode-normalization",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -4015,25 +3895,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-normalization",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "igd-next"
-version = "0.14.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "064d90fec10d541084e7b39ead8875a5a80d9114a2b18791565253bae25f49e4"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "attohttpc",
- "bytes",
- "futures",
- "http 0.2.12",
- "hyper 0.14.28",
- "log",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "tokio",
- "url",
- "xmltree",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "impl-codec"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -4870,12 +4731,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex-automata 0.1.10",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "matches"
-version = "0.1.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2532096657941c2fea9c289d370a250971c689d4f143798ff67113ec042024a5"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.7.2"
@@ -5977,27 +5832,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "public-ip"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7b4c40db5262d93298c363a299f8bc1b3a956a78eecddba3bc0e58b76e2f419a"
-dependencies = [
- "dns-lookup",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-util",
- "http 0.2.12",
- "hyper 0.14.28",
- "hyper-system-resolver",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "thiserror",
- "tokio",
- "tracing",
- "tracing-futures",
- "trust-dns-client",
- "trust-dns-proto 0.20.4",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "quanta"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -7196,14 +7030,12 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "reth-net-nat"
 version = "0.2.0-beta.7"
 dependencies = [
- "igd-next",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "public-ip",
+ "futures-util",
+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "reth-tracing",
  "serde_with",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
- "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8874,7 +8706,7 @@ version = "3.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "65569b702f41443e8bc8bbb1c5779bd0450bbe723b56198980e80ec45780bce2"
 dependencies = [
- "darling 0.20.9",
+ "darling",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.66",
@@ -9207,12 +9039,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9091b6114800a5f2141aee1d1b9d6ca3592ac062dc5decb3764ec5895a47b4eb"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "strsim"
-version = "0.9.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6446ced80d6c486436db5c078dde11a9f73d42b57fb273121e160b84f63d894c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -9427,7 +9253,7 @@ version = "5.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "abe1689311f7edc6bab4033a259a3c37510b41063e4b01e57970105c0c764428"
 dependencies = [
- "darling 0.20.9",
+ "darling",
  "itertools 0.12.1",
  "once_cell",
  "prettyplease",
@@ -9846,8 +9672,6 @@ version = "0.2.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "97d095ae15e245a057c8e8451bab9b3ee1e1f68e9ba2b4fbc18d0ac5237835f2"
 dependencies = [
- "futures",
- "futures-task",
  "pin-project",
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -9927,51 +9751,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rlp",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "trust-dns-client"
-version = "0.20.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b4ef9b9bde0559b78a4abb00339143750085f05e5a453efb7b8bef1061f09dc"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "data-encoding",
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-util",
- "lazy_static",
- "log",
- "radix_trie",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "thiserror",
- "time",
- "tokio",
- "trust-dns-proto 0.20.4",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "trust-dns-proto"
-version = "0.20.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ca94d4e9feb6a181c690c4040d7a24ef34018d8313ac5044a61d21222ae24e31"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "cfg-if",
- "data-encoding",
- "enum-as-inner 0.3.4",
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-io",
- "futures-util",
- "idna 0.2.3",
- "ipnet",
- "lazy_static",
- "log",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "smallvec",
- "thiserror",
- "tinyvec",
- "tokio",
- "url",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "trust-dns-proto"
 version = "0.23.2"
@@ -9981,7 +9760,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "cfg-if",
  "data-encoding",
- "enum-as-inner 0.6.0",
+ "enum-as-inner",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-io",
  "futures-util",
@@ -10015,7 +9794,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
- "trust-dns-proto 0.23.2",
+ "trust-dns-proto",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -10661,21 +10440,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tap",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "xml-rs"
-version = "0.8.20"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "791978798f0597cfc70478424c2b4fdc2b7a8024aaff78497ef00f24ef674193"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "xmltree"
-version = "0.10.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d7d8a75eaf6557bb84a65ace8609883db44a29951042ada9b393151532e41fcb"
-dependencies = [
- "xml-rs",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "yoke"
 version = "0.7.3"
diff --git a/crates/net/nat/Cargo.toml b/crates/net/nat/Cargo.toml
index 72ea9e11a9a..8ab78d46a5b 100644
--- a/crates/net/nat/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/net/nat/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,16 +12,11 @@ description = "Helpers for working around NAT"
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-# nat
-public-ip = "0.2"
-igd-next = { workspace = true, features = ["aio_tokio"] }
-
-# misc
-tracing.workspace = true
-pin-project-lite = "0.2.9"
-tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["time"] }
-thiserror.workspace = true
+futures-util.workspace = true
+reqwest.workspace = true
 serde_with = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+thiserror.workspace = true
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["time"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 reth-tracing.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/net/nat/src/lib.rs b/crates/net/nat/src/lib.rs
index 33722bb5e5c..f9cfc139f19 100644
--- a/crates/net/nat/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/net/nat/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,22 +12,25 @@
 #![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
 
-use igd_next::aio::tokio::search_gateway;
-use pin_project_lite::pin_project;
 use std::{
     fmt,
     future::{poll_fn, Future},
     net::{AddrParseError, IpAddr},
     pin::Pin,
     str::FromStr,
-    task::{ready, Context, Poll},
+    task::{Context, Poll},
     time::Duration,
 };
-use tracing::debug;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 use serde_with::{DeserializeFromStr, SerializeDisplay};
 
+/// URLs to `GET` the external IP address.
+///
+/// Taken from: <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3253701/get-public-external-ip-address>
+const EXTERNAL_IP_APIS: &[&str] =
+    &["http://ipinfo.io/ip", "http://icanhazip.com", "http://ifconfig.me"];
+
 /// All builtin resolvers.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq, Default, Hash)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(SerializeDisplay, DeserializeFromStr))]
@@ -35,9 +38,9 @@ pub enum NatResolver {
     /// Resolve with any available resolver.
     #[default]
     Any,
-    /// Resolve via Upnp
+    /// Resolve external IP via UPnP.
     Upnp,
-    /// Resolve external IP via [public_ip::Resolver]
+    /// Resolve external IP via a network request.
     PublicIp,
     /// Use the given [IpAddr]
     ExternalIp(IpAddr),
@@ -45,8 +48,6 @@ pub enum NatResolver {
     None,
 }
 
-// === impl NatResolver ===
-
 impl NatResolver {
     /// Attempts to produce an IP address (best effort).
     pub async fn external_addr(self) -> Option<IpAddr> {
@@ -103,12 +104,10 @@ impl FromStr for NatResolver {
 #[must_use = "Does nothing unless polled"]
 pub struct ResolveNatInterval {
     resolver: NatResolver,
-    future: Option<ResolveFut>,
+    future: Option<Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Option<IpAddr>> + Send>>>,
     interval: tokio::time::Interval,
 }
 
-// === impl ResolveNatInterval ===
-
 impl fmt::Debug for ResolveNatInterval {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         f.debug_struct("ResolveNatInterval")
@@ -146,8 +145,7 @@ impl ResolveNatInterval {
 
     /// Completes when the next [IpAddr] in the interval has been reached.
     pub async fn tick(&mut self) -> Option<IpAddr> {
-        let ip = poll_fn(|cx| self.poll_tick(cx));
-        ip.await
+        poll_fn(|cx| self.poll_tick(cx)).await
     }
 
     /// Polls for the next resolved [IpAddr] in the interval to be reached.
@@ -165,9 +163,7 @@ impl ResolveNatInterval {
         if let Some(mut fut) = self.future.take() {
             match fut.as_mut().poll(cx) {
                 Poll::Ready(ip) => return Poll::Ready(ip),
-                Poll::Pending => {
-                    self.future = Some(fut);
-                }
+                Poll::Pending => self.future = Some(fut),
             }
         }
 
@@ -183,83 +179,26 @@ pub async fn external_ip() -> Option<IpAddr> {
 /// Given a [`NatResolver`] attempts to produce an IP address (best effort).
 pub async fn external_addr_with(resolver: NatResolver) -> Option<IpAddr> {
     match resolver {
-        NatResolver::Any => {
-            ResolveAny {
-                upnp: Some(Box::pin(resolve_external_ip_upnp())),
-                external: Some(Box::pin(resolve_external_ip())),
-            }
-            .await
-        }
-        NatResolver::Upnp => resolve_external_ip_upnp().await,
-        NatResolver::PublicIp => resolve_external_ip().await,
+        NatResolver::Any | NatResolver::Upnp | NatResolver::PublicIp => resolve_external_ip().await,
         NatResolver::ExternalIp(ip) => Some(ip),
         NatResolver::None => None,
     }
 }
 
-type ResolveFut = Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Option<IpAddr>> + Send>>;
-
-pin_project! {
-    /// A future that resolves the first ip via all configured resolvers
-    struct ResolveAny {
-        #[pin]
-        upnp: Option<ResolveFut>,
-         #[pin]
-        external: Option<ResolveFut>,
-    }
-}
-
-impl Future for ResolveAny {
-    type Output = Option<IpAddr>;
-
-    fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
-        let mut this = self.as_mut().project();
-
-        if let Some(upnp) = this.upnp.as_mut().as_pin_mut() {
-            // if upnp is configured we prefer it over http and dns resolvers
-            let ip = ready!(upnp.poll(cx));
-            this.upnp.set(None);
-            if ip.is_some() {
-                return Poll::Ready(ip)
-            }
-        }
-
-        if let Some(upnp) = this.external.as_mut().as_pin_mut() {
-            if let Poll::Ready(ip) = upnp.poll(cx) {
-                this.external.set(None);
-                if ip.is_some() {
-                    return Poll::Ready(ip)
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        if this.upnp.is_none() && this.external.is_none() {
-            return Poll::Ready(None)
-        }
-
-        Poll::Pending
-    }
+async fn resolve_external_ip() -> Option<IpAddr> {
+    let futures = EXTERNAL_IP_APIS.iter().copied().map(resolve_external_ip_url_res).map(Box::pin);
+    futures_util::future::select_ok(futures).await.ok().map(|(res, _)| res)
 }
 
-async fn resolve_external_ip_upnp() -> Option<IpAddr> {
-    search_gateway(Default::default())
-        .await
-        .map_err(|err| {
-            debug!(target: "net::nat", %err, "Failed to resolve external IP via UPnP: failed to find gateway");
-            err
-        })
-        .ok()?
-        .get_external_ip()
-        .await
-        .map_err(|err| {
-            debug!(target: "net::nat", %err, "Failed to resolve external IP via UPnP");
-            err
-        })
-        .ok()
+async fn resolve_external_ip_url_res(url: &str) -> Result<IpAddr, ()> {
+    resolve_external_ip_url(url).await.ok_or(())
 }
 
-async fn resolve_external_ip() -> Option<IpAddr> {
-    public_ip::addr().await
+async fn resolve_external_ip_url(url: &str) -> Option<IpAddr> {
+    let response = reqwest::get(url).await.ok()?;
+    let response = response.error_for_status().ok()?;
+    let text = response.text().await.ok()?;
+    text.trim().parse().ok()
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]