diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 337c06ae..98160ed4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ go 1.22.10
 
 require (
 	github.com/alexliesenfeld/health v0.8.0
-	github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.12.1-0.20241210035517-714dfa0c3942
+	github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.12.1-0.20241210172525-c7ebd8fbae88
 	github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.13.9-rc.1
-	github.com/ava-labs/icm-contracts v1.0.9-0.20241210131047-74f89f0f9331
+	github.com/ava-labs/icm-contracts v1.0.9-0.20241210181701-a4bd5c92b056
 	github.com/ava-labs/subnet-evm v0.6.13-0.20241205165027-6c98da796f35
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.32.6
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.28.6
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fastcache v1.12.1 // indirect
-	github.com/ava-labs/awm-relayer v1.4.1-0.20241122202209-75359d908260 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials v1.17.47 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds v1.16.21 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/configsources v1.3.25 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ce790534..292d076c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -60,16 +60,12 @@ github.com/allegro/bigcache v1.2.1-0.20190218064605-e24eb225f156/go.mod h1:Cb/ax
 github.com/armon/consul-api v0.0.0-20180202201655-eb2c6b5be1b6/go.mod h1:grANhF5doyWs3UAsr3K4I6qtAmlQcZDesFNEHPZAzj8=
 github.com/armon/go-socks5 v0.0.0-20160902184237-e75332964ef5 h1:0CwZNZbxp69SHPdPJAN/hZIm0C4OItdklCFmMRWYpio=
 github.com/armon/go-socks5 v0.0.0-20160902184237-e75332964ef5/go.mod h1:wHh0iHkYZB8zMSxRWpUBQtwG5a7fFgvEO+odwuTv2gs=
-github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.12.1-0.20241210035517-714dfa0c3942 h1:eDSWDIaaMHNEAorxQqnA88S39zlgmQ26OKgWn5AaDJ0=
-github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.12.1-0.20241210035517-714dfa0c3942/go.mod h1:yhD5dpZyStIVbxQ550EDi5w5SL7DQ/xGE6TIxosb7U0=
-github.com/ava-labs/awm-relayer v1.4.1-0.20241122202209-75359d908260 h1:VRNzoY1xvXHphcXXmuXMrUFp5Gm/eiipVJMmNV+UN9c=
-github.com/ava-labs/awm-relayer v1.4.1-0.20241122202209-75359d908260/go.mod h1:/hrQpd8P3BfShbRoDE1vD1WZXBchu7r8CQPTEb5tWOQ=
+github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.12.1-0.20241210172525-c7ebd8fbae88 h1:tZdtOPFNblKZx+FmJOhqEfxUUscvPhcLHKGZO3BtQ6A=
+github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.12.1-0.20241210172525-c7ebd8fbae88/go.mod h1:yhD5dpZyStIVbxQ550EDi5w5SL7DQ/xGE6TIxosb7U0=
 github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.13.9-rc.1 h1:qIICpC/OZGYUP37QnLgIqqwGmxnLwLpZaUlqJNI85vU=
 github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.13.9-rc.1/go.mod h1:7aMsRIo/3GBE44qWZMjnfqdqfcfZ5yShTTm2LObLaYo=
-github.com/ava-labs/icm-contracts v1.0.8 h1:xS2B23WRBnG4MGSmEiy9Wp6781/wtprct9HEHrHcAic=
-github.com/ava-labs/icm-contracts v1.0.8/go.mod h1:DRu0hfN9uDyxfL0tgJBVq9OM3uc+t53KiyRov9n+OG4=
-github.com/ava-labs/icm-contracts v1.0.9-0.20241210131047-74f89f0f9331 h1:Mcml40d0O2ebfVgd7wFN6X3YIAOw3j5TrR7onHP1EpY=
-github.com/ava-labs/icm-contracts v1.0.9-0.20241210131047-74f89f0f9331/go.mod h1:qYbpPBuMoWW8btWiuFPFS1uZtc2wRcUOP42DKT4M/oQ=
+github.com/ava-labs/icm-contracts v1.0.9-0.20241210181701-a4bd5c92b056 h1:VJDtg5UW4SWBeEMtv6qdWgEohdZxEp3jGDAllH6f8eI=
+github.com/ava-labs/icm-contracts v1.0.9-0.20241210181701-a4bd5c92b056/go.mod h1:b6Hr01e5LWPua+nuZrSjjCyqfEhgFFdjBmKoJMoWTZo=
 github.com/ava-labs/subnet-evm v0.6.13-0.20241205165027-6c98da796f35 h1:CbXWon0fwGDEDCCiChx2VeIIwO3UML9+8OUTyNwPsxA=
 github.com/ava-labs/subnet-evm v0.6.13-0.20241205165027-6c98da796f35/go.mod h1:SfAF4jjYPkezKWShPY/T31WQdD/UHrDyqy0kxA0LE0w=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.32.6 h1:7BokKRgRPuGmKkFMhEg/jSul+tB9VvXhcViILtfG8b4=
diff --git a/peers/app_request_network.go b/peers/app_request_network.go
index bead289c..cdaabeb5 100644
--- a/peers/app_request_network.go
+++ b/peers/app_request_network.go
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ func NewNetwork(
 		)
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	testNetworkConfig.AllowPrivateIPs = cfg.GetAllowPrivateIPs()
+
 	testNetwork, err := network.NewTestNetwork(logger, networkMetrics, testNetworkConfig, handler)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error(
diff --git a/peers/config.go b/peers/config.go
index f997b3fa..d9dc0103 100644
--- a/peers/config.go
+++ b/peers/config.go
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ import "github.com/ava-labs/icm-services/config"
 type Config interface {
 	GetInfoAPI() *config.APIConfig
 	GetPChainAPI() *config.APIConfig
+	GetAllowPrivateIPs() bool
 }
diff --git a/relayer/config/config.go b/relayer/config/config.go
index db299d7b..1e88d761 100644
--- a/relayer/config/config.go
+++ b/relayer/config/config.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	DeciderURL             string                   `mapstructure:"decider-url" json:"decider-url"`
 	SignatureCacheSize     uint64                   `mapstructure:"signature-cache-size" json:"signature-cache-size"`
 	ManuallyTrackedPeers   []*basecfg.PeerConfig    `mapstructure:"manually-tracked-peers" json:"manually-tracked-peers"`
+	AllowPrivateIPs        bool                     `mapstructure:"allow-private-ips" json:"allow-private-ips"`
 
 	// mapstructure doesn't handle time.Time out of the box so handle it manually
 	EtnaTime time.Time `json:"etna-time"`
@@ -255,3 +256,7 @@ func (c *Config) GetPChainAPI() *basecfg.APIConfig {
 func (c *Config) GetInfoAPI() *basecfg.APIConfig {
 	return c.InfoAPI
 }
+
+func (c *Config) GetAllowPrivateIPs() bool {
+	return c.AllowPrivateIPs
+}
diff --git a/signature-aggregator/config/config.go b/signature-aggregator/config/config.go
index 9dd8525a..ebf2413f 100644
--- a/signature-aggregator/config/config.go
+++ b/signature-aggregator/config/config.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	APIPort            uint16             `mapstructure:"api-port" json:"api-port"`
 	MetricsPort        uint16             `mapstructure:"metrics-port" json:"metrics-port"`
 	SignatureCacheSize uint64             `mapstructure:"signature-cache-size" json:"signature-cache-size"`
+	AllowPrivateIPs    bool               `mapstructure:"allow-private-ips" json:"allow-private-ips"`
 
 	// mapstructure doesn't support time.Time out of the box so handle it manually
 	EtnaTime time.Time `json:"etna-time"`
@@ -67,3 +68,7 @@ func (c *Config) GetPChainAPI() *basecfg.APIConfig {
 func (c *Config) GetInfoAPI() *basecfg.APIConfig {
 	return c.InfoAPI
 }
+
+func (c *Config) GetAllowPrivateIPs() bool {
+	return c.AllowPrivateIPs
+}
diff --git a/tests/utils/utils.go b/tests/utils/utils.go
index c37a8feb..9f438695 100644
--- a/tests/utils/utils.go
+++ b/tests/utils/utils.go
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ func CreateDefaultRelayerConfig(
 		APIPort:                8080,
 		DeciderURL:             "localhost:50051",
 		SignatureCacheSize:     (1024 * 1024),
+		AllowPrivateIPs:        true,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@ func CreateDefaultSignatureAggregatorConfig(
 		APIPort:            8080,
 		MetricsPort:        8081,
 		SignatureCacheSize: (1024 * 1024),
+		AllowPrivateIPs:    true,
 	}
 }