diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 503c6886fc..1022c5f157 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
         "ipython>=8.18.1,<9",
         "lazyasd>=0.1.4",
         "asttokens>=2.4.1,<3",  # Peer dependency; w/o pin container build fails.
+        "cchecksum>=0.0.3,<1",
         # Pandas peer-dep: Numpy 2.0 causes issues for some users.
         "numpy<2",
         "packaging>=23.0,<24",
diff --git a/src/ape/managers/converters.py b/src/ape/managers/converters.py
index 6fe23788b8..3bb2dbb377 100644
--- a/src/ape/managers/converters.py
+++ b/src/ape/managers/converters.py
@@ -5,17 +5,11 @@
 from functools import cached_property
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Union
 
+from cchecksum import to_checksum_address
 from dateutil.parser import parse
 from eth_pydantic_types import Address, HexBytes
 from eth_typing.evm import ChecksumAddress
-from eth_utils import (
-    is_0x_prefixed,
-    is_checksum_address,
-    is_hex,
-    is_hex_address,
-    to_checksum_address,
-    to_int,
-)
+from eth_utils import is_0x_prefixed, is_checksum_address, is_hex, is_hex_address, to_int
 
 from ape.api.address import BaseAddress
 from ape.api.convert import ConverterAPI
diff --git a/src/ape_accounts/_cli.py b/src/ape_accounts/_cli.py
index f6708a0417..a146d231a2 100644
--- a/src/ape_accounts/_cli.py
+++ b/src/ape_accounts/_cli.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
 
 import click
-from eth_utils import to_checksum_address, to_hex
+from cchecksum import to_checksum_address
+from eth_utils import to_hex
 
 from ape.cli.arguments import existing_alias_argument, non_existing_alias_argument
 from ape.cli.options import ape_cli_context
diff --git a/src/ape_ethereum/ecosystem.py b/src/ape_ethereum/ecosystem.py
index 86ea1b3d16..115f30e793 100644
--- a/src/ape_ethereum/ecosystem.py
+++ b/src/ape_ethereum/ecosystem.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from functools import cached_property
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, ClassVar, Optional, Union, cast
 
+from cchecksum import to_checksum_address
 from eth_abi import decode, encode
 from eth_abi.exceptions import InsufficientDataBytes, NonEmptyPaddingBytes
 from eth_pydantic_types import HexBytes
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@
     is_hex_address,
     keccak,
     to_bytes,
-    to_checksum_address,
     to_hex,
 )
 from ethpm_types.abi import ABIType, ConstructorABI, EventABI, MethodABI