diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 76f9ea4..45a332b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@
     "it-foreach": "^0.1.1",
     "it-map": "^1.0.6",
     "it-pipe": "^2.0.3",
-    "multiformats": "^9.6.3",
-    "protons-runtime": "^3.1.0",
+    "multiformats": "^10.0.0",
+    "protons-runtime": "^4.0.1",
     "uint8-varint": "^1.0.2",
     "uint8arraylist": "^2.1.0",
-    "uint8arrays": "^3.0.0",
+    "uint8arrays": "^4.0.2",
     "varint": "^6.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
     "@libp2p/peer-id-factory": "^1.0.0",
     "@types/varint": "^6.0.0",
     "aegir": "^37.3.0",
-    "protons": "^5.1.0",
+    "protons": "^6.0.0",
     "sinon": "^14.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/envelope/envelope.ts b/src/envelope/envelope.ts
index 2e56828..fdd22ad 100644
--- a/src/envelope/envelope.ts
+++ b/src/envelope/envelope.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable import/export */
+/* eslint-disable complexity */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-namespace */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-boolean-literal-compare */
 
 import { encodeMessage, decodeMessage, message } from 'protons-runtime'
 import type { Uint8ArrayList } from 'uint8arraylist'
@@ -17,41 +19,33 @@ export namespace Envelope {
 
   export const codec = (): Codec<Envelope> => {
     if (_codec == null) {
-      _codec = message<Envelope>((obj, writer, opts = {}) => {
+      _codec = message<Envelope>((obj, w, opts = {}) => {
         if (opts.lengthDelimited !== false) {
-          writer.fork()
+          w.fork()
         }
 
-        if (obj.publicKey != null) {
-          writer.uint32(10)
-          writer.bytes(obj.publicKey)
-        } else {
-          throw new Error('Protocol error: required field "publicKey" was not found in object')
+        if (opts.writeDefaults === true || (obj.publicKey != null && obj.publicKey.byteLength > 0)) {
+          w.uint32(10)
+          w.bytes(obj.publicKey)
         }
 
-        if (obj.payloadType != null) {
-          writer.uint32(18)
-          writer.bytes(obj.payloadType)
-        } else {
-          throw new Error('Protocol error: required field "payloadType" was not found in object')
+        if (opts.writeDefaults === true || (obj.payloadType != null && obj.payloadType.byteLength > 0)) {
+          w.uint32(18)
+          w.bytes(obj.payloadType)
         }
 
-        if (obj.payload != null) {
-          writer.uint32(26)
-          writer.bytes(obj.payload)
-        } else {
-          throw new Error('Protocol error: required field "payload" was not found in object')
+        if (opts.writeDefaults === true || (obj.payload != null && obj.payload.byteLength > 0)) {
+          w.uint32(26)
+          w.bytes(obj.payload)
         }
 
-        if (obj.signature != null) {
-          writer.uint32(42)
-          writer.bytes(obj.signature)
-        } else {
-          throw new Error('Protocol error: required field "signature" was not found in object')
+        if (opts.writeDefaults === true || (obj.signature != null && obj.signature.byteLength > 0)) {
+          w.uint32(42)
+          w.bytes(obj.signature)
         }
 
         if (opts.lengthDelimited !== false) {
-          writer.ldelim()
+          w.ldelim()
         }
       }, (reader, length) => {
         const obj: any = {
@@ -85,22 +79,6 @@ export namespace Envelope {
           }
         }
 
-        if (obj.publicKey == null) {
-          throw new Error('Protocol error: value for required field "publicKey" was not found in protobuf')
-        }
-
-        if (obj.payloadType == null) {
-          throw new Error('Protocol error: value for required field "payloadType" was not found in protobuf')
-        }
-
-        if (obj.payload == null) {
-          throw new Error('Protocol error: value for required field "payload" was not found in protobuf')
-        }
-
-        if (obj.signature == null) {
-          throw new Error('Protocol error: value for required field "signature" was not found in protobuf')
-        }
-
         return obj
       })
     }
diff --git a/src/peer-record/consts.js b/src/peer-record/consts.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/peer-record/consts.js
rename to src/peer-record/consts.ts
diff --git a/src/peer-record/peer-record.ts b/src/peer-record/peer-record.ts
index 21d4554..5ff83fe 100644
--- a/src/peer-record/peer-record.ts
+++ b/src/peer-record/peer-record.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable import/export */
+/* eslint-disable complexity */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-namespace */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-boolean-literal-compare */
 
 import { encodeMessage, decodeMessage, message } from 'protons-runtime'
 import type { Uint8ArrayList } from 'uint8arraylist'
@@ -21,20 +23,18 @@ export namespace PeerRecord {
 
     export const codec = (): Codec<AddressInfo> => {
       if (_codec == null) {
-        _codec = message<AddressInfo>((obj, writer, opts = {}) => {
+        _codec = message<AddressInfo>((obj, w, opts = {}) => {
           if (opts.lengthDelimited !== false) {
-            writer.fork()
+            w.fork()
           }
 
-          if (obj.multiaddr != null) {
-            writer.uint32(10)
-            writer.bytes(obj.multiaddr)
-          } else {
-            throw new Error('Protocol error: required field "multiaddr" was not found in object')
+          if (opts.writeDefaults === true || (obj.multiaddr != null && obj.multiaddr.byteLength > 0)) {
+            w.uint32(10)
+            w.bytes(obj.multiaddr)
           }
 
           if (opts.lengthDelimited !== false) {
-            writer.ldelim()
+            w.ldelim()
           }
         }, (reader, length) => {
           const obj: any = {
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ export namespace PeerRecord {
             }
           }
 
-          if (obj.multiaddr == null) {
-            throw new Error('Protocol error: value for required field "multiaddr" was not found in protobuf')
-          }
-
           return obj
         })
       }
@@ -80,36 +76,32 @@ export namespace PeerRecord {
 
   export const codec = (): Codec<PeerRecord> => {
     if (_codec == null) {
-      _codec = message<PeerRecord>((obj, writer, opts = {}) => {
+      _codec = message<PeerRecord>((obj, w, opts = {}) => {
         if (opts.lengthDelimited !== false) {
-          writer.fork()
+          w.fork()
         }
 
-        if (obj.peerId != null) {
-          writer.uint32(10)
-          writer.bytes(obj.peerId)
-        } else {
-          throw new Error('Protocol error: required field "peerId" was not found in object')
+        if (opts.writeDefaults === true || (obj.peerId != null && obj.peerId.byteLength > 0)) {
+          w.uint32(10)
+          w.bytes(obj.peerId)
         }
 
-        if (obj.seq != null) {
-          writer.uint32(16)
-          writer.uint64(obj.seq)
-        } else {
-          throw new Error('Protocol error: required field "seq" was not found in object')
+        if (opts.writeDefaults === true || obj.seq !== 0n) {
+          w.uint32(16)
+          w.uint64(obj.seq)
         }
 
         if (obj.addresses != null) {
           for (const value of obj.addresses) {
-            writer.uint32(26)
-            PeerRecord.AddressInfo.codec().encode(value, writer)
+            w.uint32(26)
+            PeerRecord.AddressInfo.codec().encode(value, w, {
+              writeDefaults: true
+            })
           }
-        } else {
-          throw new Error('Protocol error: required field "addresses" was not found in object')
         }
 
         if (opts.lengthDelimited !== false) {
-          writer.ldelim()
+          w.ldelim()
         }
       }, (reader, length) => {
         const obj: any = {
@@ -139,14 +131,6 @@ export namespace PeerRecord {
           }
         }
 
-        if (obj.peerId == null) {
-          throw new Error('Protocol error: value for required field "peerId" was not found in protobuf')
-        }
-
-        if (obj.seq == null) {
-          throw new Error('Protocol error: value for required field "seq" was not found in protobuf')
-        }
-
         return obj
       })
     }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index d552f8e..13a3599 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,9 +6,5 @@
   "include": [
     "src",
     "test"
-  ],
-  "exclude": [
-    "src/envelope/envelope.js",
-    "src/peer-record/peer-record.js"
   ]
 }