diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2a3a65f98d..8942c833fb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
         "hexbytes",
         "py-geth>=5.1.0,<6",
         "trie>=3.0.1,<4",  # Peer: stricter pin needed for uv support.
-        "web3[tester]>=6.17.2,<7",
+        "web3[tester]>=7.6.0,<8",
         # ** Dependencies maintained by ApeWorX **
         "eip712>=0.2.10,<0.3",
         "ethpm-types>=0.6.19,<0.7",
diff --git a/src/ape_accounts/accounts.py b/src/ape_accounts/accounts.py
index 7dd0bae941..47d4949e9b 100644
--- a/src/ape_accounts/accounts.py
+++ b/src/ape_accounts/accounts.py
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def sign_raw_msghash(self, msghash: HexBytes) -> Optional[MessageSignature]:
         # Also, we have already warned the user about the safety.
         with warnings.catch_warnings():
             warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
-            signed_msg = EthAccount.signHash(msghash, self.__key)
+            signed_msg = EthAccount.unsafe_sign_hash(msghash, self.__key)
 
         return MessageSignature(
             v=signed_msg.v,
diff --git a/src/ape_ethereum/provider.py b/src/ape_ethereum/provider.py
index eba0c2d3cc..95cd239977 100644
--- a/src/ape_ethereum/provider.py
+++ b/src/ape_ethereum/provider.py
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@
 from evmchains import PUBLIC_CHAIN_META, get_random_rpc
 from pydantic.dataclasses import dataclass
 from requests import HTTPError
-from web3 import HTTPProvider, IPCProvider, Web3
-from web3 import WebsocketProvider as WebSocketProvider
-from web3._utils.http import construct_user_agent
+from web3 import HTTPProvider, IPCProvider, Web3, WebSocketProvider
 from web3.exceptions import ContractLogicError as Web3ContractLogicError
 from web3.exceptions import (
     ExtraDataLengthError,
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@
     TransactionNotFound,
 )
 from web3.gas_strategies.rpc import rpc_gas_price_strategy
-from web3.middleware import geth_poa_middleware as ExtraDataToPOAMiddleware
+from web3.middleware import ExtraDataToPOAMiddleware
 from web3.middleware.validation import MAX_EXTRADATA_LENGTH
 from web3.providers import AutoProvider
 from web3.providers.auto import load_provider_from_environment
@@ -1326,9 +1324,7 @@ class EthereumNodeProvider(Web3Provider, ABC):
     name: str = "node"
 
     # NOTE: Appends user-agent to base User-Agent string.
-    request_header: dict = {
-        "User-Agent": construct_user_agent(str(HTTPProvider)),
-    }
+    request_header: dict = {}
 
     @property
     def uri(self) -> str:
diff --git a/src/ape_node/provider.py b/src/ape_node/provider.py
index e7b49415ac..ccffadf44a 100644
--- a/src/ape_node/provider.py
+++ b/src/ape_node/provider.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from pydantic import field_validator
 from pydantic_settings import SettingsConfigDict
 from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
-from web3.middleware import geth_poa_middleware as ExtraDataToPOAMiddleware
+from web3.middleware import ExtraDataToPOAMiddleware
 
 from ape.api.config import PluginConfig
 from ape.api.providers import SubprocessProvider, TestProviderAPI
diff --git a/src/ape_test/accounts.py b/src/ape_test/accounts.py
index 43c46a29fd..c2490d34bc 100644
--- a/src/ape_test/accounts.py
+++ b/src/ape_test/accounts.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def sign_transaction(
     def sign_raw_msghash(self, msghash: HexBytes) -> MessageSignature:
         with warnings.catch_warnings():
             warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
-            signed_msg = EthAccount.signHash(msghash, self.private_key)
+            signed_msg = EthAccount.unsafe_sign_hash(msghash, self.private_key)
 
         return MessageSignature(
             v=signed_msg.v,
diff --git a/tests/functional/geth/test_provider.py b/tests/functional/geth/test_provider.py
index 3b7a8bee7c..05e0f1cc6a 100644
--- a/tests/functional/geth/test_provider.py
+++ b/tests/functional/geth/test_provider.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from web3 import AutoProvider, Web3
 from web3.exceptions import ContractLogicError as Web3ContractLogicError
 from web3.exceptions import ExtraDataLengthError
-from web3.middleware import geth_poa_middleware as ExtraDataToPOAMiddleware
+from web3.middleware import ExtraDataToPOAMiddleware
 from web3.providers import HTTPProvider
 
 from ape.exceptions import (