diff --git a/crates/net/discv4/src/node.rs b/crates/net/discv4/src/node.rs
index 1c12de9602..2b77eb6b0e 100644
--- a/crates/net/discv4/src/node.rs
+++ b/crates/net/discv4/src/node.rs
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ impl NodeRecord {
         Self::new(addr, id)
     }
 
-    /// Creates a new record
+    /// Creates a new record from a socket addr and peer id.
     #[allow(unused)]
-    pub(crate) fn new(addr: SocketAddr, id: PeerId) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(addr: SocketAddr, id: PeerId) -> Self {
         Self { address: addr.ip(), tcp_port: addr.port(), udp_port: addr.port(), id }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/net/network/tests/it/connect.rs b/crates/net/network/tests/it/connect.rs
index 7b5e12b28e..1ec4308959 100644
--- a/crates/net/network/tests/it/connect.rs
+++ b/crates/net/network/tests/it/connect.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use enr::EnrPublicKey;
 use ethers_core::utils::Geth;
 use ethers_providers::{Http, Middleware, Provider};
 use futures::StreamExt;
-use reth_discv4::{bootnodes::mainnet_nodes, Discv4Config};
+use reth_discv4::{bootnodes::mainnet_nodes, Discv4Config, NodeRecord};
 use reth_net_common::ban_list::BanList;
 use reth_network::{NetworkConfig, NetworkEvent, NetworkManager, PeersConfig};
 use reth_primitives::PeerId;
@@ -163,10 +163,9 @@ async fn test_incoming_node_id_blacklist() {
         tokio::task::spawn(network);
 
         // make geth connect to us
-        let our_peer_id = handle.peer_id();
-        let our_enode = format!("enode://{}@{}", hex::encode(our_peer_id.0), reth_p2p_socket);
+        let our_enode = NodeRecord::new(reth_p2p_socket, *handle.peer_id());
 
-        provider.add_peer(our_enode).await.unwrap();
+        provider.add_peer(our_enode.to_string()).await.unwrap();
 
         let mut event_stream = NetworkEventStream::new(events);
 
@@ -212,10 +211,9 @@ async fn test_incoming_connect_with_single_geth() {
         tokio::task::spawn(network);
 
         // make geth connect to us
-        let our_peer_id = handle.peer_id();
-        let our_enode = format!("enode://{}@{}", hex::encode(our_peer_id.0), reth_p2p_socket);
+        let our_enode = NodeRecord::new(reth_p2p_socket, *handle.peer_id());
 
-        provider.add_peer(our_enode).await.unwrap();
+        provider.add_peer(our_enode.to_string()).await.unwrap();
 
         let events = handle.event_listener();
         let mut event_stream = NetworkEventStream::new(events);