diff --git a/python-packages/contract_wrappers/setup.py b/python-packages/contract_wrappers/setup.py
index 838d932db8..0bb2c4e527 100755
--- a/python-packages/contract_wrappers/setup.py
+++ b/python-packages/contract_wrappers/setup.py
@@ -246,11 +246,9 @@ def run(self):
         "0x-contract-artifacts",
         "0x-json-schemas",
         "0x-order-utils",
-        "0x-web3",
+        "web3",
         "attrs",
         "eth_utils",
-        "hypothesis>=3.31.2",  # HACK! this is web3's dependency!
-        # above works around https://github.com/ethereum/web3.py/issues/1179
         "mypy_extensions",
     ],
     extras_require={
diff --git a/python-packages/contract_wrappers/src/zero_ex/contract_wrappers/__init__.py b/python-packages/contract_wrappers/src/zero_ex/contract_wrappers/__init__.py
index 208187869a..b164578050 100644
--- a/python-packages/contract_wrappers/src/zero_ex/contract_wrappers/__init__.py
+++ b/python-packages/contract_wrappers/src/zero_ex/contract_wrappers/__init__.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 
 >>> from web3 import Web3
 >>> accounts = Web3(ganache).eth.accounts
->>> maker_address = accounts[0].lower()
->>> taker_address = accounts[1].lower()
+>>> maker_address = accounts[0]
+>>> taker_address = accounts[1]
 
 In the examples below, we'll use the optional `tx_params`:code: parameter to
 the contract calls, in order to specify which account each transaction is to
diff --git a/python-packages/contract_wrappers/stubs/web3/__init__.pyi b/python-packages/contract_wrappers/stubs/web3/__init__.pyi
index 82e638b479..ab531c1e73 100644
--- a/python-packages/contract_wrappers/stubs/web3/__init__.pyi
+++ b/python-packages/contract_wrappers/stubs/web3/__init__.pyi
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 from hexbytes import HexBytes
 from eth_account.local import LocalAccount
 from web3 import datastructures
-from web3.utils import datatypes
+from web3.contract import Contract
 from web3.providers.base import BaseProvider
 
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Web3:
         def getTransactionReceipt(tx_hash: Union[HexBytes, bytes]) -> Any: ...
         
         @staticmethod
-        def contract(address: str, abi: Dict) -> datatypes.Contract: ...
+        def contract(address: str, abi: Dict) -> Contract: ...
         ...
 
         @staticmethod
diff --git a/python-packages/contract_wrappers/stubs/web3/contract.pyi b/python-packages/contract_wrappers/stubs/web3/contract.pyi
index 3078722ba2..6f575e5b39 100644
--- a/python-packages/contract_wrappers/stubs/web3/contract.pyi
+++ b/python-packages/contract_wrappers/stubs/web3/contract.pyi
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+from typing import Any
+
+
+class Contract:
+    def call(self): ...
+
+    functions: Any
+
+    events: Any
+    ...
+
+
 class ContractFunction:
     def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         ...
diff --git a/python-packages/contract_wrappers/stubs/web3/utils/datatypes.pyi b/python-packages/contract_wrappers/stubs/web3/utils/datatypes.pyi
deleted file mode 100644
index f4d350d897..0000000000
--- a/python-packages/contract_wrappers/stubs/web3/utils/datatypes.pyi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-from typing import Any
-
-
-class Contract:
-    def call(self): ...
-
-    functions: Any
-
-    events: Any
-    ...
diff --git a/python-packages/contract_wrappers/test/test_exchange_wrapper.py b/python-packages/contract_wrappers/test/test_exchange_wrapper.py
index 4f2b70a079..b8a6a01788 100644
--- a/python-packages/contract_wrappers/test/test_exchange_wrapper.py
+++ b/python-packages/contract_wrappers/test/test_exchange_wrapper.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def create_test_order(
 ):
     """Create a test order."""
     order = Order(
-        makerAddress=maker_address.lower(),
+        makerAddress=maker_address,
         takerAddress="0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
         feeRecipientAddress="0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
         senderAddress="0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
diff --git a/python-packages/middlewares/setup.py b/python-packages/middlewares/setup.py
index 572f29c02f..1477b5e6fd 100755
--- a/python-packages/middlewares/setup.py
+++ b/python-packages/middlewares/setup.py
@@ -155,15 +155,13 @@ def run(self):
         "eth-account",
         "eth-keys",
         "hexbytes",
-        "hypothesis>=3.31.2",  # HACK! this is web3's dependency!
-        # above works around https://github.com/ethereum/web3.py/issues/1179
         "mypy_extensions",
     ],
     extras_require={
         "dev": [
             "0x-contract-addresses",
             "0x-order-utils",
-            "0x-web3",
+            "web3",
             "bandit",
             "black",
             "coverage",
diff --git a/python-packages/middlewares/src/zero_ex/middlewares/local_message_signer.py b/python-packages/middlewares/src/zero_ex/middlewares/local_message_signer.py
index 618446e5cd..2ebb94b73a 100644
--- a/python-packages/middlewares/src/zero_ex/middlewares/local_message_signer.py
+++ b/python-packages/middlewares/src/zero_ex/middlewares/local_message_signer.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from functools import singledispatch
 from typing import Dict, List, Set, Tuple, Union
 from eth_account import Account, messages
-from eth_account.local import LocalAccount
+from eth_account.signers.local import LocalAccount
 from eth_keys.datatypes import PrivateKey
 from hexbytes import HexBytes
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def construct_local_message_signer(
     >>> from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
     >>> Web3(
     ...     HTTPProvider("https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/API_KEY")
-    ... ).middleware_stack.add(
+    ... ).middleware_onion.add(
     ...     construct_local_message_signer(private_key)
     ... )
 
diff --git a/python-packages/contract_wrappers/stubs/web3/utils/__init__.pyi b/python-packages/middlewares/stubs/eth_account/signers/__init__.pyi
similarity index 100%
rename from python-packages/contract_wrappers/stubs/web3/utils/__init__.pyi
rename to python-packages/middlewares/stubs/eth_account/signers/__init__.pyi
diff --git a/python-packages/middlewares/stubs/eth_account/local.pyi b/python-packages/middlewares/stubs/eth_account/signers/local.pyi
similarity index 100%
rename from python-packages/middlewares/stubs/eth_account/local.pyi
rename to python-packages/middlewares/stubs/eth_account/signers/local.pyi
diff --git a/python-packages/middlewares/test/test_local_message_signer.py b/python-packages/middlewares/test/test_local_message_signer.py
index c189652012..ef1b36f595 100644
--- a/python-packages/middlewares/test/test_local_message_signer.py
+++ b/python-packages/middlewares/test/test_local_message_signer.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def test_local_message_signer__sign_order():
     )
     ganache = HTTPProvider("http://127.0.0.1:8545")
     web3_instance = Web3(ganache)
-    web3_instance.middleware_stack.add(
+    web3_instance.middleware_onion.add(
         construct_local_message_signer(private_key)
     )
     order = {
diff --git a/python-packages/order_utils/setup.py b/python-packages/order_utils/setup.py
index 8496a88efd..0dfabdf673 100755
--- a/python-packages/order_utils/setup.py
+++ b/python-packages/order_utils/setup.py
@@ -172,11 +172,9 @@ def run(self):
         "0x-contract-addresses",
         "0x-contract-artifacts",
         "0x-json-schemas",
-        "0x-web3",
-        "eth-abi<2.0.0",
+        "web3",
+        "eth-abi",
         "eth_utils",
-        "hypothesis>=3.31.2",  # HACK! this is web3's dependency!
-        # above works around https://github.com/ethereum/web3.py/issues/1179
         "mypy_extensions",
     ],
     extras_require={
diff --git a/python-packages/order_utils/src/zero_ex/order_utils/__init__.py b/python-packages/order_utils/src/zero_ex/order_utils/__init__.py
index ef2f6ce232..62306ce057 100644
--- a/python-packages/order_utils/src/zero_ex/order_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/python-packages/order_utils/src/zero_ex/order_utils/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 from web3 import Web3
 import web3.exceptions
 from web3.providers.base import BaseProvider
-from web3.utils import datatypes
+from web3.contract import Contract
 
 from zero_ex.contract_addresses import NETWORK_TO_ADDRESSES, NetworkId
 import zero_ex.contract_artifacts
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def is_valid_signature(
         NetworkId(int(web3_instance.net.version))
     ].exchange
     # false positive from pylint: disable=no-member
-    contract: datatypes.Contract = web3_instance.eth.contract(
+    contract: Contract = web3_instance.eth.contract(
         address=to_checksum_address(contract_address),
         abi=zero_ex.contract_artifacts.abi_by_name("Exchange"),
     )
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def sign_hash(
     >>> provider = Web3.HTTPProvider("http://127.0.0.1:8545")
     >>> sign_hash(
     ...     provider,
-    ...     Web3(provider).personal.listAccounts[0],
+    ...     Web3(provider).geth.personal.listAccounts()[0],
     ...     '0x34decbedc118904df65f379a175bb39ca18209d6ce41d5ed549d54e6e0a95004',
     ... )
     '0x1b117902c86dfb95fe0d1badd983ee166ad259b27acb220174cbb4460d872871137feabdfe76e05924b484789f79af4ee7fa29ec006cedce1bbf369320d034e10b03'
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ def sign_hash_to_bytes(
     >>> provider = Web3.HTTPProvider("http://127.0.0.1:8545")
     >>> sign_hash_to_bytes(
     ...     provider,
-    ...     Web3(provider).personal.listAccounts[0],
+    ...     Web3(provider).geth.personal.listAccounts()[0],
     ...     '0x34decbedc118904df65f379a175bb39ca18209d6ce41d5ed549d54e6e0a95004',
     ... ).decode(encoding='utf_8')
     '1b117902c86dfb95fe0d1badd983ee166ad259b27acb220174cbb4460d872871137feabdfe76e05924b484789f79af4ee7fa29ec006cedce1bbf369320d034e10b03'
diff --git a/python-packages/order_utils/stubs/web3/__init__.pyi b/python-packages/order_utils/stubs/web3/__init__.pyi
index b2af954753..a1dd77adb4 100644
--- a/python-packages/order_utils/stubs/web3/__init__.pyi
+++ b/python-packages/order_utils/stubs/web3/__init__.pyi
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-from typing import Dict, Optional, Union
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
-from web3.utils import datatypes
+from web3.contract import Contract
 from web3.providers.base import BaseProvider
 
 
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ class Web3:
 
     class eth:
         @staticmethod
-        def contract(address: str, abi: Dict) -> datatypes.Contract: ...
+        def contract(address: str, abi: Dict) -> Contract: ...
         ...
+
+    class geth:
+        class personal:
+            @staticmethod
+            def listAccounts() -> List[str]:
+                ...
+            ...
+        ...
+
     ...
diff --git a/python-packages/order_utils/stubs/web3/utils/datatypes.pyi b/python-packages/order_utils/stubs/web3/contract.pyi
similarity index 100%
rename from python-packages/order_utils/stubs/web3/utils/datatypes.pyi
rename to python-packages/order_utils/stubs/web3/contract.pyi
diff --git a/python-packages/order_utils/stubs/web3/utils/__init__.pyi b/python-packages/order_utils/stubs/web3/utils/__init__.pyi
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/python-packages/order_utils/test/test_signature_utils.py b/python-packages/order_utils/test/test_signature_utils.py
index 8c5ec18443..a542f8eba3 100644
--- a/python-packages/order_utils/test/test_signature_utils.py
+++ b/python-packages/order_utils/test/test_signature_utils.py
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ def test_sign_hash_to_bytes__golden_path():
     provider = Web3.HTTPProvider("http://127.0.0.1:8545")
     signature = sign_hash_to_bytes(
         provider,
-        Web3(provider).personal.listAccounts[0],  # pylint: disable=no-member
+        Web3(  # pylint: disable=no-member
+            provider
+        ).geth.personal.listAccounts()[0],
         "0x34decbedc118904df65f379a175bb39ca18209d6ce41d5ed549d54e6e0a95004",
     )
     assert (
diff --git a/python-packages/sra_client/setup.py b/python-packages/sra_client/setup.py
index c32ae60dfa..9940039ed9 100755
--- a/python-packages/sra_client/setup.py
+++ b/python-packages/sra_client/setup.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def run(self):
             "0x-contract-artifacts",
             "0x-contract-addresses",
             "0x-order-utils",
-            "0x-web3",
+            "web3",
             "bandit",
             "black",
             "coverage",
diff --git a/python-packages/sra_client/src/zero_ex/sra_client/__init__.py b/python-packages/sra_client/src/zero_ex/sra_client/__init__.py
index 9b8b8c7a13..76e8077acd 100644
--- a/python-packages/sra_client/src/zero_ex/sra_client/__init__.py
+++ b/python-packages/sra_client/src/zero_ex/sra_client/__init__.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
 For our Maker role, we'll just use the first address available in the node:
 
->>> maker_address = Web3(eth_node).eth.accounts[0].lower()
+>>> maker_address = Web3(eth_node).eth.accounts[0]
 
 The 0x Ganache snapshot loaded into our eth_node has a pre-loaded ZRX balance
 for this account, so the example orders below have the maker trading away ZRX.
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
 Filling
 ^^^^^^^
 
->>> taker_address = Web3(eth_node).eth.accounts[1].lower()
+>>> taker_address = Web3(eth_node).eth.accounts[1]
 
 Our taker will take a ZRX/WETH order, but it doesn't have any WETH yet.  By
 depositing some ether into the WETH contract, it will be given some WETH to