diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bb21f2772..322d0e9d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ futures = "0.3"
 tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = [ "rt-multi-thread", "time", "sync" ] }
 esplora-client = { version = "0.6", default-features = false }
 libc = "0.2"
-uniffi = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["build"], optional = true }
+uniffi = { version = "0.25.3", features = ["build"], optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(vss)'.dependencies]
 vss-client = "0.2"
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ electrsd = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["legacy"] }
 clightningrpc = { version = "0.3.0-beta.8", default-features = false }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-uniffi = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["build"], optional = true }
+uniffi = { version = "0.25.3", features = ["build"], optional = true }
 
 [profile.release]
 panic = "abort"
diff --git a/bindings/ldk_node.udl b/bindings/ldk_node.udl
index 30b2d4a1b..ec5d8f993 100644
--- a/bindings/ldk_node.udl
+++ b/bindings/ldk_node.udl
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ interface LDKNode {
 	void stop();
 	Event? next_event();
 	Event wait_next_event();
-	[Async]
-	Event next_event_async();
+	// [Async]
+	// Event next_event_async();
 	void event_handled();
 	PublicKey node_id();
 	sequence<SocketAddress>? listening_addresses();
@@ -211,13 +211,16 @@ dictionary PaymentDetails {
 	LSPFeeLimits? lsp_fee_limits;
 };
 
-[NonExhaustive]
-enum Network {
-	"Bitcoin",
-	"Testnet",
-	"Signet",
-	"Regtest",
-};
+// [NonExhaustive]
+// enum Network {
+// 	"Bitcoin",
+// 	"Testnet",
+// 	"Signet",
+// 	"Regtest",
+// };
+
+[Custom]
+typedef string Network;
 
 dictionary OutPoint {
 	Txid txid;
diff --git a/bindings/uniffi-bindgen/Cargo.toml b/bindings/uniffi-bindgen/Cargo.toml
index b823f397d..951b59f78 100644
--- a/bindings/uniffi-bindgen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/uniffi-bindgen/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-uniffi = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["cli"] }
+uniffi = { version = "0.25.3", features = ["cli"] }
diff --git a/src/uniffi_types.rs b/src/uniffi_types.rs
index 7c6343b84..207b40ead 100644
--- a/src/uniffi_types.rs
+++ b/src/uniffi_types.rs
@@ -215,3 +215,14 @@ impl UniffiCustomTypeConverter for UntrustedString {
 		obj.to_string()
 	}
 }
+
+impl UniffiCustomTypeConverter for Network {
+	type Builtin = String;
+	fn into_custom(val: Self::Builtin) -> uniffi::Result<Self> {
+		Ok(Network::from_str(&val).map_err(|_| Error::InvalidNetwork)?)
+	}
+
+	fn from_custom(obj: Self) -> Self::Builtin {
+		obj.to_string()
+	}
+}