diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fa8d85a..b6012ba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,25 @@
+# Generated by Cargo
+# will have compiled files and executables
+debug/
+target/
+
+# This project does not check in Cargo.lock
 Cargo.lock
-target
+
+# These are backup files generated by rustfmt
+**/*.rs.bk
+
+# MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
+*.pdb
+
+# Generated by Intellij-based IDEs.
+.idea
+
+# Generated by MacOS
+.DS_Store
+
+# VSCode
+.vscode
+
+# Rust bug report
+rustc-ice-*
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ca9bf1d..bd297db 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ sha3 = "0.10"
 k256 = { version = "0.13", features = ["ecdsa"], optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 ed25519-dalek = { version = "2.1.1", optional = true, features = ["rand_core"] }
-secp256k1 = { version = "0.28", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
+secp256k1 = { version = "0.29", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
     "global-context",
 ] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 alloy-rlp = { version = "0.3.4", features = ["derive"] }
-secp256k1 = { version = "0.28", features = ["rand-std"] }
+secp256k1 = { version = "0.29", features = ["rand-std"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 97aa12a..faeb4ef 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1088,12 +1088,19 @@ impl<K: EnrKey> Decodable for Enr<K> {
                 _ => {
                     let other_header = Header::decode(payload)?;
                     let value = &payload[..other_header.payload_length];
-                    // Preserve the valid encoding
                     payload.advance(other_header.payload_length);
-                    let mut out = Vec::<u8>::new();
-                    other_header.encode(&mut out);
-                    out.extend_from_slice(value);
-                    out
+
+                    // Encode the header for list values, for non-list objects, we remove the
+                    // header for compatibility with commonly used key entries (i.e it's the
+                    // current convention).
+                    if other_header.list {
+                        let mut out = Vec::<u8>::new();
+                        other_header.encode(&mut out);
+                        out.extend_from_slice(value);
+                        out
+                    } else {
+                        alloy_rlp::encode(value)
+                    }
                 }
             };
             content.insert(key.to_vec(), Bytes::from(value));
@@ -2082,4 +2089,16 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(info.1, "v1.0.0");
         assert_eq!(info.2, None);
     }
+    /// Tests a common ENR which uses RLP encoded values without the header
+    #[test]
+    fn test_common_rlp_convention() {
+        const COMMON_VALID_ENR: &str = concat!(
+            "-LW4QCAyOCtqvQjd8AgpqbaCgfjy8oN8cBBRT5jtzarkGJQWZx1eN70EM0QafVCugLa-Bv493DPNzflagqfTOsWSF78Ih2F0d",
+            "G5ldHOIAGAAAAAAAACEZXRoMpBqlaGpBAAAAP__________gmlkgnY0hHF1aWOCIymJc2VjcDI1NmsxoQPg_HgqXzwRIK39Oy",
+            "lGdC30YUFwsfXvATnGUvEZ6MtBQIhzeW5jbmV0cwCDdGNwgiMo"
+        );
+
+        // Expect this to be able to be decoded
+        let _decoded: DefaultEnr = COMMON_VALID_ENR.parse().unwrap();
+    }
 }