diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 461e5e8..58aeec6 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -133,6 +133,23 @@ aiohttp = ">=3.8.1,<4.0.0"
 async-timeout = ">=4.0.2,<5.0.0"
 yarl = ">=1.5.1,<2.0.0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aiohttp-socks"
+version = "0.10.1"
+description = "Proxy connector for aiohttp"
+optional = true
+python-versions = ">=3.8.0"
+groups = ["main"]
+markers = "extra == \"socks\""
+files = [
+    {file = "aiohttp_socks-0.10.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6fd4d46c09f952f971a011ff446170daab8d539cf5310c0627f8423df2fb15ea"},
+    {file = "aiohttp_socks-0.10.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:49f2e1f8051f2885719beb1b77e312b5a27c3e4b60f0b045a388f194d995e068"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+aiohttp = ">=3.10.0"
+python-socks = {version = ">=2.4.3,<3.0.0", extras = ["asyncio"]}
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aiosignal"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -2289,6 +2306,28 @@ asyncio-client = ["aiohttp (>=3.4)"]
 client = ["requests (>=2.21.0)", "websocket-client (>=0.54.0)"]
 docs = ["sphinx"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "python-socks"
+version = "2.7.1"
+description = "Proxy (SOCKS4, SOCKS5, HTTP CONNECT) client for Python"
+optional = true
+python-versions = ">=3.8.0"
+groups = ["main"]
+markers = "extra == \"socks\""
+files = [
+    {file = "python_socks-2.7.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2603c6454eeaeb82b464ad705be188989e8cf1a4a16f0af3c921d6dd71a49cec"},
+    {file = "python_socks-2.7.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f1a0bb603830fe81e332442eada96757b8f8dec02bd22d1d6f5c99a79704c550"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+async-timeout = {version = ">=4.0", optional = true, markers = "python_version < \"3.11\" and extra == \"asyncio\""}
+
+[package.extras]
+anyio = ["anyio (>=3.3.4,<5.0.0)"]
+asyncio = ["async-timeout (>=4.0) ; python_version < \"3.11\""]
+curio = ["curio (>=1.4)"]
+trio = ["trio (>=0.24)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pyyaml"
 version = "6.0.2"
@@ -2776,7 +2815,10 @@ idna = ">=2.0"
 multidict = ">=4.0"
 propcache = ">=0.2.1"
 
+[extras]
+socks = ["aiohttp-socks"]
+
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = ">=3.10,<4.0"
-content-hash = "3a5ca427686cd80e749ac69aa795540a0e0b3bd0d539cd3a8a264e94eeb48782"
+content-hash = "07754bc1fa6fc5e4b15c253a68cfe32368ae0a1bb9e83d8f7fd80ee61013c401"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4216c44..3725da1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ dependencies = [
     "anyio (>=4.9.0,<5.0.0)"
 ]
 
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+socks = ["aiohttp-socks (>=0.10.1,<0.11.0)"]
+
 [tool.poetry]
 packages = [{include = "pydase", from = "src"}]