diff --git a/nomos-da/network/core/src/protocol.rs b/nomos-da/network/core/src/protocol.rs
index 80e6386f..02f54e2a 100644
--- a/nomos-da/network/core/src/protocol.rs
+++ b/nomos-da/network/core/src/protocol.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 use libp2p::StreamProtocol;
 
-pub const PROTOCOL_NAME: StreamProtocol = StreamProtocol::new("/nomos/da/0.1.0");
+pub const REPLICATION_PROTOCOL: StreamProtocol = StreamProtocol::new("/nomos/da/0.1.0/replication");
+pub const DISPERSAL_PROTOCOL: StreamProtocol = StreamProtocol::new("/nomos/da/0.1.0/dispersal");
diff --git a/nomos-da/network/core/src/replication/handler.rs b/nomos-da/network/core/src/replication/handler.rs
index 45fee199..9e3c5769 100644
--- a/nomos-da/network/core/src/replication/handler.rs
+++ b/nomos-da/network/core/src/replication/handler.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use tracing::error;
 // internal
 use nomos_da_messages::{pack_message, unpack_from_reader};
 
-use crate::protocol::PROTOCOL_NAME;
+use crate::protocol::REPLICATION_PROTOCOL;
 
 pub type DaMessage = nomos_da_messages::replication::ReplicationReq;
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ impl ConnectionHandler for ReplicationHandler {
     type OutboundOpenInfo = ();
 
     fn listen_protocol(&self) -> SubstreamProtocol<Self::InboundProtocol, Self::InboundOpenInfo> {
-        SubstreamProtocol::new(ReadyUpgrade::new(PROTOCOL_NAME), ())
+        SubstreamProtocol::new(ReadyUpgrade::new(REPLICATION_PROTOCOL), ())
     }
 
     fn poll(