diff --git a/nomos-cli/Cargo.toml b/nomos-cli/Cargo.toml
index 4d9876ae..34c3e0a0 100644
--- a/nomos-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nomos-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description = "Cli app to interact with Nomos nodes and perform various tasks"
 [dependencies]
 fraction = "0.13"
 tracing = "0.1"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 async-trait = "0.1"
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_yaml = "0.9"
diff --git a/nomos-cli/src/da/network/swarm.rs b/nomos-cli/src/da/network/swarm.rs
index 2f0674a6..41aa4123 100644
--- a/nomos-cli/src/da/network/swarm.rs
+++ b/nomos-cli/src/da/network/swarm.rs
@@ -144,3 +144,131 @@ where
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub mod test {
+    use crate::da::network::swarm::ExecutorSwarm;
+    use crate::test_utils::AllNeighbours;
+    use futures::StreamExt;
+    use kzgrs_backend::common::blob::DaBlob;
+    use kzgrs_backend::common::Column;
+    use libp2p::identity::Keypair;
+    use libp2p::PeerId;
+    use nomos_da_network_core::address_book::AddressBook;
+    use nomos_da_network_core::behaviour::validator::ValidatorBehaviourEvent;
+    use nomos_da_network_core::protocols::dispersal::executor::behaviour::DispersalExecutorEvent;
+    use nomos_da_network_core::swarm::validator::ValidatorSwarm;
+    use nomos_libp2p::{Multiaddr, SwarmEvent};
+    use std::time::Duration;
+    use tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel;
+    use tokio::time;
+    use tracing::{error, info};
+    use tracing_subscriber::fmt::TestWriter;
+    use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_dispersal_with_swarms() {
+        let _ = tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+            .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
+            .compact()
+            .with_writer(TestWriter::default())
+            .try_init();
+        let k1 = Keypair::generate_ed25519();
+        let k2 = Keypair::generate_ed25519();
+        let executor_peer = PeerId::from_public_key(&k1.public());
+        let validator_peer = PeerId::from_public_key(&k2.public());
+        let neighbours = AllNeighbours {
+            neighbours: [
+                PeerId::from_public_key(&k1.public()),
+                PeerId::from_public_key(&k2.public()),
+            ]
+            .into_iter()
+            .collect(),
+        };
+
+        let addr: Multiaddr = "/ip4/127.0.0.1/udp/5063/quic-v1".parse().unwrap();
+        let addr2 = addr.clone().with_p2p(validator_peer).unwrap();
+        let addr2_book = AddressBook::from_iter(vec![(executor_peer, addr2.clone())]);
+        let (dispersal_events_sender, _) = unbounded_channel();
+
+        let mut executor = ExecutorSwarm::new(k1, neighbours.clone(), dispersal_events_sender);
+        let (mut validator, _) = ValidatorSwarm::new(k2, neighbours.clone(), addr2_book);
+
+        let msg_count = 10usize;
+        let validator_task = async move {
+            let validator_swarm = validator.protocol_swarm_mut();
+            validator_swarm.listen_on(addr).unwrap();
+
+            let mut res = vec![];
+            loop {
+                match validator_swarm.select_next_some().await {
+                    SwarmEvent::Behaviour(ValidatorBehaviourEvent::Dispersal(event)) => {
+                        res.push(event);
+                    }
+                    event => {
+                        info!("Validator event: {event:?}");
+                    }
+                }
+                if res.len() == msg_count {
+                    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            res
+        };
+        let join_validator = tokio::spawn(validator_task);
+
+        executor.dial(addr2).unwrap();
+
+        let executor_open_stream_sender = executor.open_stream_sender();
+        let executor_disperse_blob_sender = executor.blobs_sender();
+
+        let executor_poll = async move {
+            let mut res = vec![];
+            loop {
+                tokio::select! {
+                    Some(event) = executor.swarm.next() => {
+                        info!("Executor event: {event:?}");
+                        if let SwarmEvent::Behaviour(DispersalExecutorEvent::DispersalSuccess{blob_id, ..}) = event {
+                            res.push(blob_id);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    _ = time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2)) => {
+                        if res.len() < msg_count {error!("Executor timeout reached");}
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            res
+        };
+
+        let executor_task = tokio::spawn(executor_poll);
+
+        executor_open_stream_sender.send(validator_peer).unwrap();
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+
+        for i in 0..msg_count {
+            info!("Sending blob {i}...");
+            executor_disperse_blob_sender
+                .send((
+                    0,
+                    DaBlob {
+                        column_idx: 0,
+                        column: Column(vec![]),
+                        column_commitment: Default::default(),
+                        aggregated_column_commitment: Default::default(),
+                        aggregated_column_proof: Default::default(),
+                        rows_commitments: vec![],
+                        rows_proofs: vec![],
+                    },
+                ))
+                .unwrap();
+        }
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            executor_task.await.unwrap().len(),
+            join_validator.await.unwrap().len()
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/nomos-cli/src/lib.rs b/nomos-cli/src/lib.rs
index 27e0099a..f2c30c50 100644
--- a/nomos-cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nomos-cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ pub mod api;
 pub mod cmds;
 pub mod da;
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub mod test_utils;
+
 use clap::Parser;
 use cmds::Command;
 
diff --git a/nomos-cli/src/test_utils.rs b/nomos-cli/src/test_utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55588604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomos-cli/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use libp2p::PeerId;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use subnetworks_assignations::MembershipHandler;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct AllNeighbours {
+    pub neighbours: HashSet<PeerId>,
+}
+
+impl MembershipHandler for AllNeighbours {
+    type NetworkId = u32;
+    type Id = PeerId;
+
+    fn membership(&self, _self_id: &Self::Id) -> HashSet<Self::NetworkId> {
+        [0].into_iter().collect()
+    }
+
+    fn is_allowed(&self, _id: &Self::Id) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn members_of(&self, _network_id: &Self::NetworkId) -> HashSet<Self::Id> {
+        self.neighbours.clone()
+    }
+}