diff --git a/nodes/nomos-node/Cargo.toml b/nodes/nomos-node/Cargo.toml
index 2c58db76..e05c484c 100644
--- a/nodes/nomos-node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nodes/nomos-node/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ nomos-mempool = { path = "../../nomos-services/mempool", features = [
 ] }
 nomos-metrics = { path = "../../nomos-metrics" }
 nomos-http = { path = "../../nomos-services/http", features = ["http"] }
+nomos-storage = { path = "../../nomos-services/storage", features = ["rocksdb"] }
+
 carnot-consensus = { path = "../../nomos-services/carnot-consensus", features = [
   "libp2p",
 ] }
-nomos-storage = { path = "../../nomos-services/storage", features = ["sled"] }
+
 nomos-libp2p = { path = "../../nomos-libp2p" }
 nomos-da = { path = "../../nomos-services/data-availability", features = [
   "libp2p",
diff --git a/nodes/nomos-node/src/lib.rs b/nodes/nomos-node/src/lib.rs
index 829020e7..ea5d6a75 100644
--- a/nodes/nomos-node/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nodes/nomos-node/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use nomos_mempool::{
 use nomos_metrics::Metrics;
 use nomos_network::backends::libp2p::Libp2p as NetworkBackend;
 use nomos_storage::{
-    backends::{sled::SledBackend, StorageSerde},
+    backends::{rocksdb::RocksBackend, StorageSerde},
     StorageService,
 };
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ pub type Carnot = CarnotConsensus<
     TreeOverlay<RoundRobin, RandomBeaconState>,
     FillSizeWithTx<MB16, Tx>,
     FillSizeWithBlobsCertificate<MB16, Certificate>,
-    SledBackend<Wire>,
+    RocksBackend<Wire>,
 >;
 
 pub type DataAvailability = DataAvailabilityService<
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ pub struct Nomos {
     consensus: ServiceHandle<Carnot>,
     http: ServiceHandle<ApiService<AxumBackend<Tx, Wire, MB16>>>,
     da: ServiceHandle<DataAvailability>,
-    storage: ServiceHandle<StorageService<SledBackend<Wire>>>,
+    storage: ServiceHandle<StorageService<RocksBackend<Wire>>>,
     #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
     metrics: ServiceHandle<Metrics>,
     system_sig: ServiceHandle<SystemSig>,
diff --git a/nodes/nomos-node/src/main.rs b/nodes/nomos-node/src/main.rs
index 25bc5787..6ffaa517 100644
--- a/nodes/nomos-node/src/main.rs
+++ b/nodes/nomos-node/src/main.rs
@@ -99,8 +99,10 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
             #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
             metrics: MetricsSettings { registry },
             da: config.da,
-            storage: nomos_storage::backends::sled::SledBackendSettings {
+            storage: nomos_storage::backends::rocksdb::RocksBackendSettings {
                 db_path: std::path::PathBuf::from(DEFAULT_DB_PATH),
+                read_only: false,
+                column_family: Some("blocks".into()),
             },
             system_sig: (),
         },
diff --git a/nomos-services/api/Cargo.toml b/nomos-services/api/Cargo.toml
index cddac679..9eafe3fc 100644
--- a/nomos-services/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nomos-services/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ nomos-mempool = { path = "../../nomos-services/mempool", features = [
   "openapi",
 ] }
 nomos-metrics = { path = "../../nomos-metrics" }
-nomos-storage = { path = "../../nomos-services/storage", features = ["sled"] }
+nomos-storage = { path = "../../nomos-services/storage", features = ["rocksdb"] }
 nomos-libp2p = { path = "../../nomos-libp2p" }
 full-replication = { path = "../../nomos-da/full-replication" }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/nomos-services/api/src/http/consensus.rs b/nomos-services/api/src/http/consensus.rs
index 02001741..49734232 100644
--- a/nomos-services/api/src/http/consensus.rs
+++ b/nomos-services/api/src/http/consensus.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use nomos_core::{
 use nomos_mempool::{
     backend::mockpool::MockPool, network::adapters::libp2p::Libp2pAdapter as MempoolNetworkAdapter,
 };
-use nomos_storage::backends::{sled::SledBackend, StorageSerde};
+use nomos_storage::backends::{rocksdb::RocksBackend, StorageSerde};
 
 pub type Carnot<Tx, SS, const SIZE: usize> = CarnotConsensus<
     ConsensusNetworkAdapter,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pub type Carnot<Tx, SS, const SIZE: usize> = CarnotConsensus<
     TreeOverlay<RoundRobin, RandomBeaconState>,
     FillSizeWithTx<SIZE, Tx>,
     FillSizeWithBlobsCertificate<SIZE, Certificate>,
-    SledBackend<SS>,
+    RocksBackend<SS>,
 >;
 
 pub async fn carnot_info<Tx, SS, const SIZE: usize>(
diff --git a/nomos-services/api/src/http/storage.rs b/nomos-services/api/src/http/storage.rs
index 8a408fe3..525c8803 100644
--- a/nomos-services/api/src/http/storage.rs
+++ b/nomos-services/api/src/http/storage.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use nomos_core::block::Block;
 use nomos_core::header::HeaderId;
 use nomos_storage::{
-    backends::{sled::SledBackend, StorageSerde},
+    backends::{rocksdb::RocksBackend, StorageSerde},
     StorageMsg, StorageService,
 };
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ where
     S: StorageSerde + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
     let relay = handle
-        .relay::<StorageService<SledBackend<S>>>()
+        .relay::<StorageService<RocksBackend<S>>>()
         .connect()
         .await?;
     let (msg, receiver) = StorageMsg::new_load_message(id);