diff --git a/nodes/mockpool-node/src/bridges.rs b/nodes/mockpool-node/src/bridges.rs
index 066013e7..cfe5ec5b 100644
--- a/nodes/mockpool-node/src/bridges.rs
+++ b/nodes/mockpool-node/src/bridges.rs
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ async fn send_transaction(
                 payload,
                 WAKU_CARNOT_TX_CONTENT_TOPIC.clone(),
                 1,
-                chrono::Utc::now().timestamp() as usize,
+                chrono::Utc::now().timestamp_nanos() as usize,
                 [],
                 false,
             ),
diff --git a/nomos-services/consensus/src/network/adapters/mock.rs b/nomos-services/consensus/src/network/adapters/mock.rs
index 0df627fd..dc5cfcb2 100644
--- a/nomos-services/consensus/src/network/adapters/mock.rs
+++ b/nomos-services/consensus/src/network/adapters/mock.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ impl NetworkAdapter for MockAdapter {
             String::from_utf8_lossy(&chunk_message.as_bytes()).to_string(),
             MOCK_BLOCK_CONTENT_TOPIC,
             1,
-            chrono::Utc::now().timestamp() as usize,
+            chrono::Utc::now().timestamp_nanos() as usize,
         );
         if let Err((e, _)) = self
             .network_relay
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ impl NetworkAdapter for MockAdapter {
             String::from_utf8_lossy(&approval_message.as_bytes()).to_string(),
             MOCK_APPROVAL_CONTENT_TOPIC,
             1,
-            chrono::Utc::now().timestamp() as usize,
+            chrono::Utc::now().timestamp_nanos() as usize,
         );
         if let Err((e, _e)) = self
             .network_relay
diff --git a/nomos-services/consensus/src/network/adapters/waku.rs b/nomos-services/consensus/src/network/adapters/waku.rs
index 694027d8..040fdf8b 100644
--- a/nomos-services/consensus/src/network/adapters/waku.rs
+++ b/nomos-services/consensus/src/network/adapters/waku.rs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ impl WakuAdapter {
             bytes,
             topic,
             1,
-            chrono::Utc::now().timestamp() as usize,
+            chrono::Utc::now().timestamp_nanos() as usize,
             [],
             false,
         );
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ impl NetworkAdapter for WakuAdapter {
             approval_message.as_bytes(),
             content_topic,
             1,
-            chrono::Utc::now().timestamp() as usize,
+            chrono::Utc::now().timestamp_nanos() as usize,
             [],
             false,
         );
diff --git a/nomos-services/network/src/backends/mock.rs b/nomos-services/network/src/backends/mock.rs
index f8e11331..57bc200e 100644
--- a/nomos-services/network/src/backends/mock.rs
+++ b/nomos-services/network/src/backends/mock.rs
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ mod tests {
                         content_topic_name: "foo content".into(),
                     },
                     version: 1,
-                    timestamp: chrono::Utc::now().timestamp() as usize,
+                    timestamp: chrono::Utc::now().timestamp_nanos() as usize,
                 },
             })
             .await;
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ mod tests {
                         content_topic_name: "bar content".into(),
                     },
                     version: 1,
-                    timestamp: chrono::Utc::now().timestamp() as usize,
+                    timestamp: chrono::Utc::now().timestamp_nanos() as usize,
                 },
             })
             .await;