diff --git a/nim-waku b/nim-waku
index 967db6d610..7c5df3379b 160000
--- a/nim-waku
+++ b/nim-waku
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 967db6d6102646549bc2184b6fd26968ca764de7
+Subproject commit 7c5df3379b42f1e5ddad66e84e152aec6ebdf10d
diff --git a/src/lib/waku_store/index.spec.ts b/src/lib/waku_store/index.spec.ts
index 930cba1ebc..a4a20a2528 100644
--- a/src/lib/waku_store/index.spec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/waku_store/index.spec.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe('Waku Store', () => {
     this.timeout(5_000);
 
     nimWaku = new NimWaku(makeLogFileName(this));
-    await nimWaku.start({ store: true });
+    await nimWaku.start({ persistMessages: true });
 
     for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
       expect(
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe('Waku Store', () => {
     this.timeout(5_000);
 
     nimWaku = new NimWaku(makeLogFileName(this));
-    await nimWaku.start({ store: true });
+    await nimWaku.start({ persistMessages: true });
 
     for (let i = 0; i < 15; i++) {
       expect(
diff --git a/src/test_utils/nim_waku.ts b/src/test_utils/nim_waku.ts
index 6136517112..34ac85ab61 100644
--- a/src/test_utils/nim_waku.ts
+++ b/src/test_utils/nim_waku.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export interface Args {
   nodekey?: string;
   portsShift?: number;
   logLevel?: LogLevel;
-  store?: boolean;
+  persistMessages?: boolean;
 }
 
 export enum LogLevel {