diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/base_protocol.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/base_protocol.ts
index 1546fda480..f6fcd4663c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/base_protocol.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/base_protocol.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,16 @@ import type { Libp2p } from "@libp2p/interface";
 import type { Stream } from "@libp2p/interface/connection";
 import type { PeerId } from "@libp2p/interface/peer-id";
 import { Peer, PeerStore } from "@libp2p/interface/peer-store";
-import type { IBaseProtocol, Libp2pComponents } from "@waku/interfaces";
+import type {
+  IBaseProtocol,
+  Libp2pComponents,
+  PubsubTopic,
+  ShardInfo
+} from "@waku/interfaces";
+import { shardInfoToPubsubTopics } from "@waku/utils";
 import { getPeersForProtocol, selectPeerForProtocol } from "@waku/utils/libp2p";
 
+import { DefaultPubsubTopic } from "./constants.js";
 import { filterPeers } from "./filterPeers.js";
 import { StreamManager } from "./stream_manager.js";
 
@@ -89,4 +96,10 @@ export class BaseProtocol implements IBaseProtocol {
     // Filter the peers based on the specified criteria
     return filterPeers(allPeersForProtocol, numPeers, maxBootstrapPeers);
   }
+
+  initializePubsubTopic(shardInfo?: ShardInfo): PubsubTopic[] {
+    return shardInfo
+      ? shardInfoToPubsubTopics(shardInfo)
+      : [DefaultPubsubTopic];
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/filter/index.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/filter/index.ts
index d871238f84..93c365dcd8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/filter/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/filter/index.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ import type {
   PeerIdStr,
   ProtocolCreateOptions,
   PubsubTopic,
+  SingleShardInfo,
   Unsubscribe
 } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { WakuMessage } from "@waku/proto";
 import {
   ensurePubsubTopicIsConfigured,
   groupByContentTopic,
+  singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic,
   toAsyncIterator
 } from "@waku/utils";
 import { Logger } from "@waku/utils";
@@ -279,7 +281,7 @@ class Filter extends BaseProtocol implements IReceiver {
   constructor(libp2p: Libp2p, options?: ProtocolCreateOptions) {
     super(FilterCodecs.SUBSCRIBE, libp2p.components);
 
-    this.pubsubTopics = options?.pubsubTopics || [DefaultPubsubTopic];
+    this.pubsubTopics = this.initializePubsubTopic(options?.shardInfo);
 
     libp2p.handle(FilterCodecs.PUSH, this.onRequest.bind(this)).catch((e) => {
       log.error("Failed to register ", FilterCodecs.PUSH, e);
@@ -289,8 +291,12 @@ class Filter extends BaseProtocol implements IReceiver {
   }
 
   async createSubscription(
-    pubsubTopic: string = DefaultPubsubTopic
+    pubsubTopicShardInfo?: SingleShardInfo
   ): Promise<Subscription> {
+    const pubsubTopic = pubsubTopicShardInfo
+      ? singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic(pubsubTopicShardInfo)
+      : DefaultPubsubTopic;
+
     ensurePubsubTopicIsConfigured(pubsubTopic, this.pubsubTopics);
 
     //TODO: get a relevant peer for the topic/shard
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/keep_alive_manager.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/keep_alive_manager.ts
index df63b891a5..b63c420fb2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/keep_alive_manager.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/keep_alive_manager.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { PeerId } from "@libp2p/interface/peer-id";
 import type { PeerStore } from "@libp2p/interface/peer-store";
 import type { IRelay, PeerIdStr } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import type { KeepAliveOptions } from "@waku/interfaces";
-import { Logger } from "@waku/utils";
+import { Logger, pubsubTopicToSingleShardInfo } from "@waku/utils";
 import { utf8ToBytes } from "@waku/utils/bytes";
 import type { PingService } from "libp2p/ping";
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export class KeepAliveManager {
       if (!meshPeers.includes(peerIdStr)) continue;
 
       const encoder = createEncoder({
-        pubsubTopic: topic,
+        pubsubTopicShardInfo: pubsubTopicToSingleShardInfo(topic),
         contentTopic: RelayPingContentTopic,
         ephemeral: true
       });
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/light_push/index.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/light_push/index.ts
index 7ba0020bf9..9d052b5b02 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/light_push/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/light_push/index.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import { pipe } from "it-pipe";
 import { Uint8ArrayList } from "uint8arraylist";
 
 import { BaseProtocol } from "../base_protocol.js";
-import { DefaultPubsubTopic } from "../constants.js";
 
 import { PushRpc } from "./push_rpc.js";
 
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ class LightPush extends BaseProtocol implements ILightPush {
 
   constructor(libp2p: Libp2p, options?: ProtocolCreateOptions) {
     super(LightPushCodec, libp2p.components);
-    this.pubsubTopics = options?.pubsubTopics ?? [DefaultPubsubTopic];
+    this.pubsubTopics = this.initializePubsubTopic(options?.shardInfo);
   }
 
   private async preparePushMessage(
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/message/version_0.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/message/version_0.ts
index 8a43007b57..a67b16a0dc 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/message/version_0.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/message/version_0.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ import type {
   IMetaSetter,
   IProtoMessage,
   IRateLimitProof,
-  PubsubTopic
+  PubsubTopic,
+  SingleShardInfo
 } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { proto_message as proto } from "@waku/proto";
-import { Logger } from "@waku/utils";
+import { Logger, singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic } from "@waku/utils";
 
 import { DefaultPubsubTopic } from "../constants.js";
 
@@ -119,12 +120,19 @@ export class Encoder implements IEncoder {
  * messages.
  */
 export function createEncoder({
-  pubsubTopic = DefaultPubsubTopic,
+  pubsubTopicShardInfo,
   contentTopic,
   ephemeral,
   metaSetter
 }: EncoderOptions): Encoder {
-  return new Encoder(contentTopic, ephemeral, pubsubTopic, metaSetter);
+  return new Encoder(
+    contentTopic,
+    ephemeral,
+    pubsubTopicShardInfo?.index
+      ? singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic(pubsubTopicShardInfo)
+      : DefaultPubsubTopic,
+    metaSetter
+  );
 }
 
 export class Decoder implements IDecoder<DecodedMessage> {
@@ -182,7 +190,12 @@ export class Decoder implements IDecoder<DecodedMessage> {
  */
 export function createDecoder(
   contentTopic: string,
-  pubsubTopic: PubsubTopic = DefaultPubsubTopic
+  pubsubTopicShardInfo?: SingleShardInfo
 ): Decoder {
-  return new Decoder(pubsubTopic, contentTopic);
+  return new Decoder(
+    pubsubTopicShardInfo?.index
+      ? singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic(pubsubTopicShardInfo)
+      : DefaultPubsubTopic,
+    contentTopic
+  );
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/store/index.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/store/index.ts
index 5647e68d72..53fb0b0d19 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/store/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/store/index.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { pipe } from "it-pipe";
 import { Uint8ArrayList } from "uint8arraylist";
 
 import { BaseProtocol } from "../base_protocol.js";
-import { DefaultPubsubTopic } from "../constants.js";
 import { toProtoMessage } from "../to_proto_message.js";
 
 import { HistoryRpc, PageDirection, Params } from "./history_rpc.js";
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ class Store extends BaseProtocol implements IStore {
 
   constructor(libp2p: Libp2p, options?: ProtocolCreateOptions) {
     super(StoreCodec, libp2p.components);
-    this.pubsubTopics = options?.pubsubTopics ?? [DefaultPubsubTopic];
+    this.pubsubTopics = this.initializePubsubTopic(options?.shardInfo);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/waku.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/waku.ts
index 0affa301cd..4d6b7fa038 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/waku.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/waku.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ import type {
   IStore,
   Libp2p,
   PubsubTopic,
+  ShardInfo,
   Waku
 } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { Protocols } from "@waku/interfaces";
-import { Logger } from "@waku/utils";
+import { Logger, shardInfoToPubsubTopics } from "@waku/utils";
 
 import { ConnectionManager } from "./connection_manager.js";
+import { DefaultPubsubTopic } from "./constants.js";
 
 export const DefaultPingKeepAliveValueSecs = 5 * 60;
 export const DefaultRelayKeepAliveValueSecs = 5 * 60;
@@ -50,16 +52,23 @@ export class WakuNode implements Waku {
   public filter?: IFilter;
   public lightPush?: ILightPush;
   public connectionManager: ConnectionManager;
+  public readonly pubsubTopics: PubsubTopic[];
 
   constructor(
     options: WakuOptions,
-    public readonly pubsubTopics: PubsubTopic[],
     libp2p: Libp2p,
+    pubsubShardInfo?: ShardInfo,
     store?: (libp2p: Libp2p) => IStore,
     lightPush?: (libp2p: Libp2p) => ILightPush,
     filter?: (libp2p: Libp2p) => IFilter,
     relay?: (libp2p: Libp2p) => IRelay
   ) {
+    if (!pubsubShardInfo) {
+      this.pubsubTopics = [DefaultPubsubTopic];
+    } else {
+      this.pubsubTopics = shardInfoToPubsubTopics(pubsubShardInfo);
+    }
+
     this.libp2p = libp2p;
 
     if (store) {
@@ -88,7 +97,7 @@ export class WakuNode implements Waku {
       peerId,
       libp2p,
       { pingKeepAlive, relayKeepAlive },
-      pubsubTopics,
+      this.pubsubTopics,
       this.relay
     );
 
diff --git a/packages/interfaces/src/filter.ts b/packages/interfaces/src/filter.ts
index 34dad0f87c..a5d6798858 100644
--- a/packages/interfaces/src/filter.ts
+++ b/packages/interfaces/src/filter.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { PeerId } from "@libp2p/interface/peer-id";
 
-import type { IDecodedMessage, IDecoder } from "./message.js";
+import type { IDecodedMessage, IDecoder, SingleShardInfo } from "./message.js";
 import type { ContentTopic } from "./misc.js";
 import type { Callback, IBaseProtocol } from "./protocols.js";
 import type { IReceiver } from "./receiver.js";
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export interface IFilterSubscription {
 export type IFilter = IReceiver &
   IBaseProtocol & {
     createSubscription(
-      pubsubTopic?: string,
+      pubsubTopicShardInfo?: SingleShardInfo,
       peerId?: PeerId
     ): Promise<IFilterSubscription>;
   };
diff --git a/packages/interfaces/src/message.ts b/packages/interfaces/src/message.ts
index 060a80fe8c..137225cd58 100644
--- a/packages/interfaces/src/message.ts
+++ b/packages/interfaces/src/message.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import type { PubsubTopic } from "./misc.js";
 
+export interface SingleShardInfo {
+  cluster: number;
+  index: number;
+}
+
 export interface IRateLimitProof {
   proof: Uint8Array;
   merkleRoot: Uint8Array;
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ export interface IMetaSetter {
 }
 
 export interface EncoderOptions {
-  pubsubTopic?: PubsubTopic;
+  pubsubTopicShardInfo?: SingleShardInfo;
   /** The content topic to set on outgoing messages. */
   contentTopic: string;
   /**
diff --git a/packages/interfaces/src/protocols.ts b/packages/interfaces/src/protocols.ts
index dd81c484e2..5a9d733274 100644
--- a/packages/interfaces/src/protocols.ts
+++ b/packages/interfaces/src/protocols.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import type { Libp2p } from "@libp2p/interface";
 import type { PeerId } from "@libp2p/interface/peer-id";
 import type { Peer, PeerStore } from "@libp2p/interface/peer-store";
 
+import type { ShardInfo } from "./enr.js";
 import type { CreateLibp2pOptions } from "./libp2p.js";
 import type { IDecodedMessage } from "./message.js";
-import type { PubsubTopic } from "./misc.js";
 
 export enum Protocols {
   Relay = "relay",
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ export interface IBaseProtocol {
 
 export type ProtocolCreateOptions = {
   /**
-   * Waku supports usage of multiple pubsub topics, but this is still in early stages.
-   * Waku implements sharding to achieve scalability
-   * The format of the sharded topic is `/waku/2/rs/<shard_cluster_index>/<shard_number>`
+   * Waku supports usage of multiple pubsub topics. This is achieved through static sharding for now, and auto-sharding in the future.
+   * The format to specify a shard is:
+   * clusterId: number, shards: number[]
    * To learn more about the sharding specifications implemented, see [Relay Sharding](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/51/).
    * The Pubsub Topic to use. Defaults to {@link @waku/core!DefaultPubsubTopic }.
    *
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export type ProtocolCreateOptions = {
    * See [Waku v2 Topic Usage Recommendations](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/23/) for details.
    *
    */
-  pubsubTopics?: PubsubTopic[];
+  shardInfo?: ShardInfo;
   /**
    * You can pass options to the `Libp2p` instance used by {@link @waku/core!WakuNode} using the `libp2p` property.
    * This property is the same type as the one passed to [`Libp2p.create`](https://github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p/blob/master/doc/API.md#create)
diff --git a/packages/message-encryption/src/ecies.ts b/packages/message-encryption/src/ecies.ts
index d9c56fea0b..af393cef14 100644
--- a/packages/message-encryption/src/ecies.ts
+++ b/packages/message-encryption/src/ecies.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ import type {
   IMessage,
   IMetaSetter,
   IProtoMessage,
-  PubsubTopic
+  PubsubTopic,
+  SingleShardInfo
 } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { WakuMessage } from "@waku/proto";
-import { Logger } from "@waku/utils";
+import { Logger, singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic } from "@waku/utils";
 
 import { generatePrivateKey } from "./crypto/utils.js";
 import { DecodedMessage } from "./decoded_message.js";
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ export interface EncoderOptions extends BaseEncoderOptions {
  * in [26/WAKU2-PAYLOAD](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/26/).
  */
 export function createEncoder({
-  pubsubTopic = DefaultPubsubTopic,
+  pubsubTopicShardInfo,
   contentTopic,
   publicKey,
   sigPrivKey,
@@ -106,7 +107,9 @@ export function createEncoder({
   metaSetter
 }: EncoderOptions): Encoder {
   return new Encoder(
-    pubsubTopic,
+    pubsubTopicShardInfo?.index
+      ? singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic(pubsubTopicShardInfo)
+      : DefaultPubsubTopic,
     contentTopic,
     publicKey,
     sigPrivKey,
@@ -194,7 +197,13 @@ class Decoder extends DecoderV0 implements IDecoder<DecodedMessage> {
 export function createDecoder(
   contentTopic: string,
   privateKey: Uint8Array,
-  pubsubTopic: PubsubTopic = DefaultPubsubTopic
+  pubsubTopicShardInfo?: SingleShardInfo
 ): Decoder {
-  return new Decoder(pubsubTopic, contentTopic, privateKey);
+  return new Decoder(
+    pubsubTopicShardInfo?.index
+      ? singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic(pubsubTopicShardInfo)
+      : DefaultPubsubTopic,
+    contentTopic,
+    privateKey
+  );
 }
diff --git a/packages/message-encryption/src/symmetric.ts b/packages/message-encryption/src/symmetric.ts
index 2d2ccabbab..37f8a52cb2 100644
--- a/packages/message-encryption/src/symmetric.ts
+++ b/packages/message-encryption/src/symmetric.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ import type {
   IMessage,
   IMetaSetter,
   IProtoMessage,
-  PubsubTopic
+  PubsubTopic,
+  SingleShardInfo
 } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { WakuMessage } from "@waku/proto";
-import { Logger } from "@waku/utils";
+import { Logger, singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic } from "@waku/utils";
 
 import { generateSymmetricKey } from "./crypto/utils.js";
 import { DecodedMessage } from "./decoded_message.js";
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ export interface EncoderOptions extends BaseEncoderOptions {
  * in [26/WAKU2-PAYLOAD](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/26/).
  */
 export function createEncoder({
-  pubsubTopic = DefaultPubsubTopic,
+  pubsubTopicShardInfo,
   contentTopic,
   symKey,
   sigPrivKey,
@@ -106,7 +107,9 @@ export function createEncoder({
   metaSetter
 }: EncoderOptions): Encoder {
   return new Encoder(
-    pubsubTopic,
+    pubsubTopicShardInfo?.index
+      ? singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic(pubsubTopicShardInfo)
+      : DefaultPubsubTopic,
     contentTopic,
     symKey,
     sigPrivKey,
@@ -194,7 +197,13 @@ class Decoder extends DecoderV0 implements IDecoder<DecodedMessage> {
 export function createDecoder(
   contentTopic: string,
   symKey: Uint8Array,
-  pubsubTopic: PubsubTopic = DefaultPubsubTopic
+  pubsubTopicShardInfo?: SingleShardInfo
 ): Decoder {
-  return new Decoder(pubsubTopic, contentTopic, symKey);
+  return new Decoder(
+    pubsubTopicShardInfo?.index
+      ? singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic(pubsubTopicShardInfo)
+      : DefaultPubsubTopic,
+    contentTopic,
+    symKey
+  );
 }
diff --git a/packages/relay/src/index.ts b/packages/relay/src/index.ts
index 82f4fedbe7..8e7cce499e 100644
--- a/packages/relay/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/relay/src/index.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ import {
   SendError,
   SendResult
 } from "@waku/interfaces";
-import { isWireSizeUnderCap, toAsyncIterator } from "@waku/utils";
+import {
+  isWireSizeUnderCap,
+  shardInfoToPubsubTopics,
+  toAsyncIterator
+} from "@waku/utils";
 import { pushOrInitMapSet } from "@waku/utils";
 import { Logger } from "@waku/utils";
 
@@ -68,7 +72,9 @@ class Relay implements IRelay {
     }
 
     this.gossipSub = libp2p.services.pubsub as GossipSub;
-    this.pubsubTopics = new Set(options?.pubsubTopics ?? [DefaultPubsubTopic]);
+    this.pubsubTopics = options?.shardInfo
+      ? new Set(shardInfoToPubsubTopics(options.shardInfo))
+      : new Set([DefaultPubsubTopic]);
 
     if (this.gossipSub.isStarted()) {
       this.subscribeToAllTopics();
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/create.ts b/packages/sdk/src/create.ts
index 67a2ca81b0..c3ed95ead6 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/create.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/create.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { mplex } from "@libp2p/mplex";
 import { webSockets } from "@libp2p/websockets";
 import { all as filterAll } from "@libp2p/websockets/filters";
 import {
-  DefaultPubsubTopic,
   DefaultUserAgent,
   wakuFilter,
   wakuLightPush,
@@ -47,10 +46,6 @@ export async function createLightNode(
 ): Promise<LightNode> {
   options = options ?? {};
 
-  if (!options.pubsubTopics) {
-    options.pubsubTopics = [DefaultPubsubTopic];
-  }
-
   const libp2pOptions = options?.libp2p ?? {};
   const peerDiscovery = libp2pOptions.peerDiscovery ?? [];
   if (options?.defaultBootstrap) {
@@ -70,8 +65,8 @@ export async function createLightNode(
 
   return new WakuNode(
     options ?? {},
-    options.pubsubTopics,
     libp2p,
+    options.shardInfo,
     store,
     lightPush,
     filter
@@ -87,10 +82,6 @@ export async function createRelayNode(
 ): Promise<RelayNode> {
   options = options ?? {};
 
-  if (!options.pubsubTopics) {
-    options.pubsubTopics = [DefaultPubsubTopic];
-  }
-
   const libp2pOptions = options?.libp2p ?? {};
   const peerDiscovery = libp2pOptions.peerDiscovery ?? [];
   if (options?.defaultBootstrap) {
@@ -108,8 +99,8 @@ export async function createRelayNode(
 
   return new WakuNode(
     options,
-    options.pubsubTopics,
     libp2p,
+    options.shardInfo,
     undefined,
     undefined,
     undefined,
@@ -135,10 +126,6 @@ export async function createFullNode(
 ): Promise<FullNode> {
   options = options ?? {};
 
-  if (!options.pubsubTopics) {
-    options.pubsubTopics = [DefaultPubsubTopic];
-  }
-
   const libp2pOptions = options?.libp2p ?? {};
   const peerDiscovery = libp2pOptions.peerDiscovery ?? [];
   if (options?.defaultBootstrap) {
@@ -159,8 +146,8 @@ export async function createFullNode(
 
   return new WakuNode(
     options ?? {},
-    options.pubsubTopics,
     libp2p,
+    options.shardInfo,
     store,
     lightPush,
     filter,
diff --git a/packages/tests/src/node/dockerode.ts b/packages/tests/src/node/dockerode.ts
index 6339d66e85..8942d98654 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/node/dockerode.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/src/node/dockerode.ts
@@ -208,8 +208,16 @@ export function argsToArray(args: Args): Array<string> {
       return "-" + capital.toLowerCase();
     });
 
-    const arg = `--${kebabKey}=${value}`;
-    array.push(arg);
+    if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+      // If the value is an array, create separate arguments for each element
+      value.forEach((val) => {
+        array.push(`--${kebabKey}=${val}`);
+      });
+    } else {
+      // Handle non-array values as before
+      const arg = `--${kebabKey}=${value}`;
+      array.push(arg);
+    }
   }
 
   return array;
diff --git a/packages/tests/src/node/interfaces.ts b/packages/tests/src/node/interfaces.ts
index 253158b410..3a19a85134 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/node/interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/src/node/interfaces.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export interface Args {
   peerExchange?: boolean;
   discv5Discovery?: boolean;
   storeMessageDbUrl?: string;
-  topic?: Array<string>;
+  pubsubTopic?: Array<string>;
   rpcPrivate?: boolean;
   websocketSupport?: boolean;
   tcpPort?: number;
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/filter/multiple_pubsub.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/filter/multiple_pubsub.node.spec.ts
index 429177cc92..a8401fadeb 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/filter/multiple_pubsub.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/filter/multiple_pubsub.node.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-import {
-  createDecoder,
-  createEncoder,
-  DefaultPubsubTopic,
-  waitForRemotePeer
-} from "@waku/core";
-import type { IFilterSubscription, LightNode } from "@waku/interfaces";
+import { createDecoder, createEncoder, waitForRemotePeer } from "@waku/core";
+import type {
+  IFilterSubscription,
+  LightNode,
+  ShardInfo,
+  SingleShardInfo
+} from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { Protocols } from "@waku/interfaces";
+import {
+  pubsubTopicToSingleShardInfo,
+  singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic
+} from "@waku/utils";
 import { utf8ToBytes } from "@waku/utils/bytes";
 import { expect } from "chai";
 
@@ -16,12 +20,7 @@ import {
   tearDownNodes
 } from "../../src/index.js";
 
-import {
-  runNodes,
-  TestContentTopic,
-  TestDecoder,
-  TestEncoder
-} from "./utils.js";
+import { runNodes } from "./utils.js";
 
 describe("Waku Filter V2: Multiple PubsubTopics", function () {
   // Set the timeout for all tests in this suite. Can be overwritten at test level
@@ -31,21 +30,41 @@ describe("Waku Filter V2: Multiple PubsubTopics", function () {
   let nwaku2: NimGoNode;
   let subscription: IFilterSubscription;
   let messageCollector: MessageCollector;
-  const customPubsubTopic = "/waku/2/custom-dapp/proto";
-  const customContentTopic = "/test/2/waku-filter";
-  const newEncoder = createEncoder({
-    pubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic,
-    contentTopic: customContentTopic
+
+  const customPubsubTopic1 = singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic({
+    cluster: 3,
+    index: 1
   });
-  const newDecoder = createDecoder(customContentTopic, customPubsubTopic);
+  const customPubsubTopic2 = singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic({
+    cluster: 3,
+    index: 2
+  });
+  const shardInfo: ShardInfo = { cluster: 3, indexList: [1, 2] };
+  const singleShardInfo1: SingleShardInfo = { cluster: 3, index: 1 };
+  const singleShardInfo2: SingleShardInfo = { cluster: 3, index: 2 };
+  const customContentTopic1 = "/test/2/waku-filter";
+  const customContentTopic2 = "/test/3/waku-filter";
+  const customEncoder1 = createEncoder({
+    pubsubTopicShardInfo: singleShardInfo1,
+    contentTopic: customContentTopic1
+  });
+  const customDecoder1 = createDecoder(customContentTopic1, singleShardInfo1);
+  const customEncoder2 = createEncoder({
+    pubsubTopicShardInfo: singleShardInfo2,
+    contentTopic: customContentTopic2
+  });
+  const customDecoder2 = createDecoder(customContentTopic2, singleShardInfo2);
 
   this.beforeEach(async function () {
     this.timeout(15000);
-    [nwaku, waku] = await runNodes(this, [
-      customPubsubTopic,
-      DefaultPubsubTopic
-    ]);
-    subscription = await waku.filter.createSubscription(customPubsubTopic);
+    [nwaku, waku] = await runNodes(
+      this,
+      [customPubsubTopic1, customPubsubTopic2],
+      shardInfo
+    );
+    subscription = await waku.filter.createSubscription(
+      pubsubTopicToSingleShardInfo(customPubsubTopic1)
+    );
     messageCollector = new MessageCollector();
   });
 
@@ -55,94 +74,95 @@ describe("Waku Filter V2: Multiple PubsubTopics", function () {
   });
 
   it("Subscribe and receive messages on custom pubsubtopic", async function () {
-    await subscription.subscribe([newDecoder], messageCollector.callback);
-    await waku.lightPush.send(newEncoder, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M1") });
+    await subscription.subscribe([customDecoder1], messageCollector.callback);
+    await waku.lightPush.send(customEncoder1, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M1") });
     expect(await messageCollector.waitForMessages(1)).to.eq(true);
     messageCollector.verifyReceivedMessage(0, {
-      expectedContentTopic: customContentTopic,
-      expectedPubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic,
+      expectedContentTopic: customContentTopic1,
+      expectedPubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic1,
       expectedMessageText: "M1"
     });
   });
 
   it("Subscribe and receive messages on 2 different pubsubtopics", async function () {
-    await subscription.subscribe([newDecoder], messageCollector.callback);
+    await subscription.subscribe([customDecoder1], messageCollector.callback);
 
     // Subscribe from the same lightnode to the 2nd pubsubtopic
-    const subscription2 =
-      await waku.filter.createSubscription(DefaultPubsubTopic);
+    const subscription2 = await waku.filter.createSubscription(
+      pubsubTopicToSingleShardInfo(customPubsubTopic2)
+    );
 
     const messageCollector2 = new MessageCollector();
 
-    await subscription2.subscribe([TestDecoder], messageCollector2.callback);
+    await subscription2.subscribe([customDecoder2], messageCollector2.callback);
 
-    await waku.lightPush.send(newEncoder, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M1") });
-    await waku.lightPush.send(TestEncoder, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M2") });
+    await waku.lightPush.send(customEncoder1, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M1") });
+    await waku.lightPush.send(customEncoder2, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M2") });
 
     expect(await messageCollector.waitForMessages(1)).to.eq(true);
     expect(await messageCollector2.waitForMessages(1)).to.eq(true);
 
     messageCollector.verifyReceivedMessage(0, {
-      expectedContentTopic: customContentTopic,
-      expectedPubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic,
+      expectedContentTopic: customContentTopic1,
+      expectedPubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic1,
       expectedMessageText: "M1"
     });
 
     messageCollector2.verifyReceivedMessage(0, {
-      expectedContentTopic: TestContentTopic,
-      expectedPubsubTopic: DefaultPubsubTopic,
+      expectedContentTopic: customContentTopic2,
+      expectedPubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic2,
       expectedMessageText: "M2"
     });
   });
 
   it("Subscribe and receive messages from 2 nwaku nodes each with different pubsubtopics", async function () {
-    await subscription.subscribe([newDecoder], messageCollector.callback);
+    await subscription.subscribe([customDecoder1], messageCollector.callback);
 
-    // Set up and start a new nwaku node with Default Pubsubtopic
+    // Set up and start a new nwaku node with customPubsubTopic1
     nwaku2 = new NimGoNode(makeLogFileName(this) + "2");
     await nwaku2.start({
       filter: true,
       lightpush: true,
       relay: true,
-      topic: [DefaultPubsubTopic]
+      pubsubTopic: [customPubsubTopic2]
     });
     await waku.dial(await nwaku2.getMultiaddrWithId());
     await waitForRemotePeer(waku, [Protocols.Filter, Protocols.LightPush]);
 
     // Subscribe from the same lightnode to the new nwaku on the new pubsubtopic
     const subscription2 = await waku.filter.createSubscription(
-      DefaultPubsubTopic,
+      pubsubTopicToSingleShardInfo(customPubsubTopic2),
       await nwaku2.getPeerId()
     );
-    await nwaku2.ensureSubscriptions([DefaultPubsubTopic]);
+    await nwaku2.ensureSubscriptions([customPubsubTopic2]);
 
     const messageCollector2 = new MessageCollector();
 
-    await subscription2.subscribe([TestDecoder], messageCollector2.callback);
+    await subscription2.subscribe([customDecoder2], messageCollector2.callback);
 
     // Making sure that messages are send and reveiced for both subscriptions
     // While loop is done because of https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues/1606
     while (
       !(await messageCollector.waitForMessages(1, {
-        pubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic
+        pubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic1
       })) ||
       !(await messageCollector2.waitForMessages(1, {
-        pubsubTopic: DefaultPubsubTopic
+        pubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic2
       }))
     ) {
-      await waku.lightPush.send(newEncoder, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M1") });
-      await waku.lightPush.send(TestEncoder, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M2") });
+      await waku.lightPush.send(customEncoder1, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M1") });
+      await waku.lightPush.send(customEncoder2, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M2") });
     }
 
     messageCollector.verifyReceivedMessage(0, {
-      expectedContentTopic: customContentTopic,
-      expectedPubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic,
+      expectedContentTopic: customContentTopic1,
+      expectedPubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic1,
       expectedMessageText: "M1"
     });
 
     messageCollector2.verifyReceivedMessage(0, {
-      expectedContentTopic: TestContentTopic,
-      expectedPubsubTopic: DefaultPubsubTopic,
+      expectedContentTopic: customContentTopic2,
+      expectedPubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic2,
       expectedMessageText: "M2"
     });
   });
@@ -150,7 +170,7 @@ describe("Waku Filter V2: Multiple PubsubTopics", function () {
   it("Should fail to subscribe with decoder with wrong pubsubTopic", async function () {
     // this subscription object is set up with the `customPubsubTopic` but we're passing it a Decoder with the `DefaultPubsubTopic`
     try {
-      await subscription.subscribe([TestDecoder], messageCollector.callback);
+      await subscription.subscribe([customDecoder2], messageCollector.callback);
     } catch (error) {
       expect((error as Error).message).to.include(
         "Pubsub topic not configured"
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/filter/subscribe.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/filter/subscribe.node.spec.ts
index a191264347..68b89e3d72 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/filter/subscribe.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/filter/subscribe.node.spec.ts
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ describe("Waku Filter V2: Subscribe", function () {
     await waku.dial(await nwaku2.getMultiaddrWithId());
     await waitForRemotePeer(waku, [Protocols.Filter, Protocols.LightPush]);
     const subscription2 = await waku.filter.createSubscription(
-      DefaultPubsubTopic,
+      undefined,
       await nwaku2.getPeerId()
     );
     await nwaku2.ensureSubscriptions([DefaultPubsubTopic]);
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/filter/utils.ts b/packages/tests/tests/filter/utils.ts
index 20f56e699f..d9cb4f0135 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/filter/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/filter/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
-import { createDecoder, createEncoder, waitForRemotePeer } from "@waku/core";
-import { IFilterSubscription, LightNode, Protocols } from "@waku/interfaces";
+import {
+  createDecoder,
+  createEncoder,
+  DefaultPubsubTopic,
+  waitForRemotePeer
+} from "@waku/core";
+import {
+  IFilterSubscription,
+  LightNode,
+  Protocols,
+  ShardInfo
+} from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { createLightNode } from "@waku/sdk";
 import { Logger } from "@waku/utils";
 import { utf8ToBytes } from "@waku/utils/bytes";
@@ -38,7 +48,9 @@ export async function validatePingError(
 
 export async function runNodes(
   context: Context,
-  pubsubTopics: string[]
+  //TODO: change this to use `ShardInfo` instead of `string[]`
+  pubsubTopics: string[],
+  shardInfo?: ShardInfo
 ): Promise<[NimGoNode, LightNode]> {
   const nwaku = new NimGoNode(makeLogFileName(context));
 
@@ -47,18 +59,24 @@ export async function runNodes(
       filter: true,
       lightpush: true,
       relay: true,
-      topic: pubsubTopics
+      pubsubTopic: pubsubTopics
     },
     { retries: 3 }
   );
 
+  const waku_options = {
+    staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_1,
+    libp2p: { addresses: { listen: ["/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/0/ws"] } },
+    ...((pubsubTopics.length !== 1 ||
+      pubsubTopics[0] !== DefaultPubsubTopic) && {
+      shardInfo: shardInfo
+    })
+  };
+
+  log.info("Starting js waku node with :", JSON.stringify(waku_options));
   let waku: LightNode | undefined;
   try {
-    waku = await createLightNode({
-      pubsubTopics: pubsubTopics,
-      staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_1,
-      libp2p: { addresses: { listen: ["/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/0/ws"] } }
-    });
+    waku = await createLightNode(waku_options);
     await waku.start();
   } catch (error) {
     log.error("jswaku node failed to start:", error);
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/light-push/multiple_pubsub.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/light-push/multiple_pubsub.node.spec.ts
index 6ab663e6ff..5017239c4a 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/light-push/multiple_pubsub.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/light-push/multiple_pubsub.node.spec.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import type { PeerId } from "@libp2p/interface/peer-id";
+import { createEncoder, waitForRemotePeer } from "@waku/core";
 import {
-  createEncoder,
-  DefaultPubsubTopic,
-  waitForRemotePeer
-} from "@waku/core";
-import { LightNode, Protocols, SendResult } from "@waku/interfaces";
+  LightNode,
+  Protocols,
+  SendResult,
+  ShardInfo,
+  SingleShardInfo
+} from "@waku/interfaces";
+import { singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic } from "@waku/utils";
 import { utf8ToBytes } from "@waku/utils/bytes";
 import { expect } from "chai";
 
@@ -15,12 +18,7 @@ import {
   tearDownNodes
 } from "../../src/index.js";
 
-import {
-  messageText,
-  runNodes,
-  TestContentTopic,
-  TestEncoder
-} from "./utils.js";
+import { messageText, runNodes } from "./utils.js";
 
 describe("Waku Light Push : Multiple PubsubTopics", function () {
   this.timeout(30000);
@@ -28,20 +26,37 @@ describe("Waku Light Push : Multiple PubsubTopics", function () {
   let nwaku: NimGoNode;
   let nwaku2: NimGoNode;
   let messageCollector: MessageCollector;
-  const customPubsubTopic = "/waku/2/custom-dapp/proto";
-  const customContentTopic = "/test/2/waku-light-push/utf8";
-  const customEncoder = createEncoder({
-    contentTopic: customContentTopic,
-    pubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic
+  const customPubsubTopic1 = singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic({
+    cluster: 3,
+    index: 1
   });
+  const customPubsubTopic2 = singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic({
+    cluster: 3,
+    index: 2
+  });
+  const shardInfo: ShardInfo = { cluster: 3, indexList: [1, 2] };
+  const singleShardInfo1: SingleShardInfo = { cluster: 3, index: 1 };
+  const singleShardInfo2: SingleShardInfo = { cluster: 3, index: 2 };
+  const customContentTopic1 = "/test/2/waku-light-push/utf8";
+  const customContentTopic2 = "/test/3/waku-light-push/utf8";
+  const customEncoder1 = createEncoder({
+    pubsubTopicShardInfo: singleShardInfo1,
+    contentTopic: customContentTopic1
+  });
+  const customEncoder2 = createEncoder({
+    pubsubTopicShardInfo: singleShardInfo2,
+    contentTopic: customContentTopic2
+  });
+
   let nimPeerId: PeerId;
 
   this.beforeEach(async function () {
     this.timeout(15000);
-    [nwaku, waku] = await runNodes(this, [
-      customPubsubTopic,
-      DefaultPubsubTopic
-    ]);
+    [nwaku, waku] = await runNodes(
+      this,
+      [customPubsubTopic1, customPubsubTopic2],
+      shardInfo
+    );
     messageCollector = new MessageCollector(nwaku);
     nimPeerId = await nwaku.getPeerId();
   });
@@ -52,7 +67,7 @@ describe("Waku Light Push : Multiple PubsubTopics", function () {
   });
 
   it("Push message on custom pubsubTopic", async function () {
-    const pushResponse = await waku.lightPush.send(customEncoder, {
+    const pushResponse = await waku.lightPush.send(customEncoder1, {
       payload: utf8ToBytes(messageText)
     });
 
@@ -60,20 +75,20 @@ describe("Waku Light Push : Multiple PubsubTopics", function () {
 
     expect(
       await messageCollector.waitForMessages(1, {
-        pubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic
+        pubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic1
       })
     ).to.eq(true);
     messageCollector.verifyReceivedMessage(0, {
       expectedMessageText: messageText,
-      expectedContentTopic: customContentTopic
+      expectedContentTopic: customContentTopic1
     });
   });
 
   it("Subscribe and receive messages on 2 different pubsubtopics", async function () {
-    const pushResponse1 = await waku.lightPush.send(customEncoder, {
+    const pushResponse1 = await waku.lightPush.send(customEncoder1, {
       payload: utf8ToBytes("M1")
     });
-    const pushResponse2 = await waku.lightPush.send(TestEncoder, {
+    const pushResponse2 = await waku.lightPush.send(customEncoder2, {
       payload: utf8ToBytes("M2")
     });
     expect(pushResponse1.recipients[0].toString()).to.eq(nimPeerId.toString());
@@ -83,25 +98,25 @@ describe("Waku Light Push : Multiple PubsubTopics", function () {
 
     expect(
       await messageCollector.waitForMessages(1, {
-        pubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic
+        pubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic1
       })
     ).to.eq(true);
 
     expect(
       await messageCollector2.waitForMessages(1, {
-        pubsubTopic: DefaultPubsubTopic
+        pubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic2
       })
     ).to.eq(true);
 
     messageCollector.verifyReceivedMessage(0, {
       expectedMessageText: "M1",
-      expectedContentTopic: customContentTopic,
-      expectedPubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic
+      expectedContentTopic: customContentTopic1,
+      expectedPubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic1
     });
     messageCollector2.verifyReceivedMessage(0, {
       expectedMessageText: "M2",
-      expectedContentTopic: TestContentTopic,
-      expectedPubsubTopic: DefaultPubsubTopic
+      expectedContentTopic: customContentTopic2,
+      expectedPubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic2
     });
   });
 
@@ -112,9 +127,9 @@ describe("Waku Light Push : Multiple PubsubTopics", function () {
       filter: true,
       lightpush: true,
       relay: true,
-      topic: [DefaultPubsubTopic]
+      pubsubTopic: [customPubsubTopic2]
     });
-    await nwaku2.ensureSubscriptions([DefaultPubsubTopic]);
+    await nwaku2.ensureSubscriptions([customPubsubTopic2]);
     await waku.dial(await nwaku2.getMultiaddrWithId());
     await waitForRemotePeer(waku, [Protocols.LightPush]);
 
@@ -126,31 +141,31 @@ describe("Waku Light Push : Multiple PubsubTopics", function () {
     // While loop is done because of https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues/1606
     while (
       !(await messageCollector.waitForMessages(1, {
-        pubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic
+        pubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic1
       })) ||
       !(await messageCollector2.waitForMessages(1, {
-        pubsubTopic: DefaultPubsubTopic
+        pubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic2
       })) ||
       pushResponse1!.recipients[0].toString() ===
         pushResponse2!.recipients[0].toString()
     ) {
-      pushResponse1 = await waku.lightPush.send(customEncoder, {
+      pushResponse1 = await waku.lightPush.send(customEncoder1, {
         payload: utf8ToBytes("M1")
       });
-      pushResponse2 = await waku.lightPush.send(TestEncoder, {
+      pushResponse2 = await waku.lightPush.send(customEncoder2, {
         payload: utf8ToBytes("M2")
       });
     }
 
     messageCollector.verifyReceivedMessage(0, {
       expectedMessageText: "M1",
-      expectedContentTopic: customContentTopic,
-      expectedPubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic
+      expectedContentTopic: customContentTopic1,
+      expectedPubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic1
     });
     messageCollector2.verifyReceivedMessage(0, {
       expectedMessageText: "M2",
-      expectedContentTopic: TestContentTopic,
-      expectedPubsubTopic: DefaultPubsubTopic
+      expectedContentTopic: customContentTopic2,
+      expectedPubsubTopic: customPubsubTopic2
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/light-push/utils.ts b/packages/tests/tests/light-push/utils.ts
index 4d15e7e963..4f30082c09 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/light-push/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/light-push/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-import { createEncoder, waitForRemotePeer } from "@waku/core";
-import { LightNode, Protocols } from "@waku/interfaces";
+import {
+  createEncoder,
+  DefaultPubsubTopic,
+  waitForRemotePeer
+} from "@waku/core";
+import { LightNode, Protocols, ShardInfo } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { createLightNode, utf8ToBytes } from "@waku/sdk";
 import { Logger } from "@waku/utils";
 
@@ -14,18 +18,22 @@ export const messagePayload = { payload: utf8ToBytes(messageText) };
 
 export async function runNodes(
   context: Mocha.Context,
-  pubsubTopics: string[]
+  pubsubTopics: string[],
+  shardInfo?: ShardInfo
 ): Promise<[NimGoNode, LightNode]> {
   const nwaku = new NimGoNode(makeLogFileName(context));
   await nwaku.start(
-    { lightpush: true, relay: true, topic: pubsubTopics },
+    { lightpush: true, relay: true, pubsubTopic: pubsubTopics },
     { retries: 3 }
   );
 
   let waku: LightNode | undefined;
   try {
     waku = await createLightNode({
-      pubsubTopics: pubsubTopics,
+      ...((pubsubTopics.length !== 1 ||
+        pubsubTopics[0] !== DefaultPubsubTopic) && {
+        shardInfo: shardInfo
+      }),
       staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_1
     });
     await waku.start();
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/relay/multiple_pubsub.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/relay/multiple_pubsub.node.spec.ts
index 3be71a6911..97bffe0cb9 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/relay/multiple_pubsub.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/relay/multiple_pubsub.node.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import {
+  createDecoder,
+  createEncoder,
   DecodedMessage,
-  DefaultPubsubTopic,
   waitForRemotePeer
 } from "@waku/core";
-import { RelayNode } from "@waku/interfaces";
+import { RelayNode, ShardInfo, SingleShardInfo } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { Protocols } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { createRelayNode } from "@waku/sdk";
+import { singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic } from "@waku/utils";
 import { bytesToUtf8, utf8ToBytes } from "@waku/utils/bytes";
 import { expect } from "chai";
 
@@ -16,16 +18,7 @@ import {
   NOISE_KEY_3,
   tearDownNodes
 } from "../../src/index.js";
-
-import {
-  CustomContentTopic,
-  CustomDecoder,
-  CustomEncoder,
-  CustomPubsubTopic,
-  TestContentTopic,
-  TestDecoder,
-  TestEncoder
-} from "./utils.js";
+import { TestDecoder } from "../filter/utils.js";
 
 describe("Waku Relay, multiple pubsub topics", function () {
   this.timeout(15000);
@@ -33,6 +26,38 @@ describe("Waku Relay, multiple pubsub topics", function () {
   let waku2: RelayNode;
   let waku3: RelayNode;
 
+  const customPubsubTopic1 = singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic({
+    cluster: 3,
+    index: 1
+  });
+  const customPubsubTopic2 = singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic({
+    cluster: 3,
+    index: 2
+  });
+  const shardInfo1: ShardInfo = { cluster: 3, indexList: [1] };
+  const singleShardInfo1: SingleShardInfo = {
+    cluster: 3,
+    index: 1
+  };
+  const customContentTopic1 = "/test/2/waku-relay/utf8";
+  const customContentTopic2 = "/test/3/waku-relay/utf8";
+  const shardInfo2: ShardInfo = { cluster: 3, indexList: [2] };
+  const singleShardInfo2: SingleShardInfo = {
+    cluster: 3,
+    index: 2
+  };
+  const customEncoder1 = createEncoder({
+    pubsubTopicShardInfo: singleShardInfo1,
+    contentTopic: customContentTopic1
+  });
+  const customDecoder1 = createDecoder(customContentTopic1, singleShardInfo1);
+  const customEncoder2 = createEncoder({
+    pubsubTopicShardInfo: singleShardInfo2,
+    contentTopic: customContentTopic2
+  });
+  const customDecoder2 = createDecoder(customContentTopic2, singleShardInfo2);
+  const shardInfoBothShards: ShardInfo = { cluster: 3, indexList: [1, 2] };
+
   afterEach(async function () {
     this.timeout(15000);
     await tearDownNodes([], [waku1, waku2, waku3]);
@@ -40,14 +65,16 @@ describe("Waku Relay, multiple pubsub topics", function () {
 
   [
     {
-      pubsub: CustomPubsubTopic,
-      encoder: CustomEncoder,
-      decoder: CustomDecoder
+      pubsub: customPubsubTopic1,
+      shardInfo: shardInfo1,
+      encoder: customEncoder1,
+      decoder: customDecoder1
     },
     {
-      pubsub: DefaultPubsubTopic,
-      encoder: TestEncoder,
-      decoder: TestDecoder
+      pubsub: customPubsubTopic2,
+      shardInfo: shardInfo2,
+      encoder: customEncoder2,
+      decoder: customDecoder2
     }
   ].forEach((testItem) => {
     it(`3 nodes on ${testItem.pubsub} topic`, async function () {
@@ -57,16 +84,16 @@ describe("Waku Relay, multiple pubsub topics", function () {
 
       [waku1, waku2, waku3] = await Promise.all([
         createRelayNode({
-          pubsubTopics: [testItem.pubsub],
+          shardInfo: testItem.shardInfo,
           staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_1
         }).then((waku) => waku.start().then(() => waku)),
         createRelayNode({
-          pubsubTopics: [testItem.pubsub],
+          shardInfo: testItem.shardInfo,
           staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_2,
           libp2p: { addresses: { listen: ["/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/0/ws"] } }
         }).then((waku) => waku.start().then(() => waku)),
         createRelayNode({
-          pubsubTopics: [testItem.pubsub],
+          shardInfo: testItem.shardInfo,
           staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_3
         }).then((waku) => waku.start().then(() => waku))
       ]);
@@ -155,16 +182,16 @@ describe("Waku Relay, multiple pubsub topics", function () {
     // Waku1 and waku2 are using multiple pubsub topis
     [waku1, waku2, waku3] = await Promise.all([
       createRelayNode({
-        pubsubTopics: [DefaultPubsubTopic, CustomPubsubTopic],
+        shardInfo: shardInfoBothShards,
         staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_1
       }).then((waku) => waku.start().then(() => waku)),
       createRelayNode({
-        pubsubTopics: [DefaultPubsubTopic, CustomPubsubTopic],
+        shardInfo: shardInfoBothShards,
         staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_2,
         libp2p: { addresses: { listen: ["/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/0/ws"] } }
       }).then((waku) => waku.start().then(() => waku)),
       createRelayNode({
-        pubsubTopics: [DefaultPubsubTopic],
+        shardInfo: shardInfo1,
         staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_3
       }).then((waku) => waku.start().then(() => waku))
     ]);
@@ -187,45 +214,45 @@ describe("Waku Relay, multiple pubsub topics", function () {
     ]);
 
     await waku1.relay.subscribe(
-      [TestDecoder, CustomDecoder],
+      [customDecoder1, customDecoder2],
       msgCollector1.callback
     );
     await waku2.relay.subscribe(
-      [TestDecoder, CustomDecoder],
+      [customDecoder1, customDecoder2],
       msgCollector2.callback
     );
-    await waku3.relay.subscribe([TestDecoder], msgCollector3.callback);
+    await waku3.relay.subscribe([customDecoder1], msgCollector3.callback);
 
     // The nodes are setup in such a way that all messages send should be relayed to the other nodes in the network
-    // However onlt waku1 and waku2 are receiving messages on the CustomPubsubTopic
-    await waku1.relay.send(TestEncoder, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M1") });
-    await waku1.relay.send(CustomEncoder, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M2") });
-    await waku2.relay.send(TestEncoder, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M3") });
-    await waku2.relay.send(CustomEncoder, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M4") });
-    await waku3.relay.send(TestEncoder, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M5") });
-    await waku3.relay.send(CustomEncoder, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M6") });
+    // However onlt waku1 and waku2 are receiving messages on the CustomPubSubTopic
+    await waku1.relay.send(customEncoder1, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M1") });
+    await waku1.relay.send(customEncoder2, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M2") });
+    await waku2.relay.send(customEncoder1, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M3") });
+    await waku2.relay.send(customEncoder2, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M4") });
+    await waku3.relay.send(customEncoder1, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M5") });
+    await waku3.relay.send(customEncoder2, { payload: utf8ToBytes("M6") });
 
     expect(await msgCollector1.waitForMessages(3, { exact: true })).to.eq(true);
     expect(await msgCollector2.waitForMessages(3, { exact: true })).to.eq(true);
     expect(await msgCollector3.waitForMessages(2, { exact: true })).to.eq(true);
-    expect(msgCollector1.hasMessage(TestContentTopic, "M3")).to.eq(true);
-    expect(msgCollector1.hasMessage(CustomContentTopic, "M4")).to.eq(true);
-    expect(msgCollector1.hasMessage(TestContentTopic, "M5")).to.eq(true);
-    expect(msgCollector2.hasMessage(TestContentTopic, "M1")).to.eq(true);
-    expect(msgCollector2.hasMessage(CustomContentTopic, "M2")).to.eq(true);
-    expect(msgCollector2.hasMessage(TestContentTopic, "M5")).to.eq(true);
-    expect(msgCollector3.hasMessage(TestContentTopic, "M1")).to.eq(true);
-    expect(msgCollector3.hasMessage(TestContentTopic, "M3")).to.eq(true);
+    expect(msgCollector1.hasMessage(customContentTopic1, "M3")).to.eq(true);
+    expect(msgCollector1.hasMessage(customContentTopic2, "M4")).to.eq(true);
+    expect(msgCollector1.hasMessage(customContentTopic1, "M5")).to.eq(true);
+    expect(msgCollector2.hasMessage(customContentTopic1, "M1")).to.eq(true);
+    expect(msgCollector2.hasMessage(customContentTopic2, "M2")).to.eq(true);
+    expect(msgCollector2.hasMessage(customContentTopic1, "M5")).to.eq(true);
+    expect(msgCollector3.hasMessage(customContentTopic1, "M1")).to.eq(true);
+    expect(msgCollector3.hasMessage(customContentTopic1, "M3")).to.eq(true);
   });
 
   it("n1 and n2 uses a custom pubsub, n3 uses the default pubsub", async function () {
     [waku1, waku2, waku3] = await Promise.all([
       createRelayNode({
-        pubsubTopics: [CustomPubsubTopic],
+        shardInfo: shardInfo1,
         staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_1
       }).then((waku) => waku.start().then(() => waku)),
       createRelayNode({
-        pubsubTopics: [CustomPubsubTopic],
+        shardInfo: shardInfo1,
         staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_2,
         libp2p: { addresses: { listen: ["/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/0/ws"] } }
       }).then((waku) => waku.start().then(() => waku)),
@@ -254,7 +281,7 @@ describe("Waku Relay, multiple pubsub topics", function () {
 
     const waku2ReceivedMsgPromise: Promise<DecodedMessage> = new Promise(
       (resolve) => {
-        void waku2.relay.subscribe([CustomDecoder], resolve);
+        void waku2.relay.subscribe([customDecoder1], resolve);
       }
     );
 
@@ -267,7 +294,7 @@ describe("Waku Relay, multiple pubsub topics", function () {
       }
     );
 
-    await waku1.relay.send(CustomEncoder, {
+    await waku1.relay.send(customEncoder1, {
       payload: utf8ToBytes(messageText)
     });
 
@@ -275,6 +302,6 @@ describe("Waku Relay, multiple pubsub topics", function () {
     await waku3NoMsgPromise;
 
     expect(bytesToUtf8(waku2ReceivedMsg.payload!)).to.eq(messageText);
-    expect(waku2ReceivedMsg.pubsubTopic).to.eq(CustomPubsubTopic);
+    expect(waku2ReceivedMsg.pubsubTopic).to.eq(customPubsubTopic1);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/relay/publish.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/relay/publish.node.spec.ts
index fbafb0cdd3..5a243397f6 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/relay/publish.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/relay/publish.node.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createEncoder, DefaultPubsubTopic } from "@waku/core";
+import { createEncoder } from "@waku/core";
 import { IRateLimitProof, RelayNode, SendError } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { createRelayNode } from "@waku/sdk";
 import { utf8ToBytes } from "@waku/utils/bytes";
@@ -34,11 +34,9 @@ describe("Waku Relay, Publish", function () {
     log.info("Starting JS Waku instances");
     [waku1, waku2] = await Promise.all([
       createRelayNode({
-        pubsubTopics: [DefaultPubsubTopic],
         staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_1
       }).then((waku) => waku.start().then(() => waku)),
       createRelayNode({
-        pubsubTopics: [DefaultPubsubTopic],
         staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_2,
         libp2p: { addresses: { listen: ["/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/0/ws"] } }
       }).then((waku) => waku.start().then(() => waku))
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@ describe("Waku Relay, Publish", function () {
 
   it("Fails to publish message with wrong pubsubtopic", async function () {
     const wrong_encoder = createEncoder({
-      pubsubTopic: "wrong",
+      pubsubTopicShardInfo: { cluster: 3, index: 1 },
       contentTopic: TestContentTopic
     });
     const pushResponse = await waku1.relay.send(wrong_encoder, {
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/relay/subscribe.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/relay/subscribe.node.spec.ts
index ac4d58927b..d2c5fd59b9 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/relay/subscribe.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/relay/subscribe.node.spec.ts
@@ -33,11 +33,9 @@ describe("Waku Relay, Subscribe", function () {
     log.info("Starting JS Waku instances");
     [waku1, waku2] = await Promise.all([
       createRelayNode({
-        pubsubTopics: [DefaultPubsubTopic],
         staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_1
       }).then((waku) => waku.start().then(() => waku)),
       createRelayNode({
-        pubsubTopics: [DefaultPubsubTopic],
         staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_2,
         libp2p: { addresses: { listen: ["/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/0/ws"] } }
       }).then((waku) => waku.start().then(() => waku))
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/relay/utils.ts b/packages/tests/tests/relay/utils.ts
index 8cc7819a00..e35110fd67 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/relay/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/relay/utils.ts
@@ -6,17 +6,6 @@ export const messageText = "Relay works!";
 export const TestContentTopic = "/test/1/waku-relay/utf8";
 export const TestEncoder = createEncoder({ contentTopic: TestContentTopic });
 export const TestDecoder = createDecoder(TestContentTopic);
-export const CustomContentTopic = "/test/2/waku-relay/utf8";
-export const CustomPubsubTopic = "/some/pubsub/topic";
-export const CustomEncoder = createEncoder({
-  contentTopic: CustomContentTopic,
-  pubsubTopic: CustomPubsubTopic
-});
-export const CustomDecoder = createDecoder(
-  CustomContentTopic,
-  CustomPubsubTopic
-);
-
 export const log = new Logger("test:relay");
 
 export async function waitForAllRemotePeers(
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/sharding/peer_management.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/sharding/peer_management.spec.ts
index ad2c268b99..13fe53d68d 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/sharding/peer_management.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/sharding/peer_management.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { bootstrap } from "@libp2p/bootstrap";
 import type { PeerId } from "@libp2p/interface/peer-id";
 import { wakuPeerExchangeDiscovery } from "@waku/peer-exchange";
-import { createLightNode, LightNode, Tags } from "@waku/sdk";
+import { createLightNode, LightNode, ShardInfo, Tags } from "@waku/sdk";
+import { singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic } from "@waku/utils";
 import chai, { expect } from "chai";
 import chaiAsPromised from "chai-as-promised";
 import Sinon, { SinonSpy } from "sinon";
@@ -38,10 +39,13 @@ describe("Static Sharding: Peer Management", function () {
     it("all px service nodes subscribed to the shard topic should be dialed", async function () {
       this.timeout(100_000);
 
-      const pubsubTopics = ["/waku/2/rs/18/2"];
+      const pubsubTopics = [
+        singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic({ cluster: 18, index: 2 })
+      ];
+      const shardInfo: ShardInfo = { cluster: 18, indexList: [2] };
 
       await nwaku1.start({
-        topic: pubsubTopics,
+        pubsubTopic: pubsubTopics,
         discv5Discovery: true,
         peerExchange: true,
         relay: true
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ describe("Static Sharding: Peer Management", function () {
       const enr1 = (await nwaku1.info()).enrUri;
 
       await nwaku2.start({
-        topic: pubsubTopics,
+        pubsubTopic: pubsubTopics,
         discv5Discovery: true,
         peerExchange: true,
         discv5BootstrapNode: enr1,
@@ -60,7 +64,7 @@ describe("Static Sharding: Peer Management", function () {
       const enr2 = (await nwaku2.info()).enrUri;
 
       await nwaku3.start({
-        topic: pubsubTopics,
+        pubsubTopic: pubsubTopics,
         discv5Discovery: true,
         peerExchange: true,
         discv5BootstrapNode: enr2,
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ describe("Static Sharding: Peer Management", function () {
       const nwaku3Ma = await nwaku3.getMultiaddrWithId();
 
       waku = await createLightNode({
-        pubsubTopics,
+        shardInfo: shardInfo,
         libp2p: {
           peerDiscovery: [
             bootstrap({ list: [nwaku3Ma.toString()] }),
@@ -107,12 +111,17 @@ describe("Static Sharding: Peer Management", function () {
 
     it("px service nodes not subscribed to the shard should not be dialed", async function () {
       this.timeout(100_000);
-      const pubsubTopicsToDial = ["/waku/2/rs/18/2"];
-      const pubsubTopicsToIgnore = ["/waku/2/rs/18/3"];
+      const pubsubTopicsToDial = [
+        singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic({ cluster: 18, index: 2 })
+      ];
+      const shardInfoToDial: ShardInfo = { cluster: 18, indexList: [2] };
+      const pubsubTopicsToIgnore = [
+        singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic({ cluster: 18, index: 1 })
+      ];
 
       // this service node is not subscribed to the shard
       await nwaku1.start({
-        topic: pubsubTopicsToIgnore,
+        pubsubTopic: pubsubTopicsToIgnore,
         relay: true,
         discv5Discovery: true,
         peerExchange: true
@@ -121,7 +130,7 @@ describe("Static Sharding: Peer Management", function () {
       const enr1 = (await nwaku1.info()).enrUri;
 
       await nwaku2.start({
-        topic: pubsubTopicsToDial,
+        pubsubTopic: pubsubTopicsToDial,
         relay: true,
         discv5Discovery: true,
         peerExchange: true,
@@ -139,7 +148,7 @@ describe("Static Sharding: Peer Management", function () {
       const nwaku3Ma = await nwaku3.getMultiaddrWithId();
 
       waku = await createLightNode({
-        pubsubTopics: pubsubTopicsToDial,
+        shardInfo: shardInfoToDial,
         libp2p: {
           peerDiscovery: [
             bootstrap({ list: [nwaku3Ma.toString()] }),
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/sharding/running_nodes.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/sharding/running_nodes.spec.ts
index 7cab303228..6fedb6da02 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/sharding/running_nodes.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/sharding/running_nodes.spec.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
-import { LightNode } from "@waku/interfaces";
+import { LightNode, ShardInfo, SingleShardInfo } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { createEncoder, createLightNode, utf8ToBytes } from "@waku/sdk";
+import { singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic } from "@waku/utils";
 import { expect } from "chai";
 
 import { tearDownNodes } from "../../src/index.js";
 import { makeLogFileName } from "../../src/log_file.js";
 import { NimGoNode } from "../../src/node/node.js";
 
-const PubsubTopic1 = "/waku/2/rs/0/2";
-const PubsubTopic2 = "/waku/2/rs/0/3";
-
+const PubsubTopic1 = singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic({
+  cluster: 0,
+  index: 2
+});
+const PubsubTopic2 = singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic({
+  cluster: 0,
+  index: 3
+});
+const shardInfoFirstShard: ShardInfo = { cluster: 0, indexList: [2] };
+const shardInfoBothShards: ShardInfo = { cluster: 0, indexList: [2, 3] };
+const singleShardInfo1: SingleShardInfo = { cluster: 0, index: 2 };
+const singleShardInfo2: SingleShardInfo = { cluster: 0, index: 3 };
 const ContentTopic = "/waku/2/content/test.js";
 
 describe("Static Sharding: Running Nodes", () => {
@@ -29,17 +39,17 @@ describe("Static Sharding: Running Nodes", () => {
   it("configure the node with multiple pubsub topics", async function () {
     this.timeout(15_000);
     waku = await createLightNode({
-      pubsubTopics: [PubsubTopic1, PubsubTopic2]
+      shardInfo: shardInfoBothShards
     });
 
     const encoder1 = createEncoder({
       contentTopic: ContentTopic,
-      pubsubTopic: PubsubTopic1
+      pubsubTopicShardInfo: singleShardInfo1
     });
 
     const encoder2 = createEncoder({
       contentTopic: ContentTopic,
-      pubsubTopic: PubsubTopic2
+      pubsubTopicShardInfo: singleShardInfo2
     });
 
     const request1 = await waku.lightPush.send(encoder1, {
@@ -57,13 +67,13 @@ describe("Static Sharding: Running Nodes", () => {
   it("using a protocol with unconfigured pubsub topic should fail", async function () {
     this.timeout(15_000);
     waku = await createLightNode({
-      pubsubTopics: [PubsubTopic1]
+      shardInfo: shardInfoFirstShard
     });
 
     // use a pubsub topic that is not configured
     const encoder = createEncoder({
       contentTopic: ContentTopic,
-      pubsubTopic: PubsubTopic2
+      pubsubTopicShardInfo: singleShardInfo2
     });
 
     try {
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/store/cursor.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/store/cursor.node.spec.ts
index 882475dc17..cddf6602af 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/store/cursor.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/store/cursor.node.spec.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { expect } from "chai";
 import { makeLogFileName, NimGoNode, tearDownNodes } from "../../src/index.js";
 
 import {
-  customPubsubTopic,
+  customShardedPubsubTopic1,
   sendMessages,
   startAndConnectLightNode,
   TestContentTopic,
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ describe("Waku Store, cursor", function () {
         messages.push(msg as DecodedMessage);
       }
     }
-    messages[5].pubsubTopic = customPubsubTopic;
+    messages[5].pubsubTopic = customShardedPubsubTopic1;
     const cursor = await createCursor(messages[5]);
 
     try {
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ describe("Waku Store, cursor", function () {
       if (
         !(err instanceof Error) ||
         !err.message.includes(
-          `Cursor pubsub topic (${customPubsubTopic}) does not match decoder pubsub topic (${DefaultPubsubTopic})`
+          `Cursor pubsub topic (${customShardedPubsubTopic1}) does not match decoder pubsub topic (${DefaultPubsubTopic})`
         )
       ) {
         throw err;
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/store/error_handling.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/store/error_handling.node.spec.ts
index e3ddd62ea4..e18f9bcc8f 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/store/error_handling.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/store/error_handling.node.spec.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import { expect } from "chai";
 import { makeLogFileName, NimGoNode, tearDownNodes } from "../../src/index.js";
 
 import {
-  customPubsubTopic,
-  customTestDecoder,
+  customDecoder1,
+  customShardedPubsubTopic1,
   processQueriedMessages,
   startAndConnectLightNode,
   TestDecoder
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe("Waku Store, error handling", function () {
   it("Query Generator, Wrong PubsubTopic", async function () {
     try {
       for await (const msgPromises of waku.store.queryGenerator([
-        customTestDecoder
+        customDecoder1
       ])) {
         msgPromises;
       }
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe("Waku Store, error handling", function () {
       if (
         !(err instanceof Error) ||
         !err.message.includes(
-          `Pubsub topic ${customPubsubTopic} has not been configured on this instance. Configured topics are: ${DefaultPubsubTopic}`
+          `Pubsub topic ${customShardedPubsubTopic1} has not been configured on this instance. Configured topics are: ${DefaultPubsubTopic}`
         )
       ) {
         throw err;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe("Waku Store, error handling", function () {
     try {
       for await (const msgPromises of waku.store.queryGenerator([
         TestDecoder,
-        customTestDecoder
+        customDecoder1
       ])) {
         msgPromises;
       }
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ describe("Waku Store, error handling", function () {
   it("Query with Ordered Callback, Wrong PubsubTopic", async function () {
     try {
       await waku.store.queryWithOrderedCallback(
-        [customTestDecoder],
+        [customDecoder1],
         async () => {}
       );
       throw new Error("QueryGenerator was successful but was expected to fail");
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ describe("Waku Store, error handling", function () {
       if (
         !(err instanceof Error) ||
         !err.message.includes(
-          `Pubsub topic ${customPubsubTopic} has not been configured on this instance. Configured topics are: ${DefaultPubsubTopic}`
+          `Pubsub topic ${customShardedPubsubTopic1} has not been configured on this instance. Configured topics are: ${DefaultPubsubTopic}`
         )
       ) {
         throw err;
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ describe("Waku Store, error handling", function () {
   it("Query with Ordered Callback, Multiple PubsubTopics", async function () {
     try {
       await waku.store.queryWithOrderedCallback(
-        [TestDecoder, customTestDecoder],
+        [TestDecoder, customDecoder1],
         async () => {}
       );
       throw new Error("QueryGenerator was successful but was expected to fail");
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ describe("Waku Store, error handling", function () {
   it("Query with Promise Callback, Wrong PubsubTopic", async function () {
     try {
       await waku.store.queryWithPromiseCallback(
-        [customTestDecoder],
+        [customDecoder1],
         async () => {}
       );
       throw new Error("QueryGenerator was successful but was expected to fail");
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ describe("Waku Store, error handling", function () {
       if (
         !(err instanceof Error) ||
         !err.message.includes(
-          `Pubsub topic ${customPubsubTopic} has not been configured on this instance. Configured topics are: ${DefaultPubsubTopic}`
+          `Pubsub topic ${customShardedPubsubTopic1} has not been configured on this instance. Configured topics are: ${DefaultPubsubTopic}`
         )
       ) {
         throw err;
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ describe("Waku Store, error handling", function () {
   it("Query with Promise Callback, Multiple PubsubTopics", async function () {
     try {
       await waku.store.queryWithPromiseCallback(
-        [TestDecoder, customTestDecoder],
+        [TestDecoder, customDecoder1],
         async () => {}
       );
       throw new Error("QueryGenerator was successful but was expected to fail");
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/store/index.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/store/index.node.spec.ts
index b446bd7829..c2347e54e0 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/store/index.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/store/index.node.spec.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import {
 } from "../../src/index.js";
 
 import {
-  customContentTopic,
+  customContentTopic1,
   log,
   messageText,
   processQueriedMessages,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import {
   totalMsgs
 } from "./utils.js";
 
-const secondDecoder = createDecoder(customContentTopic, DefaultPubsubTopic);
+const secondDecoder = createDecoder(customContentTopic1);
 
 describe("Waku Store, general", function () {
   this.timeout(15000);
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ describe("Waku Store, general", function () {
     await nwaku.sendMessage(
       NimGoNode.toMessageRpcQuery({
         payload: utf8ToBytes("M2"),
-        contentTopic: customContentTopic
+        contentTopic: customContentTopic1
       }),
       DefaultPubsubTopic
     );
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ describe("Waku Store, general", function () {
       DefaultPubsubTopic
     );
     expect(messageCollector.hasMessage(TestContentTopic, "M1")).to.eq(true);
-    expect(messageCollector.hasMessage(customContentTopic, "M2")).to.eq(true);
+    expect(messageCollector.hasMessage(customContentTopic1, "M2")).to.eq(true);
   });
 
   it("Query generator for multiple messages with different content topic format", async function () {
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/store/multiple_pubsub.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/store/multiple_pubsub.spec.ts
index 6a2af659b4..d476ebf0b3 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/store/multiple_pubsub.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/store/multiple_pubsub.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { DefaultPubsubTopic, waitForRemotePeer } from "@waku/core";
+import { waitForRemotePeer } from "@waku/core";
 import type { IMessage, LightNode } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { createLightNode, Protocols } from "@waku/sdk";
 import { expect } from "chai";
@@ -11,14 +11,17 @@ import {
 } from "../../src/index.js";
 
 import {
-  customContentTopic,
-  customPubsubTopic,
-  customTestDecoder,
+  customContentTopic1,
+  customContentTopic2,
+  customDecoder1,
+  customDecoder2,
+  customShardedPubsubTopic1,
+  customShardedPubsubTopic2,
   processQueriedMessages,
   sendMessages,
+  shardInfo1,
+  shardInfoBothShards,
   startAndConnectLightNode,
-  TestContentTopic,
-  TestDecoder,
   totalMsgs
 } from "./utils.js";
 
@@ -33,10 +36,13 @@ describe("Waku Store, custom pubsub topic", function () {
     nwaku = new NimGoNode(makeLogFileName(this));
     await nwaku.start({
       store: true,
-      topic: [customPubsubTopic, DefaultPubsubTopic],
+      pubsubTopic: [customShardedPubsubTopic1, customShardedPubsubTopic2],
       relay: true
     });
-    await nwaku.ensureSubscriptions([customPubsubTopic, DefaultPubsubTopic]);
+    await nwaku.ensureSubscriptions([
+      customShardedPubsubTopic1,
+      customShardedPubsubTopic2
+    ]);
   });
 
   afterEach(async function () {
@@ -45,12 +51,17 @@ describe("Waku Store, custom pubsub topic", function () {
   });
 
   it("Generator, custom pubsub topic", async function () {
-    await sendMessages(nwaku, totalMsgs, customContentTopic, customPubsubTopic);
-    waku = await startAndConnectLightNode(nwaku, [customPubsubTopic]);
+    await sendMessages(
+      nwaku,
+      totalMsgs,
+      customContentTopic1,
+      customShardedPubsubTopic1
+    );
+    waku = await startAndConnectLightNode(nwaku, [], shardInfo1);
     const messages = await processQueriedMessages(
       waku,
-      [customTestDecoder],
-      customPubsubTopic
+      [customDecoder1],
+      customShardedPubsubTopic1
     );
 
     expect(messages?.length).eq(totalMsgs);
@@ -64,18 +75,25 @@ describe("Waku Store, custom pubsub topic", function () {
     this.timeout(10000);
 
     const totalMsgs = 10;
-    await sendMessages(nwaku, totalMsgs, customContentTopic, customPubsubTopic);
-    await sendMessages(nwaku, totalMsgs, TestContentTopic, DefaultPubsubTopic);
+    await sendMessages(
+      nwaku,
+      totalMsgs,
+      customContentTopic1,
+      customShardedPubsubTopic1
+    );
+    await sendMessages(
+      nwaku,
+      totalMsgs,
+      customContentTopic2,
+      customShardedPubsubTopic2
+    );
 
-    waku = await startAndConnectLightNode(nwaku, [
-      customPubsubTopic,
-      DefaultPubsubTopic
-    ]);
+    waku = await startAndConnectLightNode(nwaku, [], shardInfoBothShards);
 
     const customMessages = await processQueriedMessages(
       waku,
-      [customTestDecoder],
-      customPubsubTopic
+      [customDecoder1],
+      customShardedPubsubTopic1
     );
     expect(customMessages?.length).eq(totalMsgs);
     const result1 = customMessages?.findIndex((msg) => {
@@ -85,8 +103,8 @@ describe("Waku Store, custom pubsub topic", function () {
 
     const testMessages = await processQueriedMessages(
       waku,
-      [TestDecoder],
-      DefaultPubsubTopic
+      [customDecoder2],
+      customShardedPubsubTopic2
     );
     expect(testMessages?.length).eq(totalMsgs);
     const result2 = testMessages?.findIndex((msg) => {
@@ -102,18 +120,28 @@ describe("Waku Store, custom pubsub topic", function () {
     nwaku2 = new NimGoNode(makeLogFileName(this) + "2");
     await nwaku2.start({
       store: true,
-      topic: [DefaultPubsubTopic],
+      pubsubTopic: [customShardedPubsubTopic2],
       relay: true
     });
-    await nwaku2.ensureSubscriptions([DefaultPubsubTopic]);
+    await nwaku2.ensureSubscriptions([customShardedPubsubTopic2]);
 
     const totalMsgs = 10;
-    await sendMessages(nwaku, totalMsgs, customContentTopic, customPubsubTopic);
-    await sendMessages(nwaku2, totalMsgs, TestContentTopic, DefaultPubsubTopic);
+    await sendMessages(
+      nwaku,
+      totalMsgs,
+      customContentTopic1,
+      customShardedPubsubTopic1
+    );
+    await sendMessages(
+      nwaku2,
+      totalMsgs,
+      customContentTopic2,
+      customShardedPubsubTopic2
+    );
 
     waku = await createLightNode({
       staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_1,
-      pubsubTopics: [customPubsubTopic, DefaultPubsubTopic]
+      shardInfo: shardInfoBothShards
     });
     await waku.start();
 
@@ -130,13 +158,13 @@ describe("Waku Store, custom pubsub topic", function () {
     ) {
       customMessages = await processQueriedMessages(
         waku,
-        [customTestDecoder],
-        customPubsubTopic
+        [customDecoder1],
+        customShardedPubsubTopic1
       );
       testMessages = await processQueriedMessages(
         waku,
-        [TestDecoder],
-        DefaultPubsubTopic
+        [customDecoder2],
+        customShardedPubsubTopic2
       );
     }
   });
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/store/utils.ts b/packages/tests/tests/store/utils.ts
index c742018399..1bc5ba4fe9 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/store/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/store/utils.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import {
   DefaultPubsubTopic,
   waitForRemotePeer
 } from "@waku/core";
-import { LightNode, Protocols } from "@waku/interfaces";
+import { LightNode, Protocols, ShardInfo } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { createLightNode } from "@waku/sdk";
-import { Logger } from "@waku/utils";
+import { Logger, singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic } from "@waku/utils";
 import { expect } from "chai";
 
 import { delay, NimGoNode, NOISE_KEY_1 } from "../../src";
@@ -18,12 +18,26 @@ export const log = new Logger("test:store");
 export const TestContentTopic = "/test/1/waku-store/utf8";
 export const TestEncoder = createEncoder({ contentTopic: TestContentTopic });
 export const TestDecoder = createDecoder(TestContentTopic);
-export const customContentTopic = "/test/2/waku-store/utf8";
-export const customPubsubTopic = "/waku/2/custom-dapp/proto";
-export const customTestDecoder = createDecoder(
-  customContentTopic,
-  customPubsubTopic
-);
+export const customShardedPubsubTopic1 = singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic({
+  cluster: 3,
+  index: 1
+});
+export const customShardedPubsubTopic2 = singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic({
+  cluster: 3,
+  index: 2
+});
+export const shardInfo1: ShardInfo = { cluster: 3, indexList: [1] };
+export const customContentTopic1 = "/test/2/waku-store/utf8";
+export const customContentTopic2 = "/test/3/waku-store/utf8";
+export const customDecoder1 = createDecoder(customContentTopic1, {
+  cluster: 3,
+  index: 1
+});
+export const customDecoder2 = createDecoder(customContentTopic2, {
+  cluster: 3,
+  index: 2
+});
+export const shardInfoBothShards: ShardInfo = { cluster: 3, indexList: [1, 2] };
 export const totalMsgs = 20;
 export const messageText = "Store Push works!";
 
@@ -66,10 +80,14 @@ export async function processQueriedMessages(
 
 export async function startAndConnectLightNode(
   instance: NimGoNode,
-  pubsubTopics: string[] = [DefaultPubsubTopic]
+  pubsubTopics: string[] = [DefaultPubsubTopic],
+  shardInfo?: ShardInfo
 ): Promise<LightNode> {
   const waku = await createLightNode({
-    pubsubTopics: pubsubTopics,
+    ...((pubsubTopics.length !== 1 ||
+      pubsubTopics[0] !== DefaultPubsubTopic) && {
+      shardInfo: shardInfo
+    }),
     staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_1
   });
   await waku.start();
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/common/sharding.ts b/packages/utils/src/common/sharding.ts
index e935ed11c6..afaecb2b67 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/common/sharding.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/common/sharding.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,41 @@
 import { sha256 } from "@noble/hashes/sha256";
-import type { PubsubTopic, ShardInfo } from "@waku/interfaces";
+import type { PubsubTopic, ShardInfo, SingleShardInfo } from "@waku/interfaces";
 
 import { concat, utf8ToBytes } from "../bytes/index.js";
 
+export const singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic = (
+  shardInfo: SingleShardInfo
+): PubsubTopic => {
+  if (shardInfo.cluster === undefined || shardInfo.index === undefined)
+    throw new Error("Invalid shard");
+
+  return `/waku/2/rs/${shardInfo.cluster}/${shardInfo.index}`;
+};
+
 export const shardInfoToPubsubTopics = (
   shardInfo: ShardInfo
 ): PubsubTopic[] => {
+  if (shardInfo.cluster === undefined || shardInfo.indexList === undefined)
+    throw new Error("Invalid shard");
+
   return shardInfo.indexList.map(
     (index) => `/waku/2/rs/${shardInfo.cluster}/${index}`
   );
 };
 
+export const pubsubTopicToSingleShardInfo = (
+  pubsubTopics: PubsubTopic
+): SingleShardInfo => {
+  const parts = pubsubTopics.split("/");
+  if (parts.length != 6) throw new Error("Invalid pubsub topic");
+
+  const cluster = parseInt(parts[4]);
+  const index = parseInt(parts[5]);
+  if (isNaN(cluster) || isNaN(index)) throw new Error("Invalid pubsub topic");
+
+  return { cluster, index };
+};
+
 export function ensurePubsubTopicIsConfigured(
   pubsubTopic: PubsubTopic,
   configuredTopics: PubsubTopic[]