diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/light_push/light_push.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/light_push/light_push.ts
index 6c2430e5a5..a528dc4ecb 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/light_push/light_push.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/light_push/light_push.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ import {
   type CoreProtocolResult,
   type IEncoder,
   type IMessage,
+  isSuccess as isV3Success,
   type Libp2p,
   ProtocolError,
-  type ThisOrThat
+  type ThisOrThat,
+  toProtocolError
 } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { PushResponse } from "@waku/proto";
 import { isMessageSizeUnderCap } from "@waku/utils";
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ import { pipe } from "it-pipe";
 import { Uint8ArrayList } from "uint8arraylist";
 
 import { StreamManager } from "../stream_manager/index.js";
+import { selectOpenConnection } from "../stream_manager/utils.js";
 
 import { PushRpc } from "./push_rpc.js";
 import { isRLNResponseError } from "./utils.js";
@@ -23,6 +26,8 @@ import { isRLNResponseError } from "./utils.js";
 const log = new Logger("light-push");
 
 export const LightPushCodec = "/vac/waku/lightpush/2.0.0-beta1";
+export const LightPushCodecV3 = "/vac/waku/lightpush/3.0.0";
+export const LightPushCodecs = [LightPushCodecV3, LightPushCodec];
 export { PushResponse };
 
 type PreparePushMessageResult = ThisOrThat<"query", PushRpc>;
@@ -34,11 +39,49 @@ export class LightPushCore {
   private readonly streamManager: StreamManager;
 
   public readonly multicodec = LightPushCodec;
+  public readonly multicodecs = LightPushCodecs;
 
-  public constructor(libp2p: Libp2p) {
+  public constructor(private libp2p: Libp2p) {
     this.streamManager = new StreamManager(LightPushCodec, libp2p.components);
   }
 
+  private async getProtocolStream(
+    peerId: PeerId
+  ): Promise<{ stream: Stream; protocol: string }> {
+    const peer = await this.libp2p.peerStore.get(peerId);
+    const protocols = peer.protocols;
+
+    const supportsV3 = protocols.includes(LightPushCodecV3);
+    const supportsV2 = protocols.includes(LightPushCodec);
+
+    if (!supportsV2 && !supportsV3) {
+      throw new Error("Peer does not support any Light Push protocol");
+    }
+
+    const protocol = supportsV3 ? LightPushCodecV3 : LightPushCodec;
+
+    let stream: Stream;
+    try {
+      const connections = this.libp2p.getConnections(peerId);
+      const connection = selectOpenConnection(connections);
+
+      if (!connection) {
+        throw new Error("No open connection to peer");
+      }
+
+      stream = await connection.newStream(protocol);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (supportsV3 && supportsV2) {
+        log.warn("Failed to create v3 stream, falling back to v2", error);
+        stream = await this.streamManager.getStream(peerId);
+        return { stream, protocol: LightPushCodec };
+      }
+      throw error;
+    }
+
+    return { stream, protocol };
+  }
+
   private async preparePushMessage(
     encoder: IEncoder,
     message: IMessage
@@ -96,17 +139,26 @@ export class LightPushCore {
     }
 
     let stream: Stream;
+    let protocol: string;
     try {
-      stream = await this.streamManager.getStream(peerId);
+      const result = await this.getProtocolStream(peerId);
+      stream = result.stream;
+      protocol = result.protocol;
+      log.info(`Using protocol ${protocol} for peer ${peerId.toString()}`);
     } catch (error) {
       log.error("Failed to get stream", error);
-      return {
-        success: null,
-        failure: {
-          error: ProtocolError.NO_STREAM_AVAILABLE,
-          peerId: peerId
-        }
-      };
+      try {
+        stream = await this.streamManager.getStream(peerId);
+        protocol = LightPushCodec;
+      } catch (fallbackError) {
+        return {
+          success: null,
+          failure: {
+            error: ProtocolError.NO_STREAM_AVAILABLE,
+            peerId: peerId
+          }
+        };
+      }
     }
 
     let res: Uint8ArrayList[] | undefined;
@@ -160,6 +212,28 @@ export class LightPushCore {
       };
     }
 
+    if (protocol === LightPushCodecV3 && response.statusCode !== undefined) {
+      if (!isV3Success(response.statusCode)) {
+        const error = toProtocolError(response.statusCode);
+        log.error(
+          `Remote peer rejected with v3 status code ${response.statusCode}: ${response.statusDesc || response.info}`
+        );
+        return {
+          success: null,
+          failure: {
+            error,
+            peerId: peerId
+          }
+        };
+      }
+
+      if (response.relayPeerCount !== undefined) {
+        log.info(`Message relayed to ${response.relayPeerCount} peers`);
+      }
+
+      return { success: peerId, failure: null };
+    }
+
     if (isRLNResponseError(response.info)) {
       log.error("Remote peer fault: RLN generation");
       return {