diff --git a/beacon_chain/eth2_network.nim b/beacon_chain/eth2_network.nim
index 33400afcd..522eea3b4 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/eth2_network.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/eth2_network.nim
@@ -1526,7 +1526,13 @@ proc newBeaconSwitch*(conf: BeaconNodeConf, seckey: PrivateKey,
 
   let identify = newIdentify(peerInfo)
 
-  newSwitch(peerInfo, transports, identify, muxers, secureManagers)
+  newSwitch(
+    peerInfo,
+    transports,
+    identify,
+    muxers,
+    secureManagers,
+    maxConnections = conf.maxPeers)
 
 proc createEth2Node*(rng: ref BrHmacDrbgContext,
                      conf: BeaconNodeConf,
diff --git a/vendor/nim-libp2p b/vendor/nim-libp2p
index 0959877b2..1d77d37f1 160000
--- a/vendor/nim-libp2p
+++ b/vendor/nim-libp2p
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0959877b29be802b857cb10ab194f5cf29e3649f
+Subproject commit 1d77d37f17a8d4b9bbafb83eae69790dad48b4c5