diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c03523339..83bcbd608 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/schollz/peerdiscovery v1.7.0
 	github.com/siphiuel/lc-proxy-wrapper v0.0.0-20230516150924-246507cee8c7
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.27.2
-	github.com/waku-org/go-waku v0.8.1-0.20240904143057-f9e7895202da
+	github.com/waku-org/go-waku v0.8.1-0.20240921010631-7956fad0b135
 	github.com/wk8/go-ordered-map/v2 v2.1.7
 	github.com/yeqown/go-qrcode/v2 v2.2.1
 	github.com/yeqown/go-qrcode/writer/standard v1.2.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d89cbbe3b..ffd1d3a2d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2136,8 +2136,8 @@ github.com/waku-org/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.0.0-20240703191659-2cbb09eac9b5 h1:9u16E
 github.com/waku-org/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.0.0-20240703191659-2cbb09eac9b5/go.mod h1:QEb+hEV9WL9wCiUAnpY29FZR6W3zK8qYlaml8R4q6gQ=
 github.com/waku-org/go-libp2p-rendezvous v0.0.0-20240110193335-a67d1cc760a0 h1:R4YYx2QamhBRl/moIxkDCNW+OP7AHbyWLBygDc/xIMo=
 github.com/waku-org/go-libp2p-rendezvous v0.0.0-20240110193335-a67d1cc760a0/go.mod h1:EhZP9fee0DYjKH/IOQvoNSy1tSHp2iZadsHGphcAJgY=
-github.com/waku-org/go-waku v0.8.1-0.20240904143057-f9e7895202da h1:bkAJVlJL4Ba83frABWjI9p9MeLGmEHuD/QcjYu3HNbQ=
-github.com/waku-org/go-waku v0.8.1-0.20240904143057-f9e7895202da/go.mod h1:VNbVmh5UYg3vIvhGV4hCw8QEykq3RScDACo2Y2dIFfg=
+github.com/waku-org/go-waku v0.8.1-0.20240921010631-7956fad0b135 h1:RvHU25kgaDcQLArG6+d1uqDXRhIlc9P9KWJJRJUx6b0=
+github.com/waku-org/go-waku v0.8.1-0.20240921010631-7956fad0b135/go.mod h1:VNbVmh5UYg3vIvhGV4hCw8QEykq3RScDACo2Y2dIFfg=
 github.com/waku-org/go-zerokit-rln v0.1.14-0.20240102145250-fa738c0bdf59 h1:jisj+OCI6QydLtFq3Pyhu49wl9ytPN7oAHjMfepHDrA=
 github.com/waku-org/go-zerokit-rln v0.1.14-0.20240102145250-fa738c0bdf59/go.mod h1:1PdBdPzyTaKt3VnpAHk3zj+r9dXPFOr3IHZP9nFle6E=
 github.com/waku-org/go-zerokit-rln-apple v0.0.0-20230916172309-ee0ee61dde2b h1:KgZVhsLkxsj5gb/FfndSCQu6VYwALrCOgYI3poR95yE=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/api/filter/filter.go b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/api/filter/filter.go
index f8123704f..b8cf14550 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/api/filter/filter.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/api/filter/filter.go
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ func (fc FilterConfig) String() string {
 	return string(jsonStr)
 }
 
+const filterSubLoopInterval = 5 * time.Second
+
 type Sub struct {
 	ContentFilter         protocol.ContentFilter
 	DataCh                chan *protocol.Envelope
@@ -69,13 +71,7 @@ func defaultOptions() []SubscribeOptions {
 }
 
 // Subscribe
-func Subscribe(ctx context.Context, wf *filter.WakuFilterLightNode, contentFilter protocol.ContentFilter, config FilterConfig, log *zap.Logger, opts ...SubscribeOptions) (*Sub, error) {
-	optList := append(defaultOptions(), opts...)
-	params := new(subscribeParameters)
-	for _, opt := range optList {
-		opt(params)
-	}
-
+func Subscribe(ctx context.Context, wf *filter.WakuFilterLightNode, contentFilter protocol.ContentFilter, config FilterConfig, log *zap.Logger, params *subscribeParameters) (*Sub, error) {
 	sub := new(Sub)
 	sub.id = uuid.NewString()
 	sub.wf = wf
@@ -95,8 +91,9 @@ func Subscribe(ctx context.Context, wf *filter.WakuFilterLightNode, contentFilte
 			sub.multiplex(subs)
 		}
 	}
-
-	go sub.subscriptionLoop(params.batchInterval)
+	// filter subscription loop is to check if target subscriptions for a filter are active and if not
+	// trigger resubscribe.
+	go sub.subscriptionLoop(filterSubLoopInterval)
 	return sub, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/api/filter/filter_manager.go b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/api/filter/filter_manager.go
index e4b6e524d..84261882e 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/api/filter/filter_manager.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/api/filter/filter_manager.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type appFilterMap map[string]filterConfig
 type FilterManager struct {
 	sync.Mutex
 	ctx                    context.Context
-	opts                   []SubscribeOptions
+	params                 *subscribeParameters
 	minPeersPerFilter      int
 	onlineChecker          *onlinechecker.DefaultOnlineChecker
 	filterSubscriptions    map[string]SubDetails // map of aggregated filters to apiSub details
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ func NewFilterManager(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.Logger, minPeersPerFilter
 	// This fn is being mocked in test
 	mgr := new(FilterManager)
 	mgr.ctx = ctx
-	mgr.opts = opts
 	mgr.logger = logger
 	mgr.minPeersPerFilter = minPeersPerFilter
 	mgr.envProcessor = envProcessor
@@ -72,10 +71,17 @@ func NewFilterManager(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.Logger, minPeersPerFilter
 	mgr.node = node
 	mgr.onlineChecker = onlinechecker.NewDefaultOnlineChecker(false).(*onlinechecker.DefaultOnlineChecker)
 	mgr.node.SetOnlineChecker(mgr.onlineChecker)
-	mgr.filterSubBatchDuration = 5 * time.Second
 	mgr.incompleteFilterBatch = make(map[string]filterConfig)
 	mgr.filterConfigs = make(appFilterMap)
 	mgr.waitingToSubQueue = make(chan filterConfig, 100)
+
+	//parsing the subscribe params only to read the batchInterval passed.
+	mgr.params = new(subscribeParameters)
+	opts = append(defaultOptions(), opts...)
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(mgr.params)
+	}
+	mgr.filterSubBatchDuration = mgr.params.batchInterval
 	go mgr.startFilterSubLoop()
 	return mgr
 }
@@ -153,7 +159,7 @@ func (mgr *FilterManager) SubscribeFilter(filterID string, cf protocol.ContentFi
 func (mgr *FilterManager) subscribeAndRunLoop(f filterConfig) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(mgr.ctx)
 	config := FilterConfig{MaxPeers: mgr.minPeersPerFilter}
-	sub, err := Subscribe(ctx, mgr.node, f.contentFilter, config, mgr.logger, mgr.opts...)
+	sub, err := Subscribe(ctx, mgr.node, f.contentFilter, config, mgr.logger, mgr.params)
 	mgr.Lock()
 	mgr.filterSubscriptions[f.ID] = SubDetails{cancel, sub}
 	mgr.Unlock()
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/node/wakunode2.go b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/node/wakunode2.go
index f9dc443fc..10153fd6d 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/node/wakunode2.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/node/wakunode2.go
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ func New(opts ...WakuNodeOption) (*WakuNode, error) {
 	w.filterLightNode = filter.NewWakuFilterLightNode(w.bcaster, w.peermanager, w.timesource, w.opts.onlineChecker, w.opts.prometheusReg, w.log)
 	w.lightPush = lightpush.NewWakuLightPush(w.Relay(), w.peermanager, w.opts.prometheusReg, w.log, w.opts.lightpushOpts...)
 
-	w.store = store.NewWakuStore(w.peermanager, w.timesource, w.log)
+	w.store = store.NewWakuStore(w.peermanager, w.timesource, w.log, w.opts.storeRateLimit)
 
 	if params.storeFactory != nil {
 		w.storeFactory = params.storeFactory
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/node/wakuoptions.go b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/node/wakuoptions.go
index 445065de6..112cafe61 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/node/wakuoptions.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/node/wakuoptions.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/utils"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
+	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 )
 
 // Default UserAgent
@@ -94,6 +95,8 @@ type WakuNodeParameters struct {
 	enableStore     bool
 	messageProvider legacy_store.MessageProvider
 
+	storeRateLimit rate.Limit
+
 	enableRendezvousPoint bool
 	rendezvousDB          *rendezvous.DB
 
@@ -139,6 +142,7 @@ var DefaultWakuNodeOptions = []WakuNodeOption{
 	WithCircuitRelayParams(2*time.Second, 3*time.Minute),
 	WithPeerStoreCapacity(DefaultMaxPeerStoreCapacity),
 	WithOnlineChecker(onlinechecker.NewDefaultOnlineChecker(true)),
+	WithWakuStoreRateLimit(8), // Value currently set in status.staging
 }
 
 // MultiAddresses return the list of multiaddresses configured in the node
@@ -458,6 +462,16 @@ func WithWakuFilterFullNode(filterOpts ...filter.Option) WakuNodeOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithWakuStoreRateLimit is used to set a default rate limit on which storenodes will
+// be sent per peerID to avoid running into a TOO_MANY_REQUESTS (429) error when consuming
+// the store protocol from a storenode
+func WithWakuStoreRateLimit(value rate.Limit) WakuNodeOption {
+	return func(params *WakuNodeParameters) error {
+		params.storeRateLimit = value
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // WithWakuStore enables the Waku V2 Store protocol and if the messages should
 // be stored or not in a message provider.
 func WithWakuStore() WakuNodeOption {
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/peer_exchange/client.go b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/peer_exchange/client.go
index 8075e2de8..f901590d5 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/peer_exchange/client.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/peer_exchange/client.go
@@ -123,13 +123,11 @@ func (wakuPX *WakuPeerExchange) handleResponse(ctx context.Context, response *pb
 		}
 
 		if params.clusterID != 0 {
-			wakuPX.log.Debug("clusterID is non zero, filtering by shard")
 			rs, err := wenr.RelaySharding(enrRecord)
 			if err != nil || rs == nil || !rs.Contains(uint16(params.clusterID), uint16(params.shard)) {
 				wakuPX.log.Debug("peer doesn't matches filter", zap.Int("shard", params.shard))
 				continue
 			}
-			wakuPX.log.Debug("peer matches filter", zap.Int("shard", params.shard))
 		}
 
 		enodeRecord, err := enode.New(enode.ValidSchemes, enrRecord)
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/relay/config.go b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/relay/config.go
index f0f41f800..bc1ea9334 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/relay/config.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/relay/config.go
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ import (
 
 var DefaultRelaySubscriptionBufferSize int = 1024
 
+// trying to match value here https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1077
+// note that nim-libp2p has 2 peer queues 1 for priority and other non-priority, whereas go-libp2p seems to have single peer-queue
+var DefaultPeerOutboundQSize int = 1024
+
 type RelaySubscribeParameters struct {
 	dontConsume bool
 	cacheSize   uint
@@ -109,6 +113,7 @@ func (w *WakuRelay) defaultPubsubOptions() []pubsub.Option {
 		pubsub.WithSeenMessagesTTL(2 * time.Minute),
 		pubsub.WithPeerScore(w.peerScoreParams, w.peerScoreThresholds),
 		pubsub.WithPeerScoreInspect(w.peerScoreInspector, 6*time.Second),
+		pubsub.WithPeerOutboundQueueSize(DefaultPeerOutboundQSize),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store/client.go b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store/client.go
index 92c47ff4c..3398c4bf9 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store/client.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store/client.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store/pb"
 	"github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/timesource"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
@@ -69,14 +70,19 @@ type WakuStore struct {
 	timesource timesource.Timesource
 	log        *zap.Logger
 	pm         *peermanager.PeerManager
+
+	defaultRatelimit rate.Limit
+	rateLimiters     map[peer.ID]*rate.Limiter
 }
 
 // NewWakuStore is used to instantiate a StoreV3 client
-func NewWakuStore(pm *peermanager.PeerManager, timesource timesource.Timesource, log *zap.Logger) *WakuStore {
+func NewWakuStore(pm *peermanager.PeerManager, timesource timesource.Timesource, log *zap.Logger, defaultRatelimit rate.Limit) *WakuStore {
 	s := new(WakuStore)
 	s.log = log.Named("store-client")
 	s.timesource = timesource
 	s.pm = pm
+	s.defaultRatelimit = defaultRatelimit
+	s.rateLimiters = make(map[peer.ID]*rate.Limiter)
 
 	if pm != nil {
 		pm.RegisterWakuProtocol(StoreQueryID_v300, StoreENRField)
@@ -171,7 +177,7 @@ func (s *WakuStore) Request(ctx context.Context, criteria Criteria, opts ...Requ
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	response, err := s.queryFrom(ctx, storeRequest, params.selectedPeer)
+	response, err := s.queryFrom(ctx, storeRequest, params)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -211,7 +217,7 @@ func (s *WakuStore) Exists(ctx context.Context, messageHash wpb.MessageHash, opt
 	return len(result.messages) != 0, nil
 }
 
-func (s *WakuStore) next(ctx context.Context, r *Result) (*Result, error) {
+func (s *WakuStore) next(ctx context.Context, r *Result, opts ...RequestOption) (*Result, error) {
 	if r.IsComplete() {
 		return &Result{
 			store:         s,
@@ -223,11 +229,22 @@ func (s *WakuStore) next(ctx context.Context, r *Result) (*Result, error) {
 		}, nil
 	}
 
+	params := new(Parameters)
+	params.selectedPeer = r.PeerID()
+	optList := DefaultOptions()
+	optList = append(optList, opts...)
+	for _, opt := range optList {
+		err := opt(params)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	storeRequest := proto.Clone(r.storeRequest).(*pb.StoreQueryRequest)
 	storeRequest.RequestId = hex.EncodeToString(protocol.GenerateRequestID())
 	storeRequest.PaginationCursor = r.Cursor()
 
-	response, err := s.queryFrom(ctx, storeRequest, r.PeerID())
+	response, err := s.queryFrom(ctx, storeRequest, params)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -245,16 +262,28 @@ func (s *WakuStore) next(ctx context.Context, r *Result) (*Result, error) {
 
 }
 
-func (s *WakuStore) queryFrom(ctx context.Context, storeRequest *pb.StoreQueryRequest, selectedPeer peer.ID) (*pb.StoreQueryResponse, error) {
-	logger := s.log.With(logging.HostID("peer", selectedPeer), zap.String("requestId", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(storeRequest.RequestId))))
+func (s *WakuStore) queryFrom(ctx context.Context, storeRequest *pb.StoreQueryRequest, params *Parameters) (*pb.StoreQueryResponse, error) {
+	logger := s.log.With(logging.HostID("peer", params.selectedPeer), zap.String("requestId", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(storeRequest.RequestId))))
 
 	logger.Debug("sending store request")
 
-	stream, err := s.h.NewStream(ctx, selectedPeer, StoreQueryID_v300)
+	if !params.skipRatelimit {
+		rateLimiter, ok := s.rateLimiters[params.selectedPeer]
+		if !ok {
+			rateLimiter = rate.NewLimiter(s.defaultRatelimit, 1)
+			s.rateLimiters[params.selectedPeer] = rateLimiter
+		}
+		err := rateLimiter.Wait(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	stream, err := s.h.NewStream(ctx, params.selectedPeer, StoreQueryID_v300)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error("creating stream to peer", zap.Error(err))
 		if ps, ok := s.h.Peerstore().(peerstore.WakuPeerstore); ok {
-			ps.AddConnFailure(selectedPeer)
+			ps.AddConnFailure(params.selectedPeer)
 		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store/options.go b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store/options.go
index b38afd53a..b8deba47c 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store/options.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store/options.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type Parameters struct {
 	pageLimit         uint64
 	forward           bool
 	includeData       bool
+	skipRatelimit     bool
 }
 
 type RequestOption func(*Parameters) error
@@ -115,6 +116,14 @@ func IncludeData(v bool) RequestOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// Skips the rate limiting for the current request (might cause the store request to fail with TOO_MANY_REQUESTS (429))
+func SkipRateLimit() RequestOption {
+	return func(params *Parameters) error {
+		params.skipRatelimit = true
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // Default options to be used when querying a store node for results
 func DefaultOptions() []RequestOption {
 	return []RequestOption{
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store/pb/validation.go b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store/pb/validation.go
index f54dea90e..542c6a052 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store/pb/validation.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store/pb/validation.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package pb
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 )
 
 // MaxContentTopics is the maximum number of allowed contenttopics in a query
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@ const MaxContentTopics = 10
 var (
 	errMissingRequestID       = errors.New("missing RequestId field")
 	errMessageHashOtherFields = errors.New("cannot use MessageHashes with ContentTopics/PubsubTopic")
-	errRequestIDMismatch      = errors.New("requestID in response does not match request")
 	errMaxContentTopics       = errors.New("exceeds the maximum number of ContentTopics allowed")
 	errEmptyContentTopic      = errors.New("one or more content topics specified is empty")
 	errMissingPubsubTopic     = errors.New("missing PubsubTopic field")
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ func (x *StoreQueryRequest) Validate() error {
 }
 
 func (x *StoreQueryResponse) Validate(requestID string) error {
-	if x.RequestId != "" && x.RequestId != requestID {
-		return errRequestIDMismatch
+	if x.RequestId != "" && x.RequestId != "N/A" && x.RequestId != requestID {
+		return fmt.Errorf("requestID %s in response does not match requestID in request %s", x.RequestId, requestID)
 	}
 
 	if x.StatusCode == nil {
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store/result.go b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store/result.go
index 5ea4765ec..604d6453c 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store/result.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store/result.go
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ func (r *Result) Response() *pb.StoreQueryResponse {
 	return r.storeResponse
 }
 
-func (r *Result) Next(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (r *Result) Next(ctx context.Context, opts ...RequestOption) error {
 	if r.cursor == nil {
 		r.done = true
 		r.messages = nil
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	newResult, err := r.store.next(ctx, r)
+	newResult, err := r.store.next(ctx, r, opts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 634b75422..99a2350c9 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ github.com/waku-org/go-discover/discover/v5wire
 github.com/waku-org/go-libp2p-rendezvous
 github.com/waku-org/go-libp2p-rendezvous/db
 github.com/waku-org/go-libp2p-rendezvous/pb
-# github.com/waku-org/go-waku v0.8.1-0.20240904143057-f9e7895202da
+# github.com/waku-org/go-waku v0.8.1-0.20240921010631-7956fad0b135
 ## explicit; go 1.21
 github.com/waku-org/go-waku/logging
 github.com/waku-org/go-waku/tests