diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c5d4cee36..1e0c609c9 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.51.0
+0.51.1
diff --git a/protocol/ens.go b/protocol/ens.go
index 984e4939d..a39340fea 100644
--- a/protocol/ens.go
+++ b/protocol/ens.go
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ import (
 // maxRetries is the maximum number of attempts we do before giving up
 const maxRetries uint64 = 11
 
-// ENSBackoffTimeMs is the step of the exponential backoff
-// we retry roughly for 17 hours after receiving the message 2^11 * 30000
-const ENSBackoffTimeMs uint64 = 30000
+// ENSBackoffTimeSec is the step of the exponential backoff
+// we retry roughly for 17 hours after receiving the message 2^11 * 30
+const ENSBackoffTimeSec uint64 = 30
 
 // We calculate if it's too early to retry, by exponentially backing off
 func verifiedENSRecentlyEnough(now, verifiedAt, retries uint64) bool {
-	return now < verifiedAt+ENSBackoffTimeMs*retries*uint64(math.Exp2(float64(retries)))
+	return now < verifiedAt+ENSBackoffTimeSec*retries*uint64(math.Exp2(float64(retries)))
 }
 
 func shouldENSBeVerified(c *Contact, now uint64) bool {
diff --git a/protocol/ens_test.go b/protocol/ens_test.go
index 149eb4c48..86f646ecf 100644
--- a/protocol/ens_test.go
+++ b/protocol/ens_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func (s *ENSSuite) TestShouldBeVerified() {
 				ENSVerificationRetries: 4,
 			},
 			Expected: true,
-			TimeNow:  10 + ENSBackoffTimeMs*4*16 + 1,
+			TimeNow:  10 + ENSBackoffTimeSec*4*16 + 1,
 		},
 		{
 			Name:     "Empty name",
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (s *ENSSuite) TestShouldBeVerified() {
 				ENSVerificationRetries: 4,
 			},
 			Expected: false,
-			TimeNow:  10 + ENSBackoffTimeMs*4*16 - 1,
+			TimeNow:  10 + ENSBackoffTimeSec*4*16 - 1,
 		},
 		{
 			Name: "max retries reached",
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (s *ENSSuite) TestShouldBeVerified() {
 				ENSVerificationRetries: 11,
 			},
 			Expected: false,
-			TimeNow:  10 + ENSBackoffTimeMs*5*2048 + 1,
+			TimeNow:  10 + ENSBackoffTimeSec*5*2048 + 1,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
diff --git a/protocol/messenger.go b/protocol/messenger.go
index 673cd94ab..e266dfd81 100644
--- a/protocol/messenger.go
+++ b/protocol/messenger.go
@@ -2057,7 +2057,8 @@ func (m *Messenger) VerifyENSNames(ctx context.Context, rpcEndpoint, contractAdd
 
 	var ensDetails []enstypes.ENSDetails
 
-	now := m.getTimesource().GetCurrentTime()
+	// Now in seconds
+	now := m.getTimesource().GetCurrentTime() / 1000
 	for _, contact := range m.allContacts {
 		if shouldENSBeVerified(contact, now) {
 			ensDetails = append(ensDetails, enstypes.ENSDetails{
@@ -2091,6 +2092,7 @@ func (m *Messenger) VerifyENSNames(ctx context.Context, rpcEndpoint, contractAdd
 				zap.String("publicKey", details.PublicKeyString),
 				zap.Error(details.Error),
 			)
+			contact.ENSVerificationRetries++
 		}
 		response.Contacts = append(response.Contacts, contact)
 	}