diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 70cd2261d..630f2e0ce 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.63.0
+0.63.1
diff --git a/waku/waku.go b/waku/waku.go
index e7a08733e..1ca988dfe 100644
--- a/waku/waku.go
+++ b/waku/waku.go
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ func (w *Waku) HandlePeer(peer common.Peer, rw p2p.MsgReadWriter) error {
 	w.peers[peer] = struct{}{}
 	w.peerMu.Unlock()
 
-	w.logger.Debug("handling peer", zap.String("id", types.EncodeHex(peer.ID())))
+	w.logger.Info("handling peer", zap.String("peerID", types.EncodeHex(peer.ID())))
 
 	defer func() {
 		w.peerMu.Lock()
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ func (w *Waku) HandlePeer(peer common.Peer, rw p2p.MsgReadWriter) error {
 	}
 
 	err := peer.Run()
-	w.logger.Debug("handled peer", zap.String("id", types.EncodeHex(peer.ID())), zap.Error(err))
+	w.logger.Info("handled peer", zap.String("peerID", types.EncodeHex(peer.ID())), zap.Error(err))
 	return err
 }