diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a56e95371..364cd3446 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.34.0-beta.6
+0.34.0-beta.7
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4f3772921..80dcc693e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/russolsen/transit v0.0.0-20180705123435-0794b4c4505a
 	github.com/status-im/migrate/v4 v4.6.2-status.2
 	github.com/status-im/rendezvous v1.3.0
-	github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go v0.4.5-0.20191106131458-03adc878d803
+	github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go v0.4.5-0.20191107122821-775d17008edf
 	github.com/status-im/whisper v1.5.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
 	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6614f94f4..b78cc9894 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -576,8 +576,8 @@ github.com/status-im/migrate/v4 v4.6.2-status.2 h1:SdC+sMDl/aI7vUlwD2qj2p7KsK4T6
 github.com/status-im/migrate/v4 v4.6.2-status.2/go.mod h1:c/kc90n47GZu/58nnz1OMLTf7uE4Da4gZP5qmU+A/v8=
 github.com/status-im/rendezvous v1.3.0 h1:7RK/MXXW+tlm0asKm1u7Qp7Yni6AO29a7j8+E4Lbjg4=
 github.com/status-im/rendezvous v1.3.0/go.mod h1:+hzjuP+j/XzLPeF6E50b88pWOTLdTcwjvNYt+Gh1W1s=
-github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go v0.4.5-0.20191106131458-03adc878d803 h1:EfrFkBu1iNGZMMiFNx7UI3pyKdh7Oklkrx8HEivnChw=
-github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go v0.4.5-0.20191106131458-03adc878d803/go.mod h1:r8TgqNOpY+fGKkBfR9PldxSSaBN0EsEEY4a3WsIh9LY=
+github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go v0.4.5-0.20191107122821-775d17008edf h1:1boOd5yMePhXxYei97Rm/hFF45alUpMl87ZAWvlSKtg=
+github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go v0.4.5-0.20191107122821-775d17008edf/go.mod h1:r8TgqNOpY+fGKkBfR9PldxSSaBN0EsEEY4a3WsIh9LY=
 github.com/status-im/whisper v1.5.2 h1:26NgiKusmPic38eQdtXnaY+iaQ/LuQ3Dh0kCGYT/Uxs=
 github.com/status-im/whisper v1.5.2/go.mod h1:emrOxzJme0k66QtbbQ2bdd3P8RCdLZ8sTD7SkwH1s2s=
 github.com/steakknife/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20180922174646-6819c0d2a570 h1:gIlAHnH1vJb5vwEjIp5kBj/eu99p/bl0Ay2goiPe5xE=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go/v1/decoder.go b/vendor/github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go/v1/decoder.go
index 7999a1d10..13b715aa8 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go/v1/decoder.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go/v1/decoder.go
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ func statusMessageHandler(d transit.Decoder, value interface{}) (interface{}, er
 					sm.Content.Text, ok = contentVal.(string)
 				case transit.Keyword("response-to"):
 					sm.Content.ResponseTo, ok = contentVal.(string)
+				case transit.Keyword("name"):
+					sm.Content.Name, ok = contentVal.(string)
 				case transit.Keyword("chat-id"):
 					sm.Content.ChatID, ok = contentVal.(string)
 				}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go/v1/message.go b/vendor/github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go/v1/message.go
index b22f97f22..71eedacc9 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go/v1/message.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go/v1/message.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type Content struct {
 	ChatID     string `json:"chat_id"`
 	Text       string `json:"text"`
 	ResponseTo string `json:"response-to"`
+	Name       string `json:"name"` // the ENS name of the sender
 }
 
 // TimestampInMs is a timestamp in milliseconds.
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index ab689ce6c..f2778122f 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ github.com/status-im/migrate/v4/source/go_bindata
 github.com/status-im/rendezvous
 github.com/status-im/rendezvous/protocol
 github.com/status-im/rendezvous/server
-# github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go v0.4.5-0.20191106131458-03adc878d803
+# github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go v0.4.5-0.20191107122821-775d17008edf
 github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go
 github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go/applicationmetadata
 github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go/bridge/geth