diff --git a/wakuv2/telemetry.go b/wakuv2/telemetry.go
index 63dc5915a..88eaaea52 100644
--- a/wakuv2/telemetry.go
+++ b/wakuv2/telemetry.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/metrics"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
@@ -18,11 +19,11 @@ type BandwidthTelemetryClient struct {
 	logger     *zap.Logger
 }
 
-func NewBandwidthTelemetryClient(logger *zap.Logger, serverURL string, hostID string) *BandwidthTelemetryClient {
+func NewBandwidthTelemetryClient(logger *zap.Logger, serverURL string) *BandwidthTelemetryClient {
 	return &BandwidthTelemetryClient{
 		serverURL:  serverURL,
 		httpClient: &http.Client{Timeout: time.Minute},
-		hostID:     hostID,
+		hostID:     uuid.NewString(),
 		logger:     logger.Named("bandwidth-telemetry"),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/wakuv2/waku.go b/wakuv2/waku.go
index 59a7a1d66..b4250d3a2 100644
--- a/wakuv2/waku.go
+++ b/wakuv2/waku.go
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ func (w *Waku) telemetryBandwidthStats(telemetryServerURL string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	telemetry := NewBandwidthTelemetryClient(w.logger, telemetryServerURL, w.node.ID())
+	telemetry := NewBandwidthTelemetryClient(w.logger, telemetryServerURL)
 
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second * 20)
 	defer ticker.Stop()