diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a25e95883..d0693ae2f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 - **Breaking**: Options passed to `Waku.create` used to be passed to `Libp2p.create`;
-  Now, only the `libp2p` property is passed to `Libp2p.create`, allowing for a cleaner interface.  
+  Now, only the `libp2p` property is passed to `Libp2p.create`, allowing for a cleaner interface.
+- Examples (cli chat): Use tcp protocol instead of websocket.  
 
 ### Added
 - Enable access to `WakuMessage.timestamp`.
diff --git a/examples/cli-chat/src/chat.ts b/examples/cli-chat/src/chat.ts
index 0f29881e73..b399d84134 100644
--- a/examples/cli-chat/src/chat.ts
+++ b/examples/cli-chat/src/chat.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   Environment,
   getStatusFleetNodes,
   LightPushCodec,
+  Protocol,
   StoreCodec,
   Waku,
   WakuMessage,
@@ -202,7 +203,8 @@ export function formatMessage(chatMsg: ChatMessage): string {
 
 async function addFleetNodes(opts: Options): Promise<Options> {
   await getStatusFleetNodes(
-    opts.prod ? Environment.Prod : Environment.Test
+    opts.prod ? Environment.Prod : Environment.Test,
+    Protocol.tcp
   ).then((nodes) =>
     nodes.map((addr) => {
       opts.staticNodes.push(multiaddr(addr));