diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 233b3901ebf..97b92c50b80 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4119,6 +4119,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "prometheus-client",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libp2p-mplex"
+version = "0.40.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93959ed08b6caf9810e067655e25f1362098797fef7c44d3103e63dcb6f0fabe"
+dependencies = [
+ "asynchronous-codec",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures",
+ "libp2p-core",
+ "libp2p-identity",
+ "log",
+ "nohash-hasher",
+ "parking_lot 0.12.1",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "smallvec 1.11.0",
+ "unsigned-varint 0.7.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libp2p-noise"
 version = "0.43.0"
@@ -4384,6 +4403,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "lazy_static",
  "libp2p",
+ "libp2p-mplex",
  "lighthouse_metrics",
  "lighthouse_version",
  "lru 0.7.8",
diff --git a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/Cargo.toml b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/Cargo.toml
index f71845fed25..925d278ad62 100644
--- a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ prometheus-client = "0.21.0"
 unused_port = { path = "../../common/unused_port" }
 delay_map = "0.3.0"
 void = "1"
+libp2p-mplex = "0.40.0"
 
 [dependencies.libp2p]
 version = "0.52"
diff --git a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/service/utils.rs b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/service/utils.rs
index 21fd09b6b0f..b8acc4ed6d5 100644
--- a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/service/utils.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/service/utils.rs
@@ -50,13 +50,21 @@ pub fn build_transport(
         transport.or_transport(libp2p::websocket::WsConfig::new(trans_clone))
     };
 
+    // mplex config
+    let mut mplex_config = libp2p_mplex::MplexConfig::new();
+    mplex_config.set_max_buffer_size(256);
+    mplex_config.set_max_buffer_behaviour(libp2p_mplex::MaxBufferBehaviour::Block);
+
     // yamux config
     let mut yamux_config = yamux::Config::default();
     yamux_config.set_window_update_mode(yamux::WindowUpdateMode::on_read());
     let (transport, bandwidth) = transport
         .upgrade(core::upgrade::Version::V1)
         .authenticate(generate_noise_config(&local_private_key))
-        .multiplex(yamux_config)
+        .multiplex(core::upgrade::SelectUpgrade::new(
+            yamux_config,
+            mplex_config,
+        ))
         .timeout(Duration::from_secs(10))
         .boxed()
         .with_bandwidth_logging();