diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e9f2e47b7..6f1fa84bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           repository: 'oceanprotocol/ocean.js'
           path: 'ocean.js'
-          ref: feature/refactor_signatures
+          ref: main
       - name: Build ocean-js
         working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/ocean.js
         run: |
diff --git a/src/components/P2P/index.ts b/src/components/P2P/index.ts
index 1336a74ca..87ef1f5c1 100644
--- a/src/components/P2P/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/P2P/index.ts
@@ -437,6 +437,9 @@ export class OceanP2P extends EventEmitter {
           dialTimeout: config.p2pConfig.connectionsDialTimeout,
           maxConnections: config.p2pConfig.maxConnections,
           maxPeerAddrsToDial: config.p2pConfig.maxPeerAddrsToDial
+        },
+        connectionMonitor: {
+          abortConnectionOnPingFailure: false
         }
       }
       if (config.p2pConfig.bootstrapNodes && config.p2pConfig.bootstrapNodes.length > 0) {