diff --git a/packages/peer/package.json b/packages/peer/package.json
index 6f4edfe9..aeb4c8f3 100644
--- a/packages/peer/package.json
+++ b/packages/peer/package.json
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@
     "@chainsafe/libp2p-noise": "^10.2.0",
     "@libp2p/bootstrap": "^5.0.2",
     "@libp2p/floodsub": "^5.0.0",
+    "@libp2p/kad-dht": "^6.1.1",
     "@libp2p/mplex": "^7.1.1",
-    "@libp2p/webrtc-direct": "^4.0.2",
     "@libp2p/pubsub-peer-discovery": "^7.0.1",
+    "@libp2p/webrtc-direct": "^4.0.2",
     "@libp2p/websockets": "^5.0.2",
     "@multiformats/multiaddr": "^11.1.4",
     "assert": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/peer/src/constants.ts b/packages/peer/src/constants.ts
index 1439a409..a86bbbc7 100644
--- a/packages/peer/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/peer/src/constants.ts
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 // Copyright 2023 Vulcanize, Inc.
 //
 
-export const PUBSUB_DISCOVERY_INTERVAL = 10000;
 export const RELAY_NODE_LISTEN_ADDRESS = '/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/9090/http/p2p-webrtc-direct';
diff --git a/packages/peer/src/index.ts b/packages/peer/src/index.ts
index af9999ff..601f7795 100644
--- a/packages/peer/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/peer/src/index.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ import type { PeerInfo } from '@libp2p/interface-peer-info';
 import { PeerId } from '@libp2p/interface-peer-id';
 import { multiaddr, Multiaddr } from '@multiformats/multiaddr';
 import { bootstrap } from '@libp2p/bootstrap';
-import { floodsub } from '@libp2p/floodsub';
-import { pubsubPeerDiscovery } from '@libp2p/pubsub-peer-discovery';
+import { kadDHT } from '@libp2p/kad-dht';
 
 export const PROTOCOL = '/chat/1.0.0';
 
@@ -53,28 +52,26 @@ export class Peer {
     this._relayNodeMultiaddr = multiaddr(relayNodeURL);
 
     console.log(`Bootstrapping with relay node ${this._relayNodeMultiaddr.toString()}`);
-    const peerDiscovery = [
-      bootstrap({
-        list: [this._relayNodeMultiaddr.toString()]
-      }),
-      // Add pubsub discovery; relay server acts as a peer discovery source
-      pubsubPeerDiscovery({
-        interval: 1000
-      })
-    ];
 
     this._node = await createLibp2p({
       transports: [this._wrtcTransport],
       connectionEncryption: [noise()],
       streamMuxers: [mplex()],
-      pubsub: floodsub(),
-      peerDiscovery,
+      peerDiscovery: [
+        bootstrap({
+          list: [this._relayNodeMultiaddr.toString()]
+        })
+      ],
       relay: {
         enabled: true,
         autoRelay: {
           enabled: true,
           maxListeners: 2
         }
+      },
+      dht: kadDHT(),
+      connectionManager: {
+        autoDial: false
       }
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/peer/src/relay.ts b/packages/peer/src/relay.ts
index be0d3f08..f0464124 100644
--- a/packages/peer/src/relay.ts
+++ b/packages/peer/src/relay.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ import wrtc from 'wrtc';
 import { noise } from '@chainsafe/libp2p-noise';
 import { mplex } from '@libp2p/mplex';
 import { webRTCDirect } from '@libp2p/webrtc-direct';
-import { floodsub } from '@libp2p/floodsub';
-import { pubsubPeerDiscovery } from '@libp2p/pubsub-peer-discovery';
+import { kadDHT } from '@libp2p/kad-dht';
 
-import { PUBSUB_DISCOVERY_INTERVAL, RELAY_NODE_LISTEN_ADDRESS } from './constants.js';
+import { RELAY_NODE_LISTEN_ADDRESS } from './constants.js';
 
 async function main (): Promise<void> {
   const node = await createLibp2p({
@@ -21,12 +20,6 @@ async function main (): Promise<void> {
     transports: [webRTCDirect({ wrtc })],
     connectionEncryption: [noise()],
     streamMuxers: [mplex()],
-    pubsub: floodsub(),
-    peerDiscovery: [
-      pubsubPeerDiscovery({
-        interval: PUBSUB_DISCOVERY_INTERVAL
-      })
-    ],
     relay: {
       enabled: true,
       hop: {
@@ -35,7 +28,10 @@ async function main (): Promise<void> {
       advertise: {
         enabled: true
       }
-    }
+    },
+    dht: kadDHT({
+      clientMode: false
+    })
   });
 
   console.log(`Relay node started with id ${node.peerId.toString()}`);
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6bf58eb7..fdd06a5e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4054,7 +4054,7 @@
     "@libp2p/interfaces" "^3.0.0"
     multiformats "^10.0.0"
 
-"@libp2p/interface-dht@^1.0.1":
+"@libp2p/interface-dht@^1.0.0", "@libp2p/interface-dht@^1.0.1":
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@libp2p/interface-dht/-/interface-dht-1.0.5.tgz"
   integrity sha512-kqcHpv0VlhZbHNXVou6qOFw3UUtJBlsJi641Jh6BUZouoej8b2wp/TacOuiHvC6Uy8ACanzprzVG1Rk01mgZwA==
@@ -4172,6 +4172,58 @@
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@libp2p/interfaces/-/interfaces-3.1.0.tgz"
   integrity sha512-WxzUVaeOpMcNPyjruVbjNvVnjFzay8udqiaW0+rDltlYHSA1LXvZIzk1s5+/m+PKFM+UK7KmY1FZ70HiJzlZ9Q==
 
+"@libp2p/kad-dht@^6.1.1":
+  version "6.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@libp2p/kad-dht/-/kad-dht-6.1.1.tgz#089e8fdabcd79aefa1c8e6eb0c4a15ebefbd481b"
+  integrity sha512-Y4qv5MyX4BPkuaPLx5hsb8AyLSqJf5LUcyzCflqQUbgHP+vn4Pf9q4c/mjAjBvF56zZSFTiXgnQKvY/XXpWnbg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@libp2p/crypto" "^1.0.4"
+    "@libp2p/interface-address-manager" "^2.0.0"
+    "@libp2p/interface-connection" "^3.0.2"
+    "@libp2p/interface-connection-manager" "^1.1.1"
+    "@libp2p/interface-dht" "^1.0.1"
+    "@libp2p/interface-metrics" "^4.0.0"
+    "@libp2p/interface-peer-discovery" "^1.0.1"
+    "@libp2p/interface-peer-id" "^1.0.4"
+    "@libp2p/interface-peer-info" "^1.0.3"
+    "@libp2p/interface-peer-store" "^1.2.2"
+    "@libp2p/interface-registrar" "^2.0.3"
+    "@libp2p/interfaces" "^3.0.3"
+    "@libp2p/logger" "^2.0.1"
+    "@libp2p/peer-collections" "^2.2.0"
+    "@libp2p/peer-id" "^1.1.15"
+    "@libp2p/record" "^2.0.2"
+    "@libp2p/topology" "^3.0.0"
+    "@multiformats/multiaddr" "^11.0.0"
+    abortable-iterator "^4.0.2"
+    any-signal "^3.0.0"
+    datastore-core "^8.0.1"
+    err-code "^3.0.1"
+    events "^3.3.0"
+    hashlru "^2.3.0"
+    interface-datastore "^7.0.0"
+    it-all "^2.0.0"
+    it-drain "^2.0.0"
+    it-first "^2.0.0"
+    it-length "^2.0.0"
+    it-length-prefixed "^8.0.2"
+    it-map "^2.0.0"
+    it-merge "^2.0.0"
+    it-parallel "^3.0.0"
+    it-pipe "^2.0.3"
+    it-stream-types "^1.0.4"
+    it-take "^2.0.0"
+    k-bucket "^5.1.0"
+    multiformats "^10.0.0"
+    p-defer "^4.0.0"
+    p-queue "^7.2.0"
+    private-ip "^3.0.0"
+    protons-runtime "^4.0.1"
+    timeout-abort-controller "^3.0.0"
+    uint8arraylist "^2.0.0"
+    uint8arrays "^4.0.2"
+    varint "^6.0.0"
+
 "@libp2p/logger@^2.0.0", "@libp2p/logger@^2.0.1":
   version "2.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@libp2p/logger/-/logger-2.0.2.tgz"
@@ -4223,7 +4275,7 @@
     uint8arraylist "^2.3.1"
     uint8arrays "^4.0.2"
 
-"@libp2p/peer-collections@^2.0.0":
+"@libp2p/peer-collections@^2.0.0", "@libp2p/peer-collections@^2.2.0":
   version "2.2.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@libp2p/peer-collections/-/peer-collections-2.2.2.tgz"
   integrity sha512-sL1A0LBHJAlvqROe+OT61Y6Rg7ff+B+YNDZj+3f/LGvDssyffAQX78cXU+lWKPsT+AwHt7Sk7sO4CsYJbdOScQ==
@@ -4349,6 +4401,18 @@
     uint8arraylist "^2.0.0"
     uint8arrays "^4.0.2"
 
+"@libp2p/record@^2.0.2":
+  version "2.0.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@libp2p/record/-/record-2.0.4.tgz#f9592d834908e9b084c54bb63b3986c30b32bcf1"
+  integrity sha512-BLdw/zDh4Nq65nKD/BRKad7++h2pPwY7IxoZNyEN4uvCo6knmfTSlKwqlw4NCYaH27YcupXrhKZ2WAoYjt5ACw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@libp2p/interface-dht" "^1.0.0"
+    err-code "^3.0.1"
+    multiformats "^10.0.0"
+    protons-runtime "^4.0.1"
+    uint8arraylist "^2.1.1"
+    uint8arrays "^4.0.2"
+
 "@libp2p/topology@^3.0.0":
   version "3.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@libp2p/topology/-/topology-3.0.2.tgz#b3c8dffd01d2ce222e867412f6898af9bd08e8fb"
@@ -14618,6 +14682,11 @@ it-length-prefixed@^8.0.2, it-length-prefixed@^8.0.3:
     uint8arraylist "^2.0.0"
     uint8arrays "^4.0.2"
 
+it-length@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/it-length/-/it-length-2.0.0.tgz#0cbea9206ec3429f1383e37d9bd3165669a174d5"
+  integrity sha512-YFe6AW6RKkSTburcbyBChf6+HnyWumKZH9KRVfUSVXYkVqJxaJh/8aM8pnaFHm26lKQxYo57YW6RP+wL4CMx0Q==
+
 it-map@^1.0.4, it-map@^1.0.5:
   version "1.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/it-map/-/it-map-1.0.6.tgz"
@@ -14650,6 +14719,13 @@ it-pair@^2.0.2:
     it-stream-types "^1.0.3"
     p-defer "^4.0.0"
 
+it-parallel@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/it-parallel/-/it-parallel-3.0.0.tgz#30e376c579da9f755d02b2735a69aac19cf5373b"
+  integrity sha512-/y70cY7VoZ7natLbWrPxoRaKWMD67RvtWx21cyLJr6kkuHrUWOrHNr8CPMBqzDRh73aig/uUT82hzTTmTTkDUg==
+  dependencies:
+    p-defer "^4.0.0"
+
 it-pb-stream@^2.0.2:
   version "2.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/it-pb-stream/-/it-pb-stream-2.0.2.tgz"
@@ -14711,6 +14787,11 @@ it-take@^1.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/it-take/-/it-take-1.0.2.tgz"
   integrity sha512-u7I6qhhxH7pSevcYNaMECtkvZW365ARqAIt9K+xjdK1B2WUDEjQSfETkOCT8bxFq/59LqrN3cMLUtTgmDBaygw==
 
+it-take@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/it-take/-/it-take-2.0.0.tgz#e62bdf0f9bf1590b369a116b37de9f74b1f61f00"
+  integrity sha512-lN3diSTomOvYBk2K0LHAgrQ52DlQfvq8tH/+HLAFpX8Q3JwBkr/BPJEi3Z3Lf8jMmN1KOCBXvt5sXa3eW9vUmg==
+
 it-to-stream@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/it-to-stream/-/it-to-stream-1.0.0.tgz"
@@ -15560,6 +15641,13 @@ jsprim@^1.2.2:
     array-includes "^3.1.5"
     object.assign "^4.1.3"
 
+k-bucket@^5.1.0:
+  version "5.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/k-bucket/-/k-bucket-5.1.0.tgz#db2c9e72bd168b432e3f3e8fc092e2ccb61bff89"
+  integrity sha512-Fac7iINEovXIWU20GPnOMLUbjctiS+cnmyjC4zAUgvs3XPf1vo9akfCHkigftSic/jiKqKl+KA3a/vFcJbHyCg==
+  dependencies:
+    randombytes "^2.1.0"
+
 keccak@3.0.1, keccak@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/keccak/-/keccak-3.0.1.tgz"