diff --git a/.github/workflows/beekeeper.yml b/.github/workflows/beekeeper.yml
index ff534225377..7d77af5195f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/beekeeper.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/beekeeper.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       REPLICA: 3
       RUN_TYPE: "PR RUN"
       SETUP_CONTRACT_IMAGE_TAG: "0.2.0"
-      BEEKEEPER_BRANCH: "pss-fix"
+      BEEKEEPER_BRANCH: "master"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Setup Go
diff --git a/pkg/p2p/libp2p/libp2p.go b/pkg/p2p/libp2p/libp2p.go
index 62756832158..efc8eb17916 100644
--- a/pkg/p2p/libp2p/libp2p.go
+++ b/pkg/p2p/libp2p/libp2p.go
@@ -698,6 +698,8 @@ func (s *Service) Connect(ctx context.Context, addr ma.Multiaddr) (address *bzz.
 
 	s.metrics.CreatedConnectionCount.Inc()
 
+	s.reacher.Connected(overlay, i.BzzAddress.Underlay)
+
 	peerUserAgent := appendSpace(s.peerUserAgent(ctx, info.ID))
 
 	s.logger.Debugf("successfully connected to peer %s%s%s (outbound)", i.BzzAddress.ShortString(), i.LightString(), peerUserAgent)
diff --git a/pkg/reacher/metrics.go b/pkg/reacher/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab745943b2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/reacher/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Swarm Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package reacher
+
+import (
+	m "github.com/ethersphere/bee/pkg/metrics"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+)
+
+type metrics struct {
+	Pings    prometheus.CounterVec
+	PingTime prometheus.HistogramVec
+}
+
+func newMetrics() metrics {
+	subsystem := "reacher"
+
+	return metrics{
+		Pings: *prometheus.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace: m.Namespace,
+			Subsystem: subsystem,
+			Name:      "pings",
+			Help:      "Ping counter.",
+		}, []string{"status"}),
+		PingTime: *prometheus.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+			Namespace: m.Namespace,
+			Subsystem: subsystem,
+			Name:      "ping_timer",
+			Help:      "Ping timer.",
+		}, []string{"status"}),
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *reacher) Metrics() []prometheus.Collector {
+	return m.PrometheusCollectorsFromFields(s.metrics)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/reacher/reacher.go b/pkg/reacher/reacher.go
index b799a30afbe..f555a9d7c42 100644
--- a/pkg/reacher/reacher.go
+++ b/pkg/reacher/reacher.go
@@ -11,18 +11,16 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"golang.org/x/sync/semaphore"
-
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/pkg/p2p"
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/pkg/swarm"
 	ma "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
 )
 
 const (
-	pingTimeoutMin = time.Second * 2
-	pingTimeoutMax = time.Second * 5
-	pingMaxAttemps = 3
-	maxWorkers     = 16
+	pingTimeoutMin  = time.Second * 2
+	pingTimeoutMax  = time.Second * 5
+	pingMaxAttempts = 3
+	workers         = 8
 )
 
 type peer struct {
@@ -34,15 +32,16 @@ type reacher struct {
 	mu    sync.Mutex
 	queue []peer
 
-	ctx      context.Context
-	ctxClose context.CancelFunc
-	run      chan struct{}
+	ctx       context.Context
+	ctxCancel context.CancelFunc
+	run       chan struct{}
 
 	pinger   p2p.Pinger
 	notifier p2p.ReachableNotifier
 
-	wg  sync.WaitGroup
-	sem *semaphore.Weighted
+	wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+	metrics metrics
 }
 
 func New(streamer p2p.Pinger, notifier p2p.ReachableNotifier) *reacher {
@@ -50,17 +49,19 @@ func New(streamer p2p.Pinger, notifier p2p.ReachableNotifier) *reacher {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
 	r := &reacher{
-		run:      make(chan struct{}, 1),
-		pinger:   streamer,
-		notifier: notifier,
-		wg:       sync.WaitGroup{},
-		sem:      semaphore.NewWeighted(maxWorkers),
-		ctx:      ctx,
-		ctxClose: cancel,
+		run:       make(chan struct{}, 1),
+		pinger:    streamer,
+		notifier:  notifier,
+		wg:        sync.WaitGroup{},
+		ctx:       ctx,
+		ctxCancel: cancel,
+		metrics:   newMetrics(),
 	}
 
-	r.wg.Add(1)
-	go r.worker()
+	r.wg.Add(workers)
+	for i := 0; i < workers; i++ {
+		go r.worker()
+	}
 
 	return r
 }
@@ -74,18 +75,12 @@ func (r *reacher) worker() {
 		case <-r.ctx.Done():
 			return
 		case <-r.run:
-			if err := r.sem.Acquire(r.ctx, 1); err == nil {
-				r.wg.Add(1)
-				go r.ping()
-			}
+			r.work()
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-func (r *reacher) ping() {
-
-	defer r.wg.Done()
-	defer r.sem.Release(1)
+func (r *reacher) work() {
 
 	for {
 
@@ -111,16 +106,23 @@ func (r *reacher) ping() {
 
 			attempts++
 
+			now := time.Now()
+
 			ctxt, cancel := context.WithTimeout(r.ctx, timeout)
 			_, err := r.pinger.Ping(ctxt, p.addr)
 			cancel()
 
 			if err == nil {
+				r.metrics.Pings.WithLabelValues("success").Inc()
+				r.metrics.PingTime.WithLabelValues("success").Observe(time.Since(now).Seconds())
 				r.notifier.Reachable(p.overlay, true)
 				break
 			}
 
-			if attempts == pingMaxAttemps {
+			r.metrics.Pings.WithLabelValues("failure").Inc()
+			r.metrics.PingTime.WithLabelValues("failure").Observe(time.Since(now).Seconds())
+
+			if attempts == pingMaxAttempts {
 				r.notifier.Reachable(p.overlay, false)
 				break
 			}
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ func (r *reacher) Disconnected(overlay swarm.Address) {
 }
 
 func (r *reacher) Close() error {
-	r.ctxClose()
+	r.ctxCancel()
 	r.wg.Wait()
 	return nil
 }