diff --git a/.pinned b/.pinned
index 8f193c68f4..a9b5e63f5a 100644
--- a/.pinned
+++ b/.pinned
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 bearssl;https://github.com/status-im/nim-bearssl@#acf9645e328bdcab481cfda1c158e07ecd46bd7b
 chronicles;https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronicles@#32ac8679680ea699f7dbc046e8e0131cac97d41a
-chronos;https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronos@#8fcbe716b2f069480277aa6781782d3e311ee2c0
+chronos;https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronos@#5d3da66e563d21277b57a9b601744273c083a01b
 dnsclient;https://github.com/ba0f3/dnsclient.nim@#fcd7443634b950eaea574e5eaa00a628ae029823
 faststreams;https://github.com/status-im/nim-faststreams@#814f8927e1f356f39219f37f069b83066bcc893a
 httputils;https://github.com/status-im/nim-http-utils@#a85bd52ae0a956983ca6b3267c72961d2ec0245f
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ json_serialization;https://github.com/status-im/nim-json-serialization@#a7d815ed
 metrics;https://github.com/status-im/nim-metrics@#21e99a2e9d9f80e68bef65c80ef781613005fccb
 nimcrypto;https://github.com/cheatfate/nimcrypto@#4014ef939b51e02053c2e16dd3481d47bc9267dd
 secp256k1;https://github.com/status-im/nim-secp256k1@#fd173fdff863ce2e211cf64c9a03bc7539fe40b0
-serialization;https://github.com/status-im/nim-serialization@#d77417cba6896c26287a68e6a95762e45a1b87e5
-stew;https://github.com/status-im/nim-stew@#447b23d3bf6eb7be6531385e4db9124772c98068
+serialization;https://github.com/status-im/nim-serialization@#5b7cea55efeb074daa8abd8146a03a34adb4521a
+stew;https://github.com/status-im/nim-stew@#407a59883691d362db2fe8eab7f7c3b1f75112ff
 testutils;https://github.com/status-im/nim-testutils@#dfc4c1b39f9ded9baf6365014de2b4bfb4dafc34
 unittest2;https://github.com/status-im/nim-unittest2@#da8398c45cafd5bd7772da1fc96e3924a18d3823
-websock;https://github.com/status-im/nim-websock@#691f069b209d372b1240d5ae1f57fb7bbafeaba7
-zlib;https://github.com/status-im/nim-zlib@#6a6670afba6b97b29b920340e2641978c05ab4d8
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+websock;https://github.com/status-im/nim-websock@#fea05cde8b123b38d1a0a8524b77efbc84daa848
+zlib;https://github.com/status-im/nim-zlib@#826e2fc013f55b4478802d4f2e39f187c50d520a
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libp2p/wire.nim b/libp2p/wire.nim
index ba7109d134..6c3671f2d2 100644
--- a/libp2p/wire.nim
+++ b/libp2p/wire.nim
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ proc connect*(
   compilesOr:
     return connect(transportAddress, bufferSize, child, flags)
   do:
+    # support for older chronos versions
     return connect(transportAddress, bufferSize, child)
 
 proc createStreamServer*[T](ma: MultiAddress,