diff --git a/.pinned b/.pinned
index d54a1d4b31..e7d75a5662 100644
--- a/.pinned
+++ b/.pinned
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 bearssl;https://github.com/status-im/nim-bearssl@#a647994910904b0103a05db3a5ec1ecfc4d91a88
 chronicles;https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronicles@#32ac8679680ea699f7dbc046e8e0131cac97d41a
-chronos;https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronos@#75d030ff71264513fb9701c75a326cd36fcb4692
+chronos;https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronos@#8b44843d416961f57786579533677c12a9876976
 dnsclient;https://github.com/ba0f3/dnsclient.nim@#fcd7443634b950eaea574e5eaa00a628ae029823
 faststreams;https://github.com/status-im/nim-faststreams@#b42daf41d8eb4fbce40add6836bed838f8d85b6f
 httputils;https://github.com/status-im/nim-http-utils@#a85bd52ae0a956983ca6b3267c72961d2ec0245f
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ metrics;https://github.com/status-im/nim-metrics@#21e99a2e9d9f80e68bef65c80ef781
 nimcrypto;https://github.com/cheatfate/nimcrypto@#24e006df85927f64916e60511620583b11403178
 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@#7184d2424dc3945657884646a72715d494917aad
+stew;https://github.com/status-im/nim-stew@#f5846de7b2bacecd7dbff9e89d81b4f34385eb31
 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
diff --git a/libp2p.nimble b/libp2p.nimble
index 85ba6bf918..e45bd46399 100644
--- a/libp2p.nimble
+++ b/libp2p.nimble
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ license       = "MIT"
 skipDirs      = @["tests", "examples", "Nim", "tools", "scripts", "docs"]
 
 requires "nim >= 1.2.0",
+         "chronos#8b44843",
          "nimcrypto >= 0.4.1",
          "dnsclient >= 0.3.0 & < 0.4.0",
          "bearssl >= 0.1.4",
          "chronicles >= 0.10.2",
-         "chronos >= 3.0.6",
          "metrics",
          "secp256k1",
          "stew#head",
diff --git a/libp2p/transports/tcptransport.nim b/libp2p/transports/tcptransport.nim
index 6d0d321820..a9a9662ed7 100644
--- a/libp2p/transports/tcptransport.nim
+++ b/libp2p/transports/tcptransport.nim
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type
     servers*: seq[StreamServer]
     clients: array[Direction, seq[StreamTransport]]
     flags: set[ServerFlags]
+    clientFlags: set[TransportFlags]
     acceptFuts: seq[Future[StreamTransport]]
 
   TcpTransportTracker* = ref object of TrackerBase
@@ -131,6 +132,11 @@ proc new*(
 
   let transport = T(
     flags: flags,
+    clientFlags:
+      if ServerFlags.TcpNoDelay in flags:
+        {TransportFlags.TcpNoDelay}
+      else:
+        default(set[TransportFlags]),
     upgrader: upgrade)
 
   return transport
diff --git a/libp2p/wire.nim b/libp2p/wire.nim
index 61c0010af5..61ebff64c5 100644
--- a/libp2p/wire.nim
+++ b/libp2p/wire.nim
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ proc initTAddress*(ma: MultiAddress): MaResult[TransportAddress] =
 proc connect*(
   ma: MultiAddress,
   bufferSize = DefaultStreamBufferSize,
-  child: StreamTransport = nil): Future[StreamTransport]
+  child: StreamTransport = nil,
+  flags = default(set[TransportFlags])): Future[StreamTransport]
   {.raises: [Defect, LPError, MaInvalidAddress].} =
   ## Open new connection to remote peer with address ``ma`` and create
   ## new transport object ``StreamTransport`` for established connection.
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ proc connect*(
   if not(RTRANSPMA.match(ma)):
     raise newException(MaInvalidAddress, "Incorrect or unsupported address!")
 
-  return connect(initTAddress(ma).tryGet(), bufferSize, child)
+  return connect(initTAddress(ma).tryGet(), bufferSize, child, flags)
 
 proc createStreamServer*[T](ma: MultiAddress,
                             cbproc: StreamCallback,