diff --git a/.pinned b/.pinned
index d54a1d4b31..a9b5e63f5a 100644
--- a/.pinned
+++ b/.pinned
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-bearssl;https://github.com/status-im/nim-bearssl@#a647994910904b0103a05db3a5ec1ecfc4d91a88
+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@#75d030ff71264513fb9701c75a326cd36fcb4692
+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@#b42daf41d8eb4fbce40add6836bed838f8d85b6f
+faststreams;https://github.com/status-im/nim-faststreams@#814f8927e1f356f39219f37f069b83066bcc893a
 httputils;https://github.com/status-im/nim-http-utils@#a85bd52ae0a956983ca6b3267c72961d2ec0245f
 json_serialization;https://github.com/status-im/nim-json-serialization@#a7d815ed92f200f490c95d3cfd722089cc923ce6
 metrics;https://github.com/status-im/nim-metrics@#21e99a2e9d9f80e68bef65c80ef781613005fccb
-nimcrypto;https://github.com/cheatfate/nimcrypto@#24e006df85927f64916e60511620583b11403178
+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@#7184d2424dc3945657884646a72715d494917aad
+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
\ No newline at end of file
+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/transports/tcptransport.nim b/libp2p/transports/tcptransport.nim
index 0ae11d7af8..2953d69a07 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
@@ -252,7 +258,7 @@ method dial*(
 
   trace "Dialing remote peer", address = $address
 
-  let transp = await connect(address)
+  let transp = await connect(address, flags = self.clientFlags)
   try:
     let observedAddr = await getObservedAddr(transp)
     return await self.connHandler(transp, Opt.some(observedAddr), Direction.Out)
diff --git a/libp2p/utility.nim b/libp2p/utility.nim
index 3a02a25d36..1000394ae7 100644
--- a/libp2p/utility.nim
+++ b/libp2p/utility.nim
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ template public* {.pragma.}
 const
   ShortDumpMax = 12
 
+template compilesOr*(a, b: untyped): untyped =
+  when compiles(a):
+    a
+  else:
+    b
+
 func shortLog*(item: openArray[byte]): string =
   if item.len <= ShortDumpMax:
     result = item.toHex()
diff --git a/libp2p/wire.nim b/libp2p/wire.nim
index 4b5b65039d..6c3671f2d2 100644
--- a/libp2p/wire.nim
+++ b/libp2p/wire.nim
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ else:
 
 ## This module implements wire network connection procedures.
 import chronos, stew/endians2
-import multiaddress, multicodec, errors
+import multiaddress, multicodec, errors, utility
 
 when defined(windows):
   import winlean
@@ -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 +87,13 @@ proc connect*(
   if not(RTRANSPMA.match(ma)):
     raise newException(MaInvalidAddress, "Incorrect or unsupported address!")
 
-  return connect(initTAddress(ma).tryGet(), bufferSize, child)
+  let transportAddress = initTAddress(ma).tryGet()
+
+  compilesOr:
+    return connect(transportAddress, bufferSize, child, flags)
+  do:
+    # support for older chronos versions
+    return connect(transportAddress, bufferSize, child)
 
 proc createStreamServer*[T](ma: MultiAddress,
                             cbproc: StreamCallback,