diff --git a/cmds/modules/api_gateway/main.go b/cmds/modules/api_gateway/main.go
index b0f1f8cc2..e9ef07ab0 100644
--- a/cmds/modules/api_gateway/main.go
+++ b/cmds/modules/api_gateway/main.go
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ func action(cli *cli.Context) error {
 			router.Serve,
 			peer.WithKeyType(peer.KeyTypeEd25519),
 			peer.WithRelay(environment.MustGet().RelayURL...),
+			peer.WithInMemoryExpiration(6*60*60), // 6 hours
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to start a new rmb peer: %w", err)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 21cb4fff1..2a4f709fd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil v3.21.11+incompatible
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	github.com/threefoldtech/0-fs v1.3.1-0.20240424140157-b488dfedcc56
 	github.com/threefoldtech/tfchain/clients/tfchain-client-go v0.0.0-20241127100051-77e684bcb1b2
-	github.com/threefoldtech/tfgrid-sdk-go/rmb-sdk-go v0.16.0
+	github.com/threefoldtech/tfgrid-sdk-go/rmb-sdk-go v0.16.1-0.20241229121208-76ac3fea5e67
 	github.com/threefoldtech/zbus v1.0.1
 	github.com/tyler-smith/go-bip39 v1.1.0
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.17.2-0.20221006022127-8f469abc00aa
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dbc54f94d..a538abfab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -550,16 +550,16 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/stripe/safesql v0.2.0/go.mod h1:q7b2n0JmzM1mVGfcYpanfVb2j23cXZeWFxcILPn3JV4=
 github.com/syndtr/gocapability v0.0.0-20200815063812-42c35b437635/go.mod h1:hkRG7XYTFWNJGYcbNJQlaLq0fg1yr4J4t/NcTQtrfww=
 github.com/threefoldtech/0-fs v1.3.1-0.20240424140157-b488dfedcc56 h1:uWd8JfE8N3IM6Zw/LMr0+sRJl+G0YgqQmNDP8xXR0vw=
 github.com/threefoldtech/0-fs v1.3.1-0.20240424140157-b488dfedcc56/go.mod h1:lZjR32SiNo3dP70inVFxaLMyZjmKX1ucS+5O31dbPNM=
 github.com/threefoldtech/tfchain/clients/tfchain-client-go v0.0.0-20241127100051-77e684bcb1b2 h1:VW2J36F8g/kJn4IkY0JiRFmb1gFcdjiOyltfJLJ0mYU=
 github.com/threefoldtech/tfchain/clients/tfchain-client-go v0.0.0-20241127100051-77e684bcb1b2/go.mod h1:cOL5YgHUmDG5SAXrsZxFjUECRQQuAqOoqvXhZG5sEUw=
-github.com/threefoldtech/tfgrid-sdk-go/rmb-sdk-go v0.16.0 h1:3wqyjYnFVCbEy/wD9IKljrGKMxH/svlL4jTlZ8lnxbY=
-github.com/threefoldtech/tfgrid-sdk-go/rmb-sdk-go v0.16.0/go.mod h1:TIx20W2b+tTpYWTH/f4AGsiE1i959tFYAYDUVClYzAY=
+github.com/threefoldtech/tfgrid-sdk-go/rmb-sdk-go v0.16.1-0.20241229121208-76ac3fea5e67 h1:Ii9TmXPBC1GYxRirReSygRZvEGXfAsQRaIipMEzGik0=
+github.com/threefoldtech/tfgrid-sdk-go/rmb-sdk-go v0.16.1-0.20241229121208-76ac3fea5e67/go.mod h1:93SROfr+QjgaJ5/jIWtIpLkhaD8Pv8WbdfwvwMNG2p4=
 github.com/threefoldtech/zbus v1.0.1 h1:3KaEpyOiDYAw+lrAyoQUGIvY9BcjVRXlQ1beBRqhRNk=
 github.com/threefoldtech/zbus v1.0.1/go.mod h1:E/v/xEvG/l6z/Oj0aDkuSUXFm/1RVJkhKBwDTAIdsHo=
 github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.1.5 h1:2gXmtWueD2HefZHQe1QOy9HVzmFrLOVvsXwXBQ0ayy0=