diff --git a/p2p/node/api.go b/p2p/node/api.go
index 4f140737e6..9da5d96a0e 100644
--- a/p2p/node/api.go
+++ b/p2p/node/api.go
@@ -166,14 +166,26 @@ func (p *P2PNode) requestFromPeers(topic *pubsubManager.Topic, requestData inter
 		case <-p.ctx.Done():
 			return
 		default:
-			peers := p.peerManager.GetPeers(topic)
+			// Use stream peers if the node has accumulated
+			// c_streamPeerThreshold number of streams otherwise look up peers
+			// from the database and create streams with them
+			peers := p.peerManager.GetStreamPeers()
+			if len(peers) < c_streamPeerThreshold {
+				peersMap := p.peerManager.GetPeers(topic)
+				peers = make([]peer.ID, 0)
+				for peer := range peersMap {
+					peers = append(peers, peer)
+				}
+			} else {
+				peers = peers[:pubsubManager.C_defaultRequestDegree]
+			}
 			log.Global.WithFields(log.Fields{
 				"peers": peers,
 				"topic": topic,
 			}).Debug("Requesting data from peers")
 
 			var requestWg sync.WaitGroup
-			for peerID := range peers {
+			for _, peerID := range peers {
 				// if we have exceeded the outbound rate limit for this peer, skip them for now
 				if err := protocol.ProcRequestRate(peerID, false); err != nil {
 					log.Global.Warnf("Exceeded request rate to peer %s", peerID)
diff --git a/p2p/node/node.go b/p2p/node/node.go
index 9b412df21e..b9b830f89d 100644
--- a/p2p/node/node.go
+++ b/p2p/node/node.go
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// c_defaultCacheSize is the default size for the p2p cache
-	c_defaultCacheSize = 32
+	c_defaultCacheSize    = 32
+	c_streamPeerThreshold = 25
 )
 
 // P2PNode represents a libp2p node
diff --git a/p2p/node/peerManager/peerManager.go b/p2p/node/peerManager/peerManager.go
index e5a96260e7..68295ecf71 100644
--- a/p2p/node/peerManager/peerManager.go
+++ b/p2p/node/peerManager/peerManager.go
@@ -488,6 +488,10 @@ func (pm *BasicPeerManager) GetPeers(topic *pubsubManager.Topic) map[p2p.PeerID]
 	return pm.queryDHT(topic, peerList, topic.GetRequestDegree()-lenPeer)
 }
 
+func (pm *BasicPeerManager) GetStreamPeers() []peer.ID {
+	return pm.streamManager.GetStreamPeers()
+}
+
 func (pm *BasicPeerManager) queryDHT(topic *pubsubManager.Topic, peerList map[p2p.PeerID]struct{}, peerCount int) map[p2p.PeerID]struct{} {
 	// create a Cid from the slice location
 	shardCid := pubsubManager.TopicToCid(topic)
diff --git a/p2p/node/streamManager/streamManager.go b/p2p/node/streamManager/streamManager.go
index ebfb53f10d..c7cc68d96e 100644
--- a/p2p/node/streamManager/streamManager.go
+++ b/p2p/node/streamManager/streamManager.go
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ type StreamManager interface {
 	// GetStream returns a valid stream, either creating a new one or returning an existing one
 	GetStream(peer.ID) (network.Stream, error)
 
+	// GetStreamPeers returns the peers that the node has open streams with
+	GetStreamPeers() []peer.ID
+
 	// CloseStream goes through all the steps to properly close and remove a stream's resources
 	CloseStream(peer.ID) error
 
@@ -215,6 +218,10 @@ func (sm *basicStreamManager) GetStream(peerID p2p.PeerID) (network.Stream, erro
 	return wrappedStream.stream, err
 }
 
+func (sm *basicStreamManager) GetStreamPeers() []peer.ID {
+	return sm.streamCache.Keys()
+}
+
 func (sm *basicStreamManager) SetP2PBackend(host quaiprotocol.QuaiP2PNode) {
 	sm.p2pBackend = host
 }