diff --git a/packages/tests/src/lib/service_node.ts b/packages/tests/src/lib/service_node.ts
index 7006a8ad5a..cc269d98d8 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/lib/service_node.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/src/lib/service_node.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const WAKU_SERVICE_NODE_PARAMS =
 const NODE_READY_LOG_LINE = "Node setup complete";
 
 export const DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME =
-  process.env.WAKUNODE_IMAGE || "wakuorg/nwaku:v0.24.0";
+  process.env.WAKUNODE_IMAGE || "wakuorg/nwaku:v0.25.0";
 
 const isGoWaku = DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME.includes("go-waku");
 
diff --git a/packages/tests/src/run-tests.js b/packages/tests/src/run-tests.js
index 91526189c0..107187e8be 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/run-tests.js
+++ b/packages/tests/src/run-tests.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { promisify } from "util";
 
 const execAsync = promisify(exec);
 
-const WAKUNODE_IMAGE = process.env.WAKUNODE_IMAGE || "wakuorg/nwaku:v0.24.0";
+const WAKUNODE_IMAGE = process.env.WAKUNODE_IMAGE || "wakuorg/nwaku:v0.25.0";
 
 async function main() {
   try {
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/filter/single_node/subscribe.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/filter/single_node/subscribe.node.spec.ts
index fa53c19608..6f26d57478 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/filter/single_node/subscribe.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/filter/single_node/subscribe.node.spec.ts
@@ -222,81 +222,37 @@ describe("Waku Filter V2: Subscribe: Single Service Node", function () {
     });
   });
 
-  it("Subscribe to 100 topics (new limit) at once and receives messages", async function () {
-    let topicCount: number;
-    if (isNwakuAtLeast("0.25.0")) {
-      this.timeout(50000);
-      topicCount = 100;
-    } else {
-      // skipping for old versions where the limit is 30
-      this.skip();
-    }
-    const td = generateTestData(topicCount);
-
-    await subscription.subscribe(td.decoders, messageCollector.callback);
-
-    // Send a unique message on each topic.
-    for (let i = 0; i < topicCount; i++) {
-      await waku.lightPush.send(td.encoders[i], {
-        payload: utf8ToBytes(`Message for Topic ${i + 1}`)
-      });
-    }
-
-    // Open issue here: https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues/1790
-    // That's why we use the try catch block
-    try {
-      // Verify that each message was received on the corresponding topic.
-      expect(await messageCollector.waitForMessages(topicCount)).to.eq(true);
-      td.contentTopics.forEach((topic, index) => {
-        messageCollector.verifyReceivedMessage(index, {
-          expectedContentTopic: topic,
-          expectedMessageText: `Message for Topic ${index + 1}`
-        });
-      });
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.warn(
-        "This test still fails because of https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues/1790"
-      );
-    }
-  });
-
-  //TODO: remove test when WAKUNODE_IMAGE is 0.25.0
-  it("Subscribe to 30 topics (old limit) at once and receives messages", async function () {
-    let topicCount: number;
-    if (isNwakuAtLeast("0.25.0")) {
-      // skipping for new versions where the new limit is 100
-      this.skip();
-    } else {
-      topicCount = 30;
-    }
+  it.only("Subscribe to 100 topics (limit) at once and receives messages", async function () {
+    this.timeout(50000);
+    const topicCount: number = 33;
 
     const td = generateTestData(topicCount);
 
+    console.log("subscribing");
     await subscription.subscribe(td.decoders, messageCollector.callback);
+    console.log("subscribed");
 
     // Send a unique message on each topic.
     for (let i = 0; i < topicCount; i++) {
-      await waku.lightPush.send(td.encoders[i], {
-        payload: utf8ToBytes(`Message for Topic ${i + 1}`)
-      });
+      console.log("sending msg, ", i);
+      try {
+        await waku.lightPush.send(td.encoders[i], {
+          payload: utf8ToBytes(`Message for Topic ${i + 1}`)
+        });
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error("error on send ", i + 1, error);
+      }
+      if (i % 10 === 0) await delay(2000);
     }
 
-    // Open issue here: https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues/1790
-    // That's why we use the try catch block
-    try {
-      // Verify that each message was received on the corresponding topic.
-      expect(await messageCollector.waitForMessages(topicCount)).to.eq(true);
-      td.contentTopics.forEach((topic, index) => {
-        messageCollector.verifyReceivedMessage(index, {
-          expectedContentTopic: topic,
-          expectedMessageText: `Message for Topic ${index + 1}`
-        });
+    // Verify that each message was received on the corresponding topic.
+    expect(await messageCollector.waitForMessages(topicCount)).to.eq(true);
+    td.contentTopics.forEach((topic, index) => {
+      messageCollector.verifyReceivedMessage(index, {
+        expectedContentTopic: topic,
+        expectedMessageText: `Message for Topic ${index + 1}`
       });
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.warn(
-        "This test still fails because of https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues/1790"
-      );
-    }
+    });
   });
 
   it("Error when try to subscribe to more than 101 topics (new limit)", async function () {