diff --git a/node/Cargo.toml b/node/Cargo.toml
index b1e228e968..75875640f9 100644
--- a/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license = "MPL-2.0"
 tracing = "0.1"
 hex = "0.4"
 dusk-consensus = { version = "0.1.1-rc.3", path = "../consensus" }
-kadcast = "0.5.0-rc"
+kadcast = "0.6.0-rc"
 sha3 = { version = "0.10" }
 anyhow = "1.0"
 async-trait = "0.1"
diff --git a/rusk/Cargo.toml b/rusk/Cargo.toml
index 8c89f3bc07..405d73639c 100644
--- a/rusk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rusk/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dusk-pki = "0.12"
 dusk-bytes = "0.1"
 dusk-wallet-core = "0.20.0-piecrust.0.6"
 phoenix-core = "0.20.0-rc.0"
-kadcast = "0.5.0-rc"
+kadcast = "0.6.0-rc"
 tungstenite = "0.20"
 hyper-tungstenite = "0.11"
 hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["server", "stream", "http1", "http2"] }
diff --git a/rusk/src/bin/args.rs b/rusk/src/bin/args.rs
index 024aeef32b..acd71c43d7 100644
--- a/rusk/src/bin/args.rs
+++ b/rusk/src/bin/args.rs
@@ -81,4 +81,8 @@ pub struct Args {
     /// If this is not specified, the public address is used for binding
     /// incoming connection
     pub kadcast_listen_address: Option<String>,
+
+    #[clap(short = 'n', long = "network-id")]
+    /// Kadcast network id
+    pub kadcast_network_id: Option<u8>,
 }
diff --git a/rusk/src/bin/config/kadcast.rs b/rusk/src/bin/config/kadcast.rs
index dd20df227b..a95a58ee35 100644
--- a/rusk/src/bin/config/kadcast.rs
+++ b/rusk/src/bin/config/kadcast.rs
@@ -29,5 +29,8 @@ impl KadcastConfig {
         if let Some(bootstrapping_nodes) = arg.kadcast_bootstrap.clone() {
             self.0.bootstrapping_nodes = bootstrapping_nodes
         };
+        if let Some(network_id) = arg.kadcast_network_id {
+            self.0.kadcast_id = Some(network_id)
+        };
     }
 }