diff --git a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/bin/subspace-farmer/commands/cluster/controller/caches.rs b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/bin/subspace-farmer/commands/cluster/controller/caches.rs
index 9264783faad..2704b4f8467 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/bin/subspace-farmer/commands/cluster/controller/caches.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/bin/subspace-farmer/commands/cluster/controller/caches.rs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ pub(super) async fn maintain_caches(
         (Box::pin(ready(())) as Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = ()>>>).fuse();
 
     let cache_identify_subscription = pin!(nats_client
-        .subscribe_to_broadcasts::<ClusterCacheIdentifyBroadcast>(None, None)
+        .subscribe_to_broadcasts::<ClusterCacheIdentifyBroadcast>(Some(cache_group), None)
         .await
         .map_err(|error| anyhow!("Failed to subscribe to cache identify broadcast: {error}"))?);
 
diff --git a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/cluster/cache.rs b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/cluster/cache.rs
index 5453742669b..63ae8f5ecbf 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/cluster/cache.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/cluster/cache.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ pub struct ClusterCacheIdentifyBroadcast {
 }
 
 impl GenericBroadcast for ClusterCacheIdentifyBroadcast {
+    /// `*` here stands for cache group
     const SUBJECT: &'static str = "subspace.cache.*.identify";
 }
 
@@ -274,10 +275,7 @@ where
     C: PieceCache,
 {
     let mut subscription = nats_client
-        .subscribe_to_broadcasts::<ClusterControllerCacheIdentifyBroadcast>(
-            Some(cache_group),
-            Some(cache_group.to_string()),
-        )
+        .subscribe_to_broadcasts::<ClusterControllerCacheIdentifyBroadcast>(Some(cache_group), None)
         .await
         .map_err(|error| {
             anyhow!("Failed to subscribe to cache identify broadcast requests: {error}")
@@ -306,14 +304,14 @@ where
                 }
 
                 last_identification = Instant::now();
-                send_identify_broadcast(nats_client, caches_details).await;
+                send_identify_broadcast(nats_client, caches_details, cache_group).await;
                 interval.reset();
             }
             _ = interval.tick().fuse() => {
                 last_identification = Instant::now();
                 trace!("Cache self-identification");
 
-                send_identify_broadcast(nats_client, caches_details).await;
+                send_identify_broadcast(nats_client, caches_details, cache_group).await;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -324,6 +322,7 @@ where
 async fn send_identify_broadcast<C>(
     nats_client: &NatsClient,
     caches_details: &[CacheDetails<'_, C>],
+    cache_group: &str,
 ) where
     C: PieceCache,
 {
@@ -336,7 +335,7 @@ async fn send_identify_broadcast<C>(
                         cache_id: cache.cache_id,
                         max_num_elements: cache.cache.max_num_elements(),
                     },
-                    &cache.cache_id_string,
+                    cache_group,
                 )
                 .await
             {