diff --git a/cli/operator/node.go b/cli/operator/node.go
index 5fdb49e192..302e7d68fe 100644
--- a/cli/operator/node.go
+++ b/cli/operator/node.go
@@ -165,10 +165,13 @@ var StartNodeCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			logger.Fatal("could not connect to execution client", zap.Error(err))
 		}
 
+		var validatorCtrl validator.Controller
 		cfg.P2pNetworkConfig.Permissioned = permissioned
 		cfg.P2pNetworkConfig.NodeStorage = nodeStorage
 		cfg.P2pNetworkConfig.OperatorPubKeyHash = format.OperatorID(operatorData.PublicKey)
-		cfg.P2pNetworkConfig.OperatorID = operatorData.ID
+		cfg.P2pNetworkConfig.OperatorID = func() spectypes.OperatorID {
+			return validatorCtrl.GetOperatorData().ID
+		}
 		cfg.P2pNetworkConfig.FullNode = cfg.SSVOptions.ValidatorOptions.FullNode
 		cfg.P2pNetworkConfig.Network = networkConfig
 
@@ -238,7 +241,7 @@ var StartNodeCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		cfg.SSVOptions.ValidatorOptions.Metrics = metricsReporter
 		cfg.SSVOptions.Metrics = metricsReporter
 
-		validatorCtrl := validator.NewController(logger, cfg.SSVOptions.ValidatorOptions)
+		validatorCtrl = validator.NewController(logger, cfg.SSVOptions.ValidatorOptions)
 		cfg.SSVOptions.ValidatorController = validatorCtrl
 
 		operatorNode = operator.New(logger, cfg.SSVOptions, slotTickerProvider)
diff --git a/network/p2p/config.go b/network/p2p/config.go
index 9dd29ca7fc..3880b52311 100644
--- a/network/p2p/config.go
+++ b/network/p2p/config.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	// OperatorPubKeyHash is hash of operator public key, used for identity, optional
 	OperatorPubKeyHash string
 	// OperatorID contains numeric operator ID
-	OperatorID spectypes.OperatorID
+	OperatorID func() spectypes.OperatorID
 	// Router propagate incoming network messages to the responsive components
 	Router network.MessageRouter
 	// UserAgent to use by libp2p identify protocol
diff --git a/network/p2p/p2p.go b/network/p2p/p2p.go
index 96c8d0771e..9ee5c04126 100644
--- a/network/p2p/p2p.go
+++ b/network/p2p/p2p.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ type p2pNetwork struct {
 	nodeStorage             operatorstorage.Storage
 	operatorPKHashToPKCache *hashmap.Map[string, []byte] // used for metrics
 	operatorPrivateKey      *rsa.PrivateKey
-	operatorID              spectypes.OperatorID
+	operatorID              func() spectypes.OperatorID
 }
 
 // New creates a new p2p network
diff --git a/network/p2p/p2p_pubsub.go b/network/p2p/p2p_pubsub.go
index dc28fdffab..1ec65082a6 100644
--- a/network/p2p/p2p_pubsub.go
+++ b/network/p2p/p2p_pubsub.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (n *p2pNetwork) Broadcast(msg *spectypes.SSVMessage) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		encodedMsg = commons.EncodeSignedSSVMessage(encodedMsg, n.operatorID, signature)
+		encodedMsg = commons.EncodeSignedSSVMessage(encodedMsg, n.operatorID(), signature)
 	}
 
 	vpk := msg.GetID().GetPubKey()