diff --git a/packages/tests/package.json b/packages/tests/package.json
index e33aa82dc0..df054060b2 100644
--- a/packages/tests/package.json
+++ b/packages/tests/package.json
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
     "@types/dockerode": "^3.3.17",
     "@types/mocha": "^10.0.1",
     "@types/tail": "^2.2.1",
-    "@waku/sdk": "*",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.57.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.62.0",
     "@waku/dns-discovery": "*",
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/peer_exchange.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/peer_exchange.node.spec.ts
index 29c9a5ec89..19a06709c1 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/peer_exchange.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/peer_exchange.node.spec.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {
   PeerExchangeCodec,
   PeerExchangeDiscovery,
   WakuPeerExchange,
-  wakuPeerExchangeDiscovery,
 } from "@waku/peer-exchange";
 import { createLightNode, Libp2pComponents } from "@waku/sdk";
 import { expect } from "chai";
@@ -114,21 +113,13 @@ describe("Peer Exchange", () => {
           discv5BootstrapNode: enr,
         });
 
-        waku = await createLightNode({
-          libp2p: {
-            peerDiscovery: [wakuPeerExchangeDiscovery()],
-          },
-        });
-        const peerExchange = waku.libp2p.components["components"][
-          "peer-discovery-0"
-        ] as PeerExchangeDiscovery;
-
+        waku = await createLightNode();
         await waku.start();
-        const nwaku2Ma = await nwaku2.getMultiaddrWithId();
 
+        const nwaku2Ma = await nwaku2.getMultiaddrWithId();
         await waku.libp2p.dialProtocol(nwaku2Ma, PeerExchangeCodec);
 
-        return peerExchange;
+        return new PeerExchangeDiscovery(waku.libp2p.components);
       },
       teardown: async () => {
         await nwaku1?.stop();
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/waku.node.optional.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/waku.node.optional.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdd6bd9993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/waku.node.optional.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { bootstrap } from "@libp2p/bootstrap";
+import { enrTree, wakuDnsDiscovery } from "@waku/dns-discovery";
+import { LightNode } from "@waku/interfaces";
+import { createLightNode } from "@waku/sdk";
+import { expect } from "chai";
+
+import { makeLogFileName, NimGoNode } from "../src/index.js";
+
+describe("Use static and several ENR trees for bootstrap", function () {
+  let waku: LightNode;
+  let nwaku: NimGoNode;
+
+  afterEach(async function () {
+    !!nwaku && (await nwaku.stop());
+    !!waku && waku.stop().catch((e) => console.log("Waku failed to stop", e));
+  });
+
+  it("", async function () {
+    this.timeout(10_000);
+
+    nwaku = new NimGoNode(makeLogFileName(this));
+    await nwaku.start();
+    const multiAddrWithId = await nwaku.getMultiaddrWithId();
+
+    const NODE_REQUIREMENTS = {
+      store: 3,
+      lightPush: 3,
+      filter: 3,
+    };
+
+    waku = await createLightNode({
+      libp2p: {
+        peerDiscovery: [
+          bootstrap({ list: [multiAddrWithId.toString()] }),
+          wakuDnsDiscovery(
+            [enrTree["PROD"], enrTree["TEST"]],
+            NODE_REQUIREMENTS
+          ),
+        ],
+      },
+    });
+    await waku.start();
+
+    const peersDiscovered = await waku.libp2p.peerStore.all();
+
+    // 3 from DNS Disc, 1 from bootstrap
+    expect(peersDiscovered.length).to.eq(3 + 1);
+    // should also have the bootstrap peer
+    expect(
+      peersDiscovered.find(
+        (p) => p.id.toString() === multiAddrWithId.getPeerId()?.toString()
+      )
+    ).to.not.be.undefined;
+  });
+});