diff --git a/core/listener.go b/core/listener.go
index 5260067154..514d67ac7c 100644
--- a/core/listener.go
+++ b/core/listener.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ type Listener struct {
 
 	listenerTimeout time.Duration
 	cancel          context.CancelFunc
+	closed          chan struct{}
 }
 
 func NewListener(
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ func (cl *Listener) Start(context.Context) error {
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	cl.cancel = cancel
+	cl.closed = make(chan struct{})
 
 	sub, err := cl.fetcher.SubscribeNewBlockEvent(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -116,13 +118,25 @@ func (cl *Listener) Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	cl.cancel()
-	cl.cancel = nil
-	return cl.metrics.Close()
+	select {
+	case <-cl.closed:
+		cl.cancel = nil
+		cl.closed = nil
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return ctx.Err()
+	}
+
+	err = cl.metrics.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warnw("listener: closing metrics", "err", err)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // runSubscriber runs a subscriber to receive event data of new signed blocks. It will attempt to
 // resubscribe in case error happens during listening of subscription
 func (cl *Listener) runSubscriber(ctx context.Context, sub <-chan types.EventDataSignedBlock) {
+	defer close(cl.closed)
 	for {
 		err := cl.listen(ctx, sub)
 		if ctx.Err() != nil {
@@ -131,7 +145,7 @@ func (cl *Listener) runSubscriber(ctx context.Context, sub <-chan types.EventDat
 		}
 		if errors.Is(err, errInvalidSubscription) {
 			// stop node if there is a critical issue with the block subscription
-			log.Fatalf("listener: %v", err)
+			log.Fatalf("listener: %v", err) //nolint:gocritic
 		}
 
 		log.Warnw("listener: subscriber error, resubscribing...", "err", err)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5023ad6f1d..a5f5ca8133 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0
 	github.com/alecthomas/jsonschema v0.0.0-20220216202328-9eeeec9d044b
 	github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.5
-	github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/v2 v2.1.2
+	github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/v2 v2.2.0-arabica
 	github.com/celestiaorg/go-fraud v0.2.1
 	github.com/celestiaorg/go-header v0.6.2
 	github.com/celestiaorg/go-libp2p-messenger v0.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b2a56315e9..c6a6efcc5e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -354,8 +354,8 @@ github.com/c-bata/go-prompt v0.2.2/go.mod h1:VzqtzE2ksDBcdln8G7mk2RX9QyGjH+OVqOC
 github.com/casbin/casbin/v2 v2.1.2/go.mod h1:YcPU1XXisHhLzuxH9coDNf2FbKpjGlbCg3n9yuLkIJQ=
 github.com/celestiaorg/blobstream-contracts/v3 v3.1.0 h1:h1Y4V3EMQ2mFmNtWt2sIhZIuyASInj1a9ExI8xOsTOw=
 github.com/celestiaorg/blobstream-contracts/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:x4DKyfKOSv1ZJM9NwV+Pw01kH2CD7N5zTFclXIVJ6GQ=
-github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/v2 v2.1.2 h1:/3NhEPkVHahKrJ3blehDPjy7AzWq8z68afgvEmor/tk=
-github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/v2 v2.1.2/go.mod h1:qraGN1WNAtIFwGWB0NWnZ3tGPL5joPlbLStSZ4k6niQ=
+github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/v2 v2.2.0-arabica h1:EbcV7BVOs8oaN4DFO76B9dKOJtZu1DH8yLSGcwejIKU=
+github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/v2 v2.2.0-arabica/go.mod h1:+7xlXlBA3Tx9u1LxZF/4QAaAGfBIXv8JPrrFQAbLiWA=
 github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-core v1.40.0-tm-v0.34.29 h1:J79TAjizxwIvm7/k+WI3PPH1aFj4AjOSjajoq5UzAwI=
 github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-core v1.40.0-tm-v0.34.29/go.mod h1:5jJ5magtH7gQOwSYfS/m5fliIS7irKunLV7kLNaD8o0=
 github.com/celestiaorg/cosmos-sdk v1.24.1-sdk-v0.46.16 h1:SeQ7Y/CyOcUMKo7mQiexaj/pZ/xIgyuZFIwYZwpSkWE=
diff --git a/header/header.go b/header/header.go
index a014864551..669061044e 100644
--- a/header/header.go
+++ b/header/header.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func (eh *ExtendedHeader) Verify(untrst *ExtendedHeader) error {
 	if err := eh.ValidatorSet.VerifyCommitLightTrusting(eh.ChainID(), untrst.Commit, light.DefaultTrustLevel); err != nil {
 		return &libhead.VerifyError{
 			Reason:      fmt.Errorf("%w: %w", ErrVerifyCommitLightTrustingFailed, err),
-			SoftFailure: true,
+			SoftFailure: core.IsErrNotEnoughVotingPowerSigned(err),
 		}
 	}
 	return nil