diff --git a/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/engine.go b/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/engine.go
index 9cc25d7fab..0b05d7e8c1 100644
--- a/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/engine.go
+++ b/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/engine.go
@@ -654,6 +654,10 @@ func (x *XDPoS_v2) VoteHandler(chain consensus.ChainReader, voteMsg *types.Vote)
 		3. Broadcast(Not part of consensus)
 */
 func (x *XDPoS_v2) VerifyTimeoutMessage(chain consensus.ChainReader, timeoutMsg *types.Timeout) (bool, error) {
+	if timeoutMsg.Round <= x.currentRound {
+		log.Debug("[VerifyTimeoutMessage] Disqualified timeout message as the proposed round does not match currentRound", "timeoutHash", timeoutMsg.Hash(), "timeoutRound", timeoutMsg.Round, "currentRound", x.currentRound)
+		return false, nil
+	}
 	snap, err := x.getSnapshot(chain, timeoutMsg.GapNumber, true)
 	if err != nil || snap == nil {
 		log.Error("[VerifyTimeoutMessage] Fail to get snapshot when verifying timeout message!", "messageGapNumber", timeoutMsg.GapNumber, "err", err)
diff --git a/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/forensics.go b/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/forensics.go
index 1c4542ab0e..df551a498f 100644
--- a/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/forensics.go
+++ b/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/forensics.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ Forensics runs in a seperate go routine as its no system critical
 Link to the flow diagram: https://hashlabs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HASHLABS/pages/97878029/Forensics+Diagram+flow
 */
 func (f *Forensics) ProcessForensics(chain consensus.ChainReader, engine *XDPoS_v2, incomingQC types.QuorumCert) error {
+	return nil
 	log.Debug("Received a QC in forensics", "QC", incomingQC)
 	// Clone the values to a temporary variable
 	highestCommittedQCs := f.HighestCommittedQCs
@@ -393,6 +394,7 @@ Forensics runs in a seperate go routine as its no system critical
 Link to the flow diagram: https://hashlabs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HASHLABS/pages/99516417/Vote+Equivocation+detection+specification
 */
 func (f *Forensics) ProcessVoteEquivocation(chain consensus.ChainReader, engine *XDPoS_v2, incomingVote *types.Vote) error {
+	return nil
 	log.Debug("Received a vote in forensics", "vote", incomingVote)
 	// Clone the values to a temporary variable
 	highestCommittedQCs := f.HighestCommittedQCs
@@ -483,6 +485,7 @@ func (f *Forensics) isVoteBlamed(chain consensus.ChainReader, highestCommittedQC
 }
 
 func (f *Forensics) DetectEquivocationInVotePool(vote *types.Vote, votePool *utils.Pool) {
+	return
 	poolKey := vote.PoolKey()
 	votePoolKeys := votePool.PoolObjKeysList()
 	signer, err := GetVoteSignerAddresses(vote)
diff --git a/eth/peer.go b/eth/peer.go
index aa846a797e..8035f2a9f0 100644
--- a/eth/peer.go
+++ b/eth/peer.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ type peer struct {
 
 	knownVote     mapset.Set // Set of BFT Vote known to be known by this peer
 	knownTimeout  mapset.Set // Set of BFT timeout known to be known by this peer
-	knownSyncInfo mapset.Set // Set of BFT Sync Info known to be known by this peer`
+	knownSyncInfo mapset.Set // Set of BFT Sync Info known to be known by this peer
 }
 
 func newPeer(version int, p *p2p.Peer, rw p2p.MsgReadWriter) *peer {
diff --git a/internal/debug/flags.go b/internal/debug/flags.go
index 3b4ff04122..16a87c9810 100644
--- a/internal/debug/flags.go
+++ b/internal/debug/flags.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ var Flags = []cli.Flag{
 	//blockprofilerateFlag,
 	cpuprofileFlag,
 	//traceFlag,
-	//periodicProfilingFlag,
+	periodicProfilingFlag,
 	debugDataDirFlag,
 }
 
diff --git a/params/config.go b/params/config.go
index 650722c4af..a68b80a74d 100644
--- a/params/config.go
+++ b/params/config.go
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ var (
 			TimeoutPeriod:        30,
 			MinePeriod:           2,
 		},
+		2000: {
+			MaxMasternodes:       108,
+			SwitchRound:          2000,
+			CertThreshold:        0.667,
+			TimeoutSyncThreshold: 2,
+			TimeoutPeriod:        600,
+			MinePeriod:           2,
+		},
 	}
 
 	TestnetV2Configs = map[uint64]*V2Config{
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 1b5dea34b2..7cfed1a11a 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 2        // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 0        // Minor version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 2        // Minor version component of the current release
 	VersionPatch = 0        // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )