diff --git a/blockchain/v0/reactor.go b/blockchain/v0/reactor.go
index 77f112180..0184d926a 100644
--- a/blockchain/v0/reactor.go
+++ b/blockchain/v0/reactor.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) GetChannels() []*p2p.ChannelDescriptor {
 	return []*p2p.ChannelDescriptor{
 		{
 			ID:                  BlockchainChannel,
-			Priority:            10,
+			Priority:            5,
 			SendQueueCapacity:   1000,
 			RecvBufferCapacity:  50 * 4096,
 			RecvMessageCapacity: bc.MaxMsgSize,
diff --git a/blockchain/v2/reactor.go b/blockchain/v2/reactor.go
index 7cd45080f..cc9671bd0 100644
--- a/blockchain/v2/reactor.go
+++ b/blockchain/v2/reactor.go
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ func (r *BlockchainReactor) GetChannels() []*p2p.ChannelDescriptor {
 	return []*p2p.ChannelDescriptor{
 		{
 			ID:                  BlockchainChannel,
-			Priority:            10,
+			Priority:            5,
 			SendQueueCapacity:   2000,
 			RecvBufferCapacity:  50 * 4096,
 			RecvMessageCapacity: bc.MaxMsgSize,
diff --git a/consensus/reactor.go b/consensus/reactor.go
index 22ec379f4..b81b5eebb 100644
--- a/consensus/reactor.go
+++ b/consensus/reactor.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func (conR *Reactor) GetChannels() []*p2p.ChannelDescriptor {
 	return []*p2p.ChannelDescriptor{
 		{
 			ID:                  StateChannel,
-			Priority:            5,
+			Priority:            6,
 			SendQueueCapacity:   100,
 			RecvMessageCapacity: maxMsgSize,
 		},
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (conR *Reactor) GetChannels() []*p2p.ChannelDescriptor {
 		},
 		{
 			ID:                  VoteChannel,
-			Priority:            5,
+			Priority:            7,
 			SendQueueCapacity:   100,
 			RecvBufferCapacity:  100 * 100,
 			RecvMessageCapacity: maxMsgSize,
diff --git a/evidence/reactor.go b/evidence/reactor.go
index 46d1ed5eb..dad07bf3f 100644
--- a/evidence/reactor.go
+++ b/evidence/reactor.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (evR *Reactor) GetChannels() []*p2p.ChannelDescriptor {
 	return []*p2p.ChannelDescriptor{
 		{
 			ID:                  EvidenceChannel,
-			Priority:            5,
+			Priority:            6,
 			RecvMessageCapacity: maxMsgSize,
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/statesync/reactor.go b/statesync/reactor.go
index b4dd0934c..0a7ca68ce 100644
--- a/statesync/reactor.go
+++ b/statesync/reactor.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var (
 			MsgType: new(ssproto.Message),
 			Descriptor: &p2p.ChannelDescriptor{
 				ID:                  byte(SnapshotChannel),
-				Priority:            3,
+				Priority:            5,
 				SendQueueCapacity:   10,
 				RecvMessageCapacity: snapshotMsgSize,
 			},
diff --git a/test/maverick/consensus/reactor.go b/test/maverick/consensus/reactor.go
index f4cf12c97..e623aebee 100644
--- a/test/maverick/consensus/reactor.go
+++ b/test/maverick/consensus/reactor.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (conR *Reactor) GetChannels() []*p2p.ChannelDescriptor {
 	return []*p2p.ChannelDescriptor{
 		{
 			ID:                  StateChannel,
-			Priority:            5,
+			Priority:            6,
 			SendQueueCapacity:   100,
 			RecvMessageCapacity: maxMsgSize,
 		},
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (conR *Reactor) GetChannels() []*p2p.ChannelDescriptor {
 		},
 		{
 			ID:                  VoteChannel,
-			Priority:            5,
+			Priority:            7,
 			SendQueueCapacity:   100,
 			RecvBufferCapacity:  100 * 100,
 			RecvMessageCapacity: maxMsgSize,