diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2a0bd53a4..308c6a647 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.2.0
 	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51
 	github.com/mr-tron/base58 v1.2.0
-	github.com/nspcc-dev/dbft v0.0.0-20221018080254-c7e1bf49ccd7
+	github.com/nspcc-dev/dbft v0.0.0-20221020093431-31c1bbdc74f2
 	github.com/nspcc-dev/go-ordered-json v0.0.0-20220111165707-25110be27d22
 	github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/interop v0.0.0-20220927123257-24c107e3a262
 	github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go v0.0.0-20220113123743-7f3162110659
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4acbe2ce0..c20e8a758 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ github.com/nspcc-dev/dbft v0.0.0-20191209120240-0d6b7568d9ae/go.mod h1:3FjXOoHmA
 github.com/nspcc-dev/dbft v0.0.0-20200117124306-478e5cfbf03a/go.mod h1:/YFK+XOxxg0Bfm6P92lY5eDSLYfp06XOdL8KAVgXjVk=
 github.com/nspcc-dev/dbft v0.0.0-20200219114139-199d286ed6c1/go.mod h1:O0qtn62prQSqizzoagHmuuKoz8QMkU3SzBoKdEvm3aQ=
 github.com/nspcc-dev/dbft v0.0.0-20210721160347-1b03241391ac/go.mod h1:U8MSnEShH+o5hexfWJdze6uMFJteP0ko7J2frO7Yu1Y=
-github.com/nspcc-dev/dbft v0.0.0-20221018080254-c7e1bf49ccd7 h1:RxVI9RFiHmpUvbuYIM5siLMiOvVt8P651BdmTstGi3Q=
-github.com/nspcc-dev/dbft v0.0.0-20221018080254-c7e1bf49ccd7/go.mod h1:g9xisXmX9NP9MjioaTe862n9SlZTrP+6PVUWLBYOr98=
+github.com/nspcc-dev/dbft v0.0.0-20221020093431-31c1bbdc74f2 h1:2soBy8en5W4/1Gvbog8RyVpEbarGWZwPxppZjffWzZE=
+github.com/nspcc-dev/dbft v0.0.0-20221020093431-31c1bbdc74f2/go.mod h1:g9xisXmX9NP9MjioaTe862n9SlZTrP+6PVUWLBYOr98=
 github.com/nspcc-dev/go-ordered-json v0.0.0-20210915112629-e1b6cce73d02/go.mod h1:79bEUDEviBHJMFV6Iq6in57FEOCMcRhfQnfaf0ETA5U=
 github.com/nspcc-dev/go-ordered-json v0.0.0-20220111165707-25110be27d22 h1:n4ZaFCKt1pQJd7PXoMJabZWK9ejjbLOVrkl/lOUmshg=
 github.com/nspcc-dev/go-ordered-json v0.0.0-20220111165707-25110be27d22/go.mod h1:79bEUDEviBHJMFV6Iq6in57FEOCMcRhfQnfaf0ETA5U=
diff --git a/pkg/consensus/consensus.go b/pkg/consensus/consensus.go
index f0db86045..03978792a 100644
--- a/pkg/consensus/consensus.go
+++ b/pkg/consensus/consensus.go
@@ -268,7 +268,9 @@ func (s *service) Name() string {
 func (s *service) Start() {
 	if s.started.CAS(false, true) {
 		s.log.Info("starting consensus service")
-		s.dbft.Start()
+		b, _ := s.Chain.GetBlock(s.Chain.CurrentBlockHash()) // Can't fail, we have some current block!
+		s.lastTimestamp = b.Timestamp
+		s.dbft.Start(s.lastTimestamp * nsInMs)
 		s.Chain.SubscribeForBlocks(s.blockEvents)
 		go s.eventLoop()
 	}
@@ -359,7 +361,7 @@ func (s *service) handleChainBlock(b *coreb.Block) {
 			zap.Uint32("dbft index", s.dbft.BlockIndex),
 			zap.Uint32("chain index", s.Chain.BlockHeight()))
 		s.postBlock(b)
-		s.dbft.InitializeConsensus(0)
+		s.dbft.InitializeConsensus(0, b.Timestamp*nsInMs)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/consensus/consensus_test.go b/pkg/consensus/consensus_test.go
index 904fe1693..fcca5b2f5 100644
--- a/pkg/consensus/consensus_test.go
+++ b/pkg/consensus/consensus_test.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func initServiceNextConsensus(t *testing.T, newAcc *wallet.Account, offset uint3
 	require.NoError(t, bc.PoolTx(tx))
 
 	srv := newTestServiceWithChain(t, bc)
-	srv.dbft.Start()
+	srv.dbft.Start(0)
 
 	// Register new candidate.
 	b.Reset()
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func TestService_NextConsensus(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestService_GetVerified(t *testing.T) {
 	srv := newTestService(t)
-	srv.dbft.Start()
+	srv.dbft.Start(0)
 	var txs []*transaction.Transaction
 	for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
 		tx := transaction.New([]byte{byte(opcode.PUSH1)}, 100000)
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func TestService_getTx(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestService_PrepareRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	srv := newTestServiceWithState(t, true)
-	srv.dbft.Start()
+	srv.dbft.Start(0)
 	t.Cleanup(srv.dbft.Timer.Stop)
 
 	priv, _ := getTestValidator(1)