diff --git a/eclair-front/pom.xml b/eclair-front/pom.xml
index 775d6239ba..752e09d0ab 100644
--- a/eclair-front/pom.xml
+++ b/eclair-front/pom.xml
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.kamon</groupId>
             <artifactId>kanela-agent</artifactId>
+            <!-- if you change this make sure to also update the lib version in eclair-front.sh and eclair-node.sh -->
             <version>1.0.17</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- tests -->
diff --git a/eclair-front/src/main/resources/eclair-front.sh b/eclair-front/src/main/resources/eclair-front.sh
index a3815cbe90..fb518e8e1b 100644
--- a/eclair-front/src/main/resources/eclair-front.sh
+++ b/eclair-front/src/main/resources/eclair-front.sh
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ addDebugger () {
 }
 
 addKanelaAgent () {
-  addJava "-javaagent:$lib_dir/kanela-agent-1.0.5.jar"
+  # make sure that the lib version matches the one defined in pom.xml
+  addJava "-javaagent:$lib_dir/kanela-agent-1.0.17.jar"
 }
 
 require_arg () {
diff --git a/eclair-node/src/main/resources/eclair-node.sh b/eclair-node/src/main/resources/eclair-node.sh
index 5f3bf49e04..291ba7d638 100755
--- a/eclair-node/src/main/resources/eclair-node.sh
+++ b/eclair-node/src/main/resources/eclair-node.sh
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ addDebugger () {
 }
 
 addKanelaAgent () {
-  addJava "-javaagent:$lib_dir/kanela-agent-1.0.5.jar"
+  # make sure that the lib version matches the one defined in pom.xml
+  addJava "-javaagent:$lib_dir/kanela-agent-1.0.17.jar"
 }
 
 require_arg () {