diff --git a/explorer/src/components/MobileNav.tsx b/explorer/src/components/MobileNav.tsx
index cb44210e9d..26e078fe08 100644
--- a/explorer/src/components/MobileNav.tsx
+++ b/explorer/src/components/MobileNav.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const MobileNav: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ children }:
   const { navState, updateNavState } = useMainContext();
   const [drawerOpen, setDrawerOpen] = React.useState(false);
   // Set maintenance banner to false by default to don't display it
-  const [openMaintenance, setOpenMaintenance] = React.useState(false);
+  const [openMaintenance, setOpenMaintenance] = React.useState(true);
 
   const toggleDrawer = () => {
     setDrawerOpen(!drawerOpen);
diff --git a/explorer/src/components/Nav.tsx b/explorer/src/components/Nav.tsx
index fe0839f6fd..53bb922537 100644
--- a/explorer/src/components/Nav.tsx
+++ b/explorer/src/components/Nav.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { DarkLightSwitchDesktop } from './Switch';
 import { NavOptionType } from '../context/nav';
 
 const drawerWidth = 255;
-const bannerHeight = 113;
+const bannerHeight = 80;
 
 const openedMixin = (theme: Theme): CSSObject => ({
   width: drawerWidth,
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ export const Nav: React.FC = ({ children }) => {
   const [drawerIsOpen, setDrawerToOpen] = React.useState(false);
   const [fixedOpen, setFixedOpen] = React.useState(false);
   // Set maintenance banner to false by default to don't display it
-  const [openMaintenance, setOpenMaintenance] = React.useState(false);
+  const [openMaintenance, setOpenMaintenance] = React.useState(true);
   const theme = useTheme();
 
   const setToActive = (id: number) => {
diff --git a/ts-packages/react-components/src/components/banners/MaintenanceBanner.tsx b/ts-packages/react-components/src/components/banners/MaintenanceBanner.tsx
index 081e9b646a..902ef2b285 100644
--- a/ts-packages/react-components/src/components/banners/MaintenanceBanner.tsx
+++ b/ts-packages/react-components/src/components/banners/MaintenanceBanner.tsx
@@ -38,16 +38,10 @@ export const MaintenanceBanner = (props: BannerProps) => {
             </Typography>
             <Divider orientation="vertical" flexItem sx={{ mx: '16px', borderRightWidth: 2 }} />
             <Typography variant="body2">
-              On Tuesday 15th of November 10AM GMT, the migration to the new mixnet contract begins. This means all Nym
-              apps and services{' '}
+              The Nym mixnet smart contract upgrade has happened!{' '}
               <Box sx={{ fontWeight: 700 }} display="inline">
-                will be temporarily on hold while the upgrade takes place.
-              </Box>{' '}
-              Bonding/unbonding, delegating/delegating{' '}
-              <Box sx={{ fontWeight: 700 }} display="inline">
-                will be frozen for up to 36 hours.
-              </Box>{' '}
-              You will still be able to transfer tokens between accounts, and use IBC.
+                Please make sure to upgrade your Nym services and apps to the latest version 1.1.0
+              </Box>
             </Typography>
           </Box>
         </Alert>