diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d123e7b3fef85a2abf009f3b3b67a72eabbd8daa..1020e445b63ed87ac08333b289d28c792509a9bf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 // indirect
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211202201624-2921e9475e8d
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20211202201519-0fbe24cb7f1c
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211208211635-ad88fa2850b0
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20211208211534-e1c1462d945f
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20211202195810-9dfc0b6cdb28
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20211014163843-57b345890686
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20211014163031-53405cf191fb
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6c61f68a265f334ec5d7444124ddd85577aeb368..639eb7addaed096de2cd98b1445472d68866c4c3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -381,18 +381,18 @@ github.com/zeebo/pcg v0.0.0-20181207190024-3cdc6b625a05/go.mod h1:Gr+78ptB0MwXxm
 github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.0 h1:dt+dx+HvX8g7Un32rY9XWoYnd0NmKmrIzpHF7qiTDj0=
 github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.0/go.mod h1:09F0S9iiKrwn9rlI5yjLkmrug154/YRW6KnnXVDM/l4=
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-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211202201624-2921e9475e8d/go.mod h1:Duc4bfizNRWQlmOIQY198Nm+SPDBWroF4AHCEpQXFUw=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211208211635-ad88fa2850b0 h1:Xv0xV8zID5in8IqrJT0L6/QQiFEyQRgL6ibXCZlSIRA=
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-gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20211202201519-0fbe24cb7f1c h1:0rYVebZGkSiMf9vfg0RyUVgJJ36QdnLhdo+9c8wAhrQ=
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 gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.1/go.mod h1:kNp47yPqja2lHSiS4DddTvFpB/4D9dB2YKnw5c+LJCE=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20211111194525-20889b10db75 h1:LQ9EmPJvm7T6WxwNltjnYKLF0QSYCrS+hyteb8Dfttk=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20211111194525-20889b10db75/go.mod h1:zZy8AlOISFm5IG4G4sylypnz7xNBfZ5mpXiibqJT8+8=
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