diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6509d4d2c6e7ce05b6f999fecdb37d0cbe985fcd..f91b57ac67920e59809dcdc841d46b17de31ae6d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ 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 v0.0.4-0.20211012202341-3bcf1066559b
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20211012202037-c4f4ddf6c34f
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20211012201830-5f8d4f171a3b
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20211012201721-71f9e80ffdb7
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20211012163930-7d585c6d1cb4
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211013191446-7baa73a93ec1
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20211013191130-4d77afadc799
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20211013190913-27764ce8570a
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20211013190759-ad49cb42bde1
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20211013190514-fc0d0269c3e9
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210525063256-abc453219eb5
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200318150045-ba25ddc85566 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/api v0.20.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0373dd98282eec30bf2ef61bb8f439b20ace17af..8790ea6134d0fbae3f246203ea5f7f63bfdf1773 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -381,30 +381,30 @@ github.com/zeebo/pcg v0.0.0-20181207190024-3cdc6b625a05/go.mod h1:Gr+78ptB0MwXxm
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