diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cdb393992a0ad4f775a0a1eee5901f14189f32bf..f7886b9b2420f60f73275ae9383f73bd5cc092a3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.1
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220107213343-9f1e103033c0
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220107221635-ff1196408bd5
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220107220916-b98ad66916dd
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.6
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20220104173924-275cb9d7834f
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1e755faf82ef08b08ccffce830fe2e65e1153455..47ac64fac8ea0ec2d4b1384f5575e090a20e90c3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -270,14 +270,10 @@ github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.0 h1:dt+dx+HvX8g7Un32rY9XWoYnd0NmKmrIzpHF7qiTDj0=
 github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.0/go.mod h1:09F0S9iiKrwn9rlI5yjLkmrug154/YRW6KnnXVDM/l4=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228 h1:Gi6rj4mAlK0BJIk1HIzBVMjWNjIUfstrsXC2VqLYPcA=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228/go.mod h1:H6jztdm0k+wEV2QGK/KYA+MY9nj9Zzatux/qIvDDv3k=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220107213343-9f1e103033c0 h1:txl/CpDfILEXnbXrKytuQ3DO7mEf0c3gffUOkF07aG8=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220107213343-9f1e103033c0/go.mod h1:hO02O34PPUz1ozBc0UR1UIEooniuoI9ssRXBUiSEU40=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220107221635-ff1196408bd5 h1:YfVp8wqcN/ilbwq4LLoHCS8wwyGnuY8T0MWa+jqfrNk=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220107221635-ff1196408bd5/go.mod h1:jwqYvJyWkhba9TagUUEIOEOq02J9sE/JWAEtRLsN1Nk=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200804182833-984246dea2c4/go.mod h1:ucm9SFKJo+K0N2GwRRpaNr+tKXMIOVWzmyUD0SbOu2c=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.3/go.mod h1:ZNgBOblhYToR4m8tj4cMvJ9UsJAUKq+p0gCp07WQmhA=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220107212555-7b80ecaff6d6 h1:/ZZzlUqeeN+VWnaU+MfOJ743VnkhrUrSWO9pdz9PJHU=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220107212555-7b80ecaff6d6/go.mod h1:qmW0OGPB21GcaGg1Jvt527/qUw7ke6W8DKCiYBfsx48=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220107220814-3dc5e0f3df54 h1:mWxjZTVPV4nxdz7IAWWGUoARWGCKhEhagaq89uSkPBA=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220107220814-3dc5e0f3df54/go.mod h1:qmW0OGPB21GcaGg1Jvt527/qUw7ke6W8DKCiYBfsx48=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220107220916-b98ad66916dd h1:OKbDcBirU3zCG+1K/FGu1Z/chjxXEsUGzyQtEQHRm4Q=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220107220916-b98ad66916dd/go.mod h1:qmW0OGPB21GcaGg1Jvt527/qUw7ke6W8DKCiYBfsx48=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.6 h1:M2hUSNhH/ChxDd+s8xBqSEKgoPtmE6hOEBqQ73KbN6A=