diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9307b65690d7855687c8b6d1a3e672e99c91a051..ba23f84966c59216c9a53dc940e7a2a56da16e65 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ 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 v0.0.4-0.20210910194929-f522cfb7ad2a
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210910194630-547b06293cc2
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210914232530-b0e625b49552
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210914232212-42464d16fff3
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.5
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20210910194457-63e0a6019484
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210910194423-5fb5125011cd
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210910194315-26cb1bbd9c24
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210908160520-dd4bb8b93e16
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20210914232041-6edc82b7e58e
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210914232007-b82fc7baa23c
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210914231859-c309efac46c4
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210913211733-42dc24dd47df
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210322153248-0c34fe9e7dc2
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210525063256-abc453219eb5
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210105202744-fe13368bc0e1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8f5c2d1c8b14dde3e7ffc43953bf435d975aec9d..14da1adea1978dd4659c4b3ed18e93bc6c1f4ea7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -253,32 +253,32 @@ github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.0 h1:dt+dx+HvX8g7Un32rY9XWoYnd0NmKmrIzpHF7qiTDj0=
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