diff --git a/api/version_vars.go b/api/version_vars.go
index 494f2d6a7cee377c706e92d3268951f85a464490..e2fb460e8729bf5fc6071b5d11eb373b7a112851 100644
--- a/api/version_vars.go
+++ b/api/version_vars.go
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 // Code generated by go generate; DO NOT EDIT.
 // This file was generated by robots at
-// 2021-06-22 11:16:35.397077 -0500 CDT m=+0.025546669
+// 2021-07-15 16:06:06.709454021 -0700 PDT m=+0.009378863
 package api
 
-const GITVERSION = `b7692cd7 added Keepalive opts`
-const SEMVER = "2.7.0"
+const GITVERSION = `76ffcc37 update deps`
+const SEMVER = "2.8.0"
 const DEPENDENCIES = `module gitlab.com/elixxir/client
 
 go 1.13
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ 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 v0.0.4-0.20210622161439-b694033c9507
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210614155844-c1e9c23a6ba7
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210715174633-c97d38a8f2be
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210715174359-2ee9461daae7
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.5
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20210614155726-ebcf2d47a527
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210622161535-4f3d927d4c8c
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210614155554-8c333814205b
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210617180018-6472489fd418
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20210715174241-fddf320de581
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210715174212-d2408ed3c8ce
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210715174114-f33d03bc10ec
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210715170345-a78092d7b48e
 	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/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index 257036e702c419e55e6354ce14ec88533ea21be0..f01e1f873e867f17b27ef7913ad1ead7e1d69315 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Change this value to set the version for this build
-const currentVersion = "2.7.0"
+const currentVersion = "2.8.0"
 
 func Version() string {
 	out := fmt.Sprintf("Elixxir Client v%s -- %s\n\n", api.SEMVER,