diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0742989bd0a7880bffcba0a8406995910aa6215a..b343cc9300217c314b0069445c468e35101bf135 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ 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 v0.0.4-0.20210526170645-e7a77c41f345
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210527192434-4f4f53730861
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210526002540-1fb51df5b4b2
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.5
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20210526002350-b9c947fec050
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210526002311-2b5a66af0eac
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210526002149-9c08ccb202be
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210525232109-3f99a04adcfd
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/ring v0.0.3-0.20210525230516-6a1185d19af8 // indirect
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/ring v0.0.3-0.20210527191221-ce3f170aabd5 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210322153248-0c34fe9e7dc2
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210403161142-5e06dd20ab57 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 970beed97c55e9c52f48003de83ed2b3863b74ec..e3f4a78aee130aa1e2f13684f6f6bb8a0f6606e3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210526162037-5fc5b5633ccf h1:aICCHX2ADeVIjxE
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210526162037-5fc5b5633ccf/go.mod h1:RyA3YVhyPRTxE+jjf6CV8elwQiFr8QuS54LcdLWw97E=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210526170645-e7a77c41f345 h1:FvCaE82edqf1Ovl/5xHZmejlQwRukNL4hwOm1sfGKvc=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210526170645-e7a77c41f345/go.mod h1:7+fK1U++g5zbbDh1kCSd+LUf7ikWfD+1lM44rWUm0F4=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210527192434-4f4f53730861 h1:EwL+PZ5I2sumbR5A69vM94Nkuqr11eYv951Xw3yenOg=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210527192434-4f4f53730861/go.mod h1:Wru310EhfTp6ZPeTs3JqcPjBueCqf/VvsPkWw1QtL+Q=
 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 v0.0.7-0.20210521205349-cb0c5cdd44e3/go.mod h1:x6QKxPWIMH742i2p0IN47wkqcpTntwnMFLYcUfUeRfA=
@@ -297,6 +299,8 @@ gitlab.com/xx_network/ring v0.0.2 h1:TlPjlbFdhtJrwvRgIg4ScdngMTaynx/ByHBRZiXCoL0
 gitlab.com/xx_network/ring v0.0.2/go.mod h1:aLzpP2TiZTQut/PVHR40EJAomzugDdHXetbieRClXIM=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/ring v0.0.3-0.20210525230516-6a1185d19af8 h1:QUmZ2KyTquOjLygap91CU5p+MSRqq6Ssse8v6xGWw60=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/ring v0.0.3-0.20210525230516-6a1185d19af8/go.mod h1:aLzpP2TiZTQut/PVHR40EJAomzugDdHXetbieRClXIM=
+gitlab.com/xx_network/ring v0.0.3-0.20210527191221-ce3f170aabd5 h1:FY+4Rh1Q2rgLyv10aKJjhWApuKRCR/054XhreudfAvw=
+gitlab.com/xx_network/ring v0.0.3-0.20210527191221-ce3f170aabd5/go.mod h1:aLzpP2TiZTQut/PVHR40EJAomzugDdHXetbieRClXIM=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:IbVyRI1SCnLcuJnV2u8VeU0CEYM7e686BmAb1XKL+uU=
 go.opencensus.io v0.21.0/go.mod h1:mSImk1erAIZhrmZN+AvHh14ztQfjbGwt4TtuofqLduU=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.0/go.mod h1:+kGneAE2xo2IficOXnaByMWTGM9T73dGwxeWcUqIpI8=