diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bd2bfefabd94ff4d211b30848fafb92628b291e4..a2a6eef59836c1a6ee6de3b4447ca40ae9a943d9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ build:
 	go mod tidy
 
 update_release:
-	GOFLAGS="" go get -u gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives@0922447aec92b29a434ffa4b5074164317f77102
+	GOFLAGS="" go get -u gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives@release
 	GOFLAGS="" go get -u gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto@release
 	GOFLAGS="" go get -u gitlab.com/elixxir/comms@release
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8299191d9e42a49f1c3ecc08519b896919ba9350..628c5962428af3866c4a17a084df605f45f6bd6b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.6.2
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.0-20200114215936-8ace43ae2165
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200108005412-8159c60663f9
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200108174340-0922447aec92
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200117002728-1db5150ffe3d
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200115085410-6d4e4cb37c7d
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200114155413-6afb5195e5aa // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200116001909-b77594299b42 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 72c47f6b8af4b5a8a25614cc21f85304a7f281e9..4616e07a707857c88d71b1b26e6996e945a87722 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200108005412-8159c60663f9/go.mod h1:+46Zj/NE6
 gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20191028233752-882c08b8f095 h1:fnRh0PUwgy0qlWM7xMdk2w5MXh7gvQ0v/xyedn2gbcY=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20191028233752-882c08b8f095/go.mod h1:+UiRRWzNpl/WoWUuQtJSoimfXImJAJ5lrrmg0pQKY3g=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200106183011-a68f1e6f188e/go.mod h1:g9v3S34ZUeqGRiOTV7esByK8a5TovJ3YgTv/328ny6w=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200108174340-0922447aec92 h1:2+gzW9Fy2JIaKlirX+db4+X+Pip36Dt6Z5fC1XYF958=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200108174340-0922447aec92/go.mod h1:g9v3S34ZUeqGRiOTV7esByK8a5TovJ3YgTv/328ny6w=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200117002728-1db5150ffe3d h1:N7R+cxMxiCpl5JMb33KQwU00gFYiFtwNKwyWAs+2dhk=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200117002728-1db5150ffe3d/go.mod h1:g9v3S34ZUeqGRiOTV7esByK8a5TovJ3YgTv/328ny6w=
 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 v0.22.2/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=