diff --git a/api/version_vars.go b/api/version_vars.go
index efc741400c327b282d35ce04cc85cecc64321307..32691c9a2c3f106b03aa3198379f2ebce94e19c0 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
-// 2021-09-10 11:27:30.981885 -0500 CDT m=+0.027430082
+// 2021-09-15 17:26:07.1813 -0500 CDT m=+0.028055032
 package api
 
-const GITVERSION = `a8a3a81c Merge branch 'lesure/offlineNodes' into 'XX-3484/StaleNodes'`
-const SEMVER = "2.8.0"
+const GITVERSION = `3b2ef57f Merge branch 'release' into 'lesure/offlineNodes'`
+const SEMVER = "2.9.0"
 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 v0.0.4-0.20210909001616-af1054396c3e
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210803232056-ba3ff44cc618
+	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 v0.0.3-0.20210803231939-7b924f78eaac
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210813170223-ab758f0bbec5
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210909170042-07755821e8c5
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210910162609-4a09fcbb9540
+	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 v0.0.4-0.20210915220237-70cb4551d6f3
 	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 f01e1f873e867f17b27ef7913ad1ead7e1d69315..09efaa61a4bcc7f369cf94b02fb83493031c8493 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 = "2.8.0"
+const currentVersion = "2.9.0"
 
 func Version() string {
 	out := fmt.Sprintf("Elixxir Client v%s -- %s\n\n", api.SEMVER,
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ba23f84966c59216c9a53dc940e7a2a56da16e65..d6a676e94dc8814eae084f1113c3461b0719094e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	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
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210915220237-70cb4551d6f3
 	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 14da1adea1978dd4659c4b3ed18e93bc6c1f4ea7..5f79b9dddc3abcac517995f6ae81732fb79ab4ea 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -277,8 +277,9 @@ gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210914231859-c309efac46c4/go.mod h1:g0Lr
 gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.0-20200803231956-9b192c57ea7c/go.mod h1:wtdCMr7DPePz9qwctNoAUzZtbOSHSedcK++3Df3psjA=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.0-20200804183002-f99f7a7284da/go.mod h1:OK9xevzWCaPO7b1wiluVJGk7R5ZsuC7pHY5hteZFQug=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.2/go.mod h1:cs0QlFpdMDI6lAo61lDRH2JZz+3aVkHy+QogOB6F/qc=
-gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210913211733-42dc24dd47df h1:ukBhRj5o0gkbYos9+7SblXaxnMaty3ugQhWqb2BDcSE=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210913211733-42dc24dd47df/go.mod h1:9imZHvYwNFobxueSvVtHneZLk9wTK7HQTzxPm+zhFhE=
+gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210915220237-70cb4551d6f3 h1:kM2NuV2erfhZ6d2wAd/B7CjxJJwKshupFyqfismPWls=
+gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210915220237-70cb4551d6f3/go.mod h1:9imZHvYwNFobxueSvVtHneZLk9wTK7HQTzxPm+zhFhE=
 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=