diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a2fc35a1ab8c0ad2d16566e13f94743a29491e22..c0ce181a7926d457116daa6b0a14bef1801bed98 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ 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 v0.0.4-0.20210409192302-249b5af3dbc8
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210413160356-853e51fc18e5
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210412231025-6f75c577f803
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.5
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20210409190923-7bf3cd8d97e7
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210406210737-45d1e87d294a
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210409202820-eb3dca6571d3
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210405224157-2b1f387b42c1
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210402222416-37c1c4d3fac4
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210322153248-0c34fe9e7dc2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 56d8aa511eb8e7a7746598374e1f42ca1ca7557d..2c9ea3fd15a1237eb861a5d9eda5b25d0d4a42db 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@ gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228 h1:Gi6rj4mAlK0
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228/go.mod h1:H6jztdm0k+wEV2QGK/KYA+MY9nj9Zzatux/qIvDDv3k=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210409192302-249b5af3dbc8 h1:k9BLWNw7CHwH4H3gNWA0Q/BXNg7923AFflWJtYZr5z4=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210409192302-249b5af3dbc8/go.mod h1:/y5QIivolXMa6TO+ZqFWAV49wxlXXxUCqZH9Zi82kXU=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210413160356-853e51fc18e5 h1:Q/+lhZpIDQdIKy9aXNCLkCk8AavFE7HAuaila0sv5mw=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210413160356-853e51fc18e5/go.mod h1:0XsJ63n7knUeSX9BDKQG7xGtX6w0l5WsfplSsMbP9iM=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200804182833-984246dea2c4 h1:28ftZDeYEko7xptCZzeFWS1Iam95dj46TWFVVlKmw6A=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200804182833-984246dea2c4/go.mod h1:ucm9SFKJo+K0N2GwRRpaNr+tKXMIOVWzmyUD0SbOu2c=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.3 h1:znCt/x2bL4y8czTPaaFkwzdgSgW3BJc/1+dxyf1jqVw=
@@ -279,6 +281,8 @@ gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20210409190923-7bf3cd8d97e7/go.mod h1:h0Q
 gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.0-20200805174823-841427dd5023/go.mod h1:owEcxTRl7gsoM8c3RQ5KAm5GstxrJp5tn+6JfQ4z5Hw=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210406210737-45d1e87d294a h1:r0mvBjHPBCYEVmhEe6JhLQDc0+dCORf1ejtuZ8IbyKY=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210406210737-45d1e87d294a/go.mod h1:7ciuA+LTE0GC7upviGbyyb2hrpJG9Pnq2cc5oz2N5Ss=
+gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210409202820-eb3dca6571d3 h1:0o9kveRSEQ9ykRh/hd+z9Iq53YNvFArW1RQ6ICdAG5g=
+gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210409202820-eb3dca6571d3/go.mod h1:7ciuA+LTE0GC7upviGbyyb2hrpJG9Pnq2cc5oz2N5Ss=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.3/go.mod h1:DF2HYvvCw9wkBybXcXAgQMzX+MiGbFPjwt3t17VRqRE=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.4 h1:lpKOL5mTJ2awWMfgBy30oD/UvJVrWZzUimSHlOdZZxo=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.4/go.mod h1:+lcQEy+Th4eswFgQDwT0EXKp4AXrlubxalwQFH5O0Mk=