diff --git a/cmix/message/meteredCmixMessageBuffer.go b/cmix/message/meteredCmixMessageBuffer.go
index 0bc82450812e8e993f43e63c61a658df48a27cc4..0c456e7c1c5846f63f3630778da8c2e109db614c 100644
--- a/cmix/message/meteredCmixMessageBuffer.go
+++ b/cmix/message/meteredCmixMessageBuffer.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	jww "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/cmix/identity/receptionID"
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives/states"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives/netTime"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/blake2b"
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
 const currentMeteredCmixMessageVersion = 0
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f6badba6d5e8ec6dc357d50d7d8fd1140227cc49..c07f1e0a18e016ce446e62ec1e45d7f0c2bec363 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.12.0
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20211222005329-7d931ceead6f
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220603231314-e47e4af13326
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220805121030-b95005ac4528
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220606201132-c370d5039cea
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.7
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20220606195757-40f7a589347f
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 05b8e2f0eff1eae4e7065f63368705354b9a0d58..35b35f27bea260a64edf8071d298894195082a41 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -424,8 +424,8 @@ github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.1 h1:lyqfGeWiv4ahac6ttHs+I5hwtH/+1mrhlCtVNQM2kHo=
 github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.1/go.mod h1:09F0S9iiKrwn9rlI5yjLkmrug154/YRW6KnnXVDM/l4=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20211222005329-7d931ceead6f h1:yXGvNBqzZwAhDYlSnxPRbgor6JWoOt1Z7s3z1O9JR40=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20211222005329-7d931ceead6f/go.mod h1:H6jztdm0k+wEV2QGK/KYA+MY9nj9Zzatux/qIvDDv3k=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220603231314-e47e4af13326 h1:Zid8oNHtbOqF6ebrcGIccvIMabFNGh9dzY1b7mgIcF0=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220603231314-e47e4af13326/go.mod h1:tlHSrtSliKWUxsck8z/Ql/VJkMdSONV2BeWaUAAXzgk=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220805121030-b95005ac4528 h1:1js4QzrDI5djjIVkj1mZiWkxh7K2h5/Od/X/lyftILA=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220805121030-b95005ac4528/go.mod h1:Zi1O21+pKwSNNvQ7akyVRnppR79z+4CzJs6njIRaJCA=
 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 v0.0.7-0.20220317172048-3de167bd9406/go.mod h1:tD6XjtQh87T2nKZL5I/pYPck5M2wLpkZ1Oz7H/LqO10=
diff --git a/xxdk/ndf.go b/xxdk/ndf.go
index a5e2ae703430283aa0dd007b7d5df648683daefb..4cdccb6a23e853c68a5987d6f54624e65ae0dba9 100644
--- a/xxdk/ndf.go
+++ b/xxdk/ndf.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package xxdk
 
 import (
 	"encoding/base64"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	jww "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/comms/client"
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto/tls"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives/id"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives/id/ephemeral"
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 )