diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 01ecdcac722afa6b52e3417902629bf694006d28..593a8a2551829adc50805b851b1fdcc3e8e2ccc1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ 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 v0.0.4-0.20210714201329-5efcbdfac3ca
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210714201100-45fb778a00fb
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210727193005-77b7208dbebb
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210727192727-d801dea28fcf
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.5
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20210714200942-a908050c230c
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210714165756-8e3b40d71db1
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210714165656-1ed326047ba9
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210727175935-dd746a0d73de
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20210727192608-609254eca789
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210727192538-2e78b803c7fc
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210727192439-c1ce10d60b7e
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210727191551-5fe750830811
 	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 39c6bd5f3f8c36cc2e0af87a916b7cf2bceebc18..1d4fdd8fcec547d79832f17471a1c2b6efb4bab2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -251,34 +251,32 @@ github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.0 h1:dt+dx+HvX8g7Un32rY9XWoYnd0NmKmrIzpHF7qiTDj0=
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