diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e4762cd35b89dc5ca2a563a8bcaac06f38f08d55..a0f5409a9057faaac33ef1c6855c1c256b1269b0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220104174855-044783c5c1e6
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220104174238-dbd761b30553
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.5
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.6
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20220104173924-275cb9d7834f
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20211227194445-c099754b3cda
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20211227194420-f311e8920467
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f331b2abbba23eafdf7369c14a046d90de1dada3..2b6c2766a664eb94c9e04c459af8aa099c8cdd77 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220104174238-dbd761b30553 h1:BPwepGZspxgiY4
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220104174238-dbd761b30553/go.mod h1:fexaw14nwGMlT6vL9eIJ1ixgiomyAp88hSHl0Yx0/xU=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.5 h1:R8M1PA5zRU1HVnTyrtwybdABh7gUJSCvt1JZwUSeTzk=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.5/go.mod h1:e6WPUt97taFZe5PFLPb1Dupk7tqmDCTQu1kkstqJvw4=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.6 h1:M2hUSNhH/ChxDd+s8xBqSEKgoPtmE6hOEBqQ73KbN6A=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.6/go.mod h1:e6WPUt97taFZe5PFLPb1Dupk7tqmDCTQu1kkstqJvw4=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200731184040-494269b53b4d/go.mod h1:OQgUZq7SjnE0b+8+iIAT2eqQF+2IFHn73tOo+aV11mg=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200804170709-a1896d262cd9/go.mod h1:p0VelQda72OzoUckr1O+vPW0AiFe0nyKQ6gYcmFSuF8=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200804182913-788f47bded40/go.mod h1:tzdFFvb1ESmuTCOl1z6+yf6oAICDxH2NPUemVgoNLxc=