diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 95c9b66c0ada8a6055b60cb44c85a9c7629c3061..775333557c6f992b828e80f8e07ed5e6ac08de17 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ 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 v0.0.4-0.20211022203907-77e054b70ec6
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211029171408-dcd58978e446
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20211022013957-3a7899285c4c
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.5
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20211014164029-06022665b576
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210525063256-abc453219eb5
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210105202744-fe13368bc0e1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.38.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.62.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f27d465e18ee9f101e39fee290a2a1453a2e7cbd..e155fb2ad0772dbae88d1717ad872bca8a18cf17 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.0 h1:dt+dx+HvX8g7Un32rY9XWoYnd0NmKmrIzpHF7qiTDj0=
 github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.0/go.mod h1:09F0S9iiKrwn9rlI5yjLkmrug154/YRW6KnnXVDM/l4=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228 h1:Gi6rj4mAlK0BJIk1HIzBVMjWNjIUfstrsXC2VqLYPcA=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228/go.mod h1:H6jztdm0k+wEV2QGK/KYA+MY9nj9Zzatux/qIvDDv3k=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211022203907-77e054b70ec6 h1:1/iCGvqor3ejyqL3nIW5phK2BnAcQ+fxD517VgJJIV0=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211022203907-77e054b70ec6/go.mod h1:4VmmE56QB5etGFhFTrHfkpkrLpp1YOgf2SCTGgMlG1k=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211029171408-dcd58978e446 h1:wmrdEN8H+nCLkZ09S41OyYI/Nj/9Gg6ra6p8iuJ6pjg=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211029171408-dcd58978e446/go.mod h1:rQpTeFVSn08ocbQeEw5AbMhGWXHfXmQ0y1/ZprAIVVU=
 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 v0.0.7-0.20211022013957-3a7899285c4c h1:HIr2HBhZqSAKdPRBdEY0/qravISL619O2yuTY/DQTdo=
@@ -445,8 +445,9 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.1-0.20200526195155-81db48ad09cc/go.mod h1:EGpAD
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.24.0/go.mod h1:r/3tXBNzIEhYS9I1OUVjXDlt8tc493IdKGjtUeSXeh4=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlbajtzgsN7c=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0 h1:bxAC2xTBsZGibn2RTntX0oH50xLsqy1OxA9tTL3p/lk=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1 h1:SnqbnDw1V7RiZcXPx5MEeqPv2s79L9i7BJUlG/+RurQ=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/network/follow.go b/network/follow.go
index 9a33cd6c515685019f1f1375c5c28d6c2aa8240b..5aa131b39236a3b1d605bbfa292b71a377ecf470 100644
--- a/network/follow.go
+++ b/network/follow.go
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ func (m *manager) follow(report interfaces.ClientErrorReport, rng csprng.Source,
 		EndTimestamp:   identity.EndValid.UnixNano(),
 		ClientVersion:  []byte(version.String()),
 		FastPolling:    m.param.FastPolling,
+		LastRound:      uint64(identity.ER.Get()),
 	}
 
 	result, err := m.GetSender().SendToAny(func(host *connect.Host) (interface{}, error) {