diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5c8f4b4906bcea628aed50cdd7f8f765ad5e33fa..4374a2dd5a339fa386637cf5b8a10d5fcc367968 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 v0.0.4-0.20210820174341-535c11488dd0
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210823164208-0e219b367d23
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210803232056-ba3ff44cc618
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.5
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20210803231939-7b924f78eaac
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d8c577234e1f7a3934e220d3c115c4bf61d0001b..c8eb24d11ebf4db213445d279faf780c546faa42 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -251,10 +251,8 @@ 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 v0.0.4-0.20210820163054-c177e37ef3d1 h1:NthGhjTb+oEy4KR0Lmbk8Oq12/Xeai9UvvDEHyQy4+Y=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210820163054-c177e37ef3d1/go.mod h1:1fHnPjj5Sv2qfnQplu8+BKlehQy54vtgM7khp5axXMU=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210820174341-535c11488dd0 h1:gapAJ4Fi8jRDwkpgsb6r2hpi0xXMMRYBv5Jf1B8kwM4=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210820174341-535c11488dd0/go.mod h1:1fHnPjj5Sv2qfnQplu8+BKlehQy54vtgM7khp5axXMU=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210823164208-0e219b367d23 h1:ZculIcPFJjVN+Z9mCe2fdZ5JG2LW/tu0yWnceOcJ/TU=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210823164208-0e219b367d23/go.mod h1:1fHnPjj5Sv2qfnQplu8+BKlehQy54vtgM7khp5axXMU=
 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 v0.0.7-0.20210803232056-ba3ff44cc618 h1:Z1SI2a8mXP4Zf2xfhURT1Hbmtq3tufTdebNLgCdlufg=