diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 75d47972aac9c823166694d786525e1281c9b9d7..ec9b4abdef7205c8285bf45e20001596d4d8fbea 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20211222005329-7d931ceead6f
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220901222604-9fa1911afdd7
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220901215826-1ceaeb59081f
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.1-0.20220901224437-ab4cbf94bf8b
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.1
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20220901220638-1acc75fabdc6
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20220902183108-fe7b710b7efe
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20220902182733-69aad094b487
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2022f6ef9f37c1e1705aa39a50638abf65e4d8fa..9545a959b37549717d7cde5eb42975c16cceafab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -442,6 +442,8 @@ gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220901215826-1ceaeb59081f h1:G5I01Ob+ff0YjG
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220901215826-1ceaeb59081f/go.mod h1:IYRYQwpS3zhTVtrir+kGGTqRCMI3It/i6mGW/mxezrM=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.1-0.20220901224437-ab4cbf94bf8b h1:0cN/WHbFaonJEN+odqyjtSrkuEbBnEnWfggT91svPGc=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.1-0.20220901224437-ab4cbf94bf8b/go.mod h1:USLD7xeDnuZEavygdrgzNEwZXeLQJK/w1a+htpN+JEU=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.1 h1:dtwbt6KmAXG2Tik5d60iDz2fLhoFBgWwST03p7T+9Is=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.1/go.mod h1:USLD7xeDnuZEavygdrgzNEwZXeLQJK/w1a+htpN+JEU=
 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=