diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e83263c345a7d4f2211488ac05cbcd74f14c26a8..9ca3fc52d2f76c29fd838e17af02ec64e32d164e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20211222005329-7d931ceead6f
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20221025202829-c33bbe4d8838
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20221025180839-3d8948607447
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.2-0.20221026223704-61d3deefabc8
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.2-0.20221026231858-da7b2b8b8c44
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20221025020430-f5d2eb330fbc
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20221025202603-3043ba10b2a2
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20221025020316-517fa8f91d2c
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 688d28bbfdb360bdc52071c7ee254e00a8af306c..42e8b20427d28c818c3a6a3c688b52ab4eab0550 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -651,6 +651,8 @@ gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.2-0.20221026222329-d6b810dfc35e h1:wxPGlhoz4FQDdihaL
 gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.2-0.20221026222329-d6b810dfc35e/go.mod h1:PJFBumJWvKBS/QE6HUE7UZpejKamx7EJS79yJ+X1JjI=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.2-0.20221026223704-61d3deefabc8 h1:pVniDWz/s7x4Jbgos2fN8DFT+wbOmUKG+Xbp098s8So=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.2-0.20221026223704-61d3deefabc8/go.mod h1:PJFBumJWvKBS/QE6HUE7UZpejKamx7EJS79yJ+X1JjI=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.2-0.20221026231858-da7b2b8b8c44 h1:hWx3rrMWgW9Sa4hZ7TIqbJ9wiolYaRZiCf7H1zPiGWE=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.2-0.20221026231858-da7b2b8b8c44/go.mod h1:AMKPqMQjJFMafMe5V08CTWgOdGDAWtfWCJ3nrhoCZ8g=
 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=