diff --git a/api/version_vars.go b/api/version_vars.go
index 7a6a80ad7afc287095b1f57d7b6f7f975171495d..75d1adeef89b0d9ed44699e42d0bb7e6306fbbb6 100644
--- a/api/version_vars.go
+++ b/api/version_vars.go
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 // Code generated by go generate; DO NOT EDIT.
 // This file was generated by robots at
-// 2021-05-05 15:53:47.443011 -0500 CDT m=+0.014473892
+// 2021-05-07 09:33:37.4750421 -0700 PDT m=+0.043142701
 package api
 
-const GITVERSION = `b6f474ae fixed sendCmix time delay and the interface for bindings time now`
-const SEMVER = "2.4.0"
+const GITVERSION = `51fdae45 made stop network follower always allow restart`
+const SEMVER = "2.5.0"
 const DEPENDENCIES = `module gitlab.com/elixxir/client
 
 go 1.13
@@ -24,14 +24,15 @@ 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 v0.0.4-0.20210505205202-1d4c18a7fcb2
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210504210535-3077ddf9984d
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210506225017-37485f5ba063
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210506223047-3196e4301110
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.5
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20210504210415-34cf31c2816e
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210505205155-48daa8448ad7
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210504210244-9ddabbad25fd
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210504205835-db68f11de78a
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210322153248-0c34fe9e7dc2
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210403161142-5e06dd20ab57 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210105202744-fe13368bc0e1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.34.0 // indirect
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index b781e502cb97afc8edd8c90300c8a9f1e5816969..67b545b53c3ed7e36e85abccbeadf817bc52dc25 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Change this value to set the version for this build
-const currentVersion = "2.4.0"
+const currentVersion = "2.5.0"
 
 func Version() string {
 	out := fmt.Sprintf("Elixxir Client v%s -- %s\n\n", api.SEMVER,
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index de7184188d2056546d5b679ee5fd40939cad7269..7142c43f2d9fa81eacd6878befdc445e5d8f8a1f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ require (
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210504210244-9ddabbad25fd
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210504205835-db68f11de78a
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210322153248-0c34fe9e7dc2
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210403161142-5e06dd20ab57 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210105202744-fe13368bc0e1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.34.0 // indirect