diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0ac753d7e2eda5523b3e73f60c2972dfb1d984ff..aee6663ff61632b61834e8ea6e9f11547915197d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ 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 v0.0.4-0.20211230224958-af948fac360b
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20211230224857-643c6dd2e182
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211230230712-35eff148e814
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20211230230452-bca020488964
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.5
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20211230224340-fc0905d8776e
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20211227194445-c099754b3cda
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 47cf221efe8bfdebea8156a3f70105cfd8b8af33..1c5a33fa3c527fcf960bf4a2f1197db006e40e6d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -270,12 +270,12 @@ 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 v0.0.4-0.20211230224958-af948fac360b h1:LMPxYBOQeygl+Lva8XjaPQjld9gJGP1mMBL0Yz1XWMc=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211230224958-af948fac360b/go.mod h1:dDHlxts1lMuZkCyZ5Nk/lANy2Jze0984YLV6Pqbbflw=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211230230712-35eff148e814 h1:Zqz6MqjylcSa2wegq6EWN5KopehpyisAYSswOWHjxhE=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211230230712-35eff148e814/go.mod h1:r4xZgd+DPDujHTJZ6Y8+JXM2Ae2rZHa6rFggOPxs/Gc=
 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 v0.0.7-0.20211230224857-643c6dd2e182 h1:XRz/SjmdLpGZZbWmrkgiIGl6D/+LUTItYmbl1ID0TlE=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20211230224857-643c6dd2e182/go.mod h1:fexaw14nwGMlT6vL9eIJ1ixgiomyAp88hSHl0Yx0/xU=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20211230230452-bca020488964 h1:93S9QAWB9sXWShx60hbDndYj0ZXuZGam2II4cGgDqiU=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20211230230452-bca020488964/go.mod h1:fexaw14nwGMlT6vL9eIJ1ixgiomyAp88hSHl0Yx0/xU=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.5 h1:R8M1PA5zRU1HVnTyrtwybdABh7gUJSCvt1JZwUSeTzk=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.5/go.mod h1:e6WPUt97taFZe5PFLPb1Dupk7tqmDCTQu1kkstqJvw4=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200731184040-494269b53b4d/go.mod h1:OQgUZq7SjnE0b+8+iIAT2eqQF+2IFHn73tOo+aV11mg=