diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 702a42a82cc1b4fe1af9adfecc7f5cb4c620ead0..ed78852d9ff457aae23eeac5b5ffe830429c0b97 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ 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 v0.0.4-0.20220308001050-fc12c9f23295
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220308183624-c2183e687a03
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220222221347-95c7ae58da6b
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.6
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20220222212109-d412a6e46623
@@ -26,29 +26,13 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/badoux/checkmail v1.2.1 // indirect
-	github.com/elliotchance/orderedmap v1.4.0 // indirect
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 // indirect
 	github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20200217142428-fce0ec30dd00 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.4 // indirect
-	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.8.1 // indirect
-	github.com/skip2/go-qrcode v0.0.0-20200617195104-da1b6568686e // indirect
 	github.com/smartystreets/assertions v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.1 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/ttacon/builder v0.0.0-20170518171403-c099f663e1c2 // indirect
-	github.com/ttacon/libphonenumber v1.2.1 // indirect
-	github.com/tyler-smith/go-bip39 v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/zeebo/blake3 v0.1.1 // indirect
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/ring v0.0.3-0.20220222211904-da613960ad93 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211007075335-d3039528d8ac // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.3.6 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210105202744-fe13368bc0e1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.62.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5d19aa93263a7c5c77ec457cf84c1782f7ba12eb..c58adf1fd69a2e0d3f2cca2847827ca8bf9ed115 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -272,10 +272,8 @@ 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 v0.0.4-0.20220302214218-7cef54bc0c37 h1:VifEG3xpMq8bKkOyIL3KvEeyWCBmPvadKc7Mss5TZ1A=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220302214218-7cef54bc0c37/go.mod h1:4yMdU+Jee5W9lqkZGHJAuipEhW7FloT0eyVEFUJza+E=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220308001050-fc12c9f23295 h1:PtGwLthY45FuHJNN4znhlsbDdHk2OEBwMEjDrHNyHTs=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220308001050-fc12c9f23295/go.mod h1:4yMdU+Jee5W9lqkZGHJAuipEhW7FloT0eyVEFUJza+E=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220308183624-c2183e687a03 h1:4eNjO3wCyHgxpGeq2zgDb5SsdTcQaG5IZjBOuEL6KgM=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220308183624-c2183e687a03/go.mod h1:4yMdU+Jee5W9lqkZGHJAuipEhW7FloT0eyVEFUJza+E=
 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 v0.0.7-0.20220222221347-95c7ae58da6b h1:m80Ub5mshPbMzYjRC0nXuI8vtm6e5crISczRsP2YUJ4=