diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1300a9525fc8c2daaa57cc55e47056702e53620d..9d8d546e1db743e56bb18de2835e648a000b6def 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.1
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.2.1-0.20210222224029-4300043d7ce8
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210309193245-64181ff10b68
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210311180506-28ae742c5e35
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210309193114-8a6225c667e2
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20210309193003-ef42ebb4800b
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210309192940-6b7fb39b4d01
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e6d134ee1a6020079c892ab1229925108887084c..627e6e5fb860aaaf1d8b8a80fd83b129ed6abb3f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210218234550-f2e03b19bdb2 h1:p5GunVi5sP9atTw
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210218234550-f2e03b19bdb2/go.mod h1:GCbfPWB7VF5ZeDsLBCwfy0JiquG4OK6gsRjaIS66+yg=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210309193245-64181ff10b68 h1:HR45PZyVl+gvksIKoHPCxFndhOpBT6z3rl7vaa3BaAc=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210309193245-64181ff10b68/go.mod h1:96cMuVVlarB+I6nuFKdq4zCagQkbhVK/MUzRk3yOymI=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210311180506-28ae742c5e35 h1:t/ILeoWel5Im+zLQUX2FIroZvrfAkxOaL3DCA8enKcE=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210311180506-28ae742c5e35/go.mod h1:96cMuVVlarB+I6nuFKdq4zCagQkbhVK/MUzRk3yOymI=
 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 v0.0.7-0.20210216174551-f806f79610eb h1:aPcrTC0QdrPqz4NgoAt5sfXt/+EFrNUwIns0s0VCQmg=