diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 99b58c2a43bc10ae476d6d66a9a7aa17d47c2e4c..d65cf1acc15f196883e4bc197833e596c55f3781 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/open-location-code/go v0.0.0-20190903173953-119bc96a3a51
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.1
-	github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20191208004610-567900b261bd
+	github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20191227143712-0ef454eb5509
 	github.com/iotaledger/iota.go v1.0.0-beta.9
 	github.com/kr/text v0.1.0
 	github.com/labstack/echo v3.3.10+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2d2f69d91c485e0570cb93f5a37fea16eac949c9..432405f948c81be01dfc2ef19b9c15430ee6f46d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpO
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20191208004610-567900b261bd h1:hh8iusLOBylWNHeJNiZv6atCbO7vzjCLlg53pNAMkFk=
 github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20191208004610-567900b261bd/go.mod h1:7iqun29a1x0lymTrn0UJ3Z/yy0sUzUpoOZ1OYMrYN20=
+github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20191227143712-0ef454eb5509 h1:5mztG+IZqH6Y25YVxf+oXMBhtUWDBXnobjTnz4dW82c=
+github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20191227143712-0ef454eb5509/go.mod h1:7iqun29a1x0lymTrn0UJ3Z/yy0sUzUpoOZ1OYMrYN20=
 github.com/iotaledger/iota.go v1.0.0-beta.9 h1:c654s9pkdhMBkABUvWg+6k91MEBbdtmZXP1xDfQpajg=
 github.com/iotaledger/iota.go v1.0.0-beta.9/go.mod h1:F6WBmYd98mVjAmmPVYhnxg8NNIWCjjH8VWT9qvv3Rc8=
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Ii8DK3G1RaLaWxj9trq07+26W01tbo22gdxWY5EU2bo=