diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7afa104f1b4a6be435bfecf59d1042b3d6670695..63d8d1e1e7b18aaf20691f62db846215c08f3161 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ module github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer
 go 1.13
 
 require (
-	cloud.google.com/go v0.36.0 // indirect
 	github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2 v2.0.1
 	github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible
 	github.com/dgryski/go-farm v0.0.0-20191112170834-c2139c5d712b // indirect
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/googollee/go-engine.io v1.4.3-0.20190924125625-798118fc0dd2
 	github.com/googollee/go-socket.io v1.4.3-0.20191204093753-683f8725b6d0
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.1
-	github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200212114128-1460dba4a6b0
+	github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200219224037-2d5f5238c0de
 	github.com/iotaledger/iota.go v1.0.0-beta.14
 	github.com/labstack/echo v3.3.10+incompatible
 	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.3.0 // indirect
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200124204421-9fbb57f87de9 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.2 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200130002326-2f3ba24bd6e7 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/appengine v1.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.51.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.7 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d8296fac8999ae6b0c2997016bc2f61dc80b3b69..0f557a8f425476a723b450552be4dbe49ce6c5cf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0 h1:nfCOvKYfkgYP8hkirhJocXT2+zOD8yUNjXaWfTlyFKI=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
-github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200212114128-1460dba4a6b0 h1:AXUiVkx3QWQPzEIpmHJEAjMmZCzx8VKF342+vouRbic=
-github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200212114128-1460dba4a6b0/go.mod h1:wj3bFHlcX0NiEOWu5+WOg/MI/5N7PKCFnyaziaylB64=
+github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200219224037-2d5f5238c0de h1:J9G9YWM5q7r3DObMIx/Qc8CUjrpD+c90EPVKjsBrR+E=
+github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200219224037-2d5f5238c0de/go.mod h1:wj3bFHlcX0NiEOWu5+WOg/MI/5N7PKCFnyaziaylB64=
 github.com/iotaledger/iota.go v1.0.0-beta.9/go.mod h1:F6WBmYd98mVjAmmPVYhnxg8NNIWCjjH8VWT9qvv3Rc8=
 github.com/iotaledger/iota.go v1.0.0-beta.14 h1:Oeb28MfBuJEeXcGrLhTCJFtbsnc8y1u7xidsAmiOD5A=
 github.com/iotaledger/iota.go v1.0.0-beta.14/go.mod h1:F6WBmYd98mVjAmmPVYhnxg8NNIWCjjH8VWT9qvv3Rc8=