diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index be930bdf9..6e1c41493 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@
     ".",
     "hcl/ast",
     "hcl/parser",
-    "hcl/printer",
     "hcl/scanner",
     "hcl/strconv",
     "hcl/token",
@@ -240,8 +239,8 @@
 [[projects]]
   name = "github.com/spf13/cobra"
   packages = ["."]
-  revision = "ef82de70bb3f60c65fb8eebacbb2d122ef517385"
-  version = "v0.0.3"
+  revision = "7b2c5ac9fc04fc5efafb60700713d4fa609b777b"
+  version = "v0.0.1"
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
@@ -258,8 +257,8 @@
 [[projects]]
   name = "github.com/spf13/viper"
   packages = ["."]
-  revision = "b5e8006cbee93ec955a89ab31e0e3ce3204f3736"
-  version = "v1.0.2"
+  revision = "25b30aa063fc18e48662b86996252eabdcf2f0c7"
+  version = "v1.0.0"
 
 [[projects]]
   name = "github.com/stretchr/testify"
@@ -381,9 +380,13 @@
   packages = [
     ".",
     "balancer",
+    "balancer/base",
+    "balancer/roundrobin",
     "codes",
     "connectivity",
     "credentials",
+    "encoding",
+    "encoding/proto",
     "grpclb/grpc_lb_v1/messages",
     "grpclog",
     "internal",
@@ -392,13 +395,15 @@
     "naming",
     "peer",
     "resolver",
+    "resolver/dns",
+    "resolver/passthrough",
     "stats",
     "status",
     "tap",
     "transport"
   ]
-  revision = "5b3c4e850e90a4cf6a20ebd46c8b32a0a3afcb9e"
-  version = "v1.7.5"
+  revision = "d11072e7ca9811b1100b80ca0269ac831f06d024"
+  version = "v1.11.3"
 
 [[projects]]
   name = "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
@@ -409,6 +414,6 @@
 [solve-meta]
   analyzer-name = "dep"
   analyzer-version = 1
-  inputs-digest = "520cd9a034e6be26dc6e0864dae3fb294b81850d8de41ca6c2c8cd6295425f28"
+  inputs-digest = "71753a9d4ece4252d23941f116f5ff66c0d5da730a099e5a9867491d223ed93b"
   solver-name = "gps-cdcl"
   solver-version = 1
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index a3715e120..28394b8b3 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/go-kit/kit"
-  version = "~0.6.0"
+  version = "=0.6.0"
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/gogo/protobuf"
-  version = "~1.0.0"
+  version = "=1.0.0"
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/golang/protobuf"
-  version = "~1.0.0"
+  version = "=1.0.0"
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/gorilla/websocket"
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/pkg/errors"
-  version = "~0.8.0"
+  version = "=0.8.0"
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics"
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/spf13/cobra"
-  version = "~0.0.1"
+  version = "=0.0.1"
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/spf13/viper"
-  version = "~1.0.0"
+  version = "=1.0.0"
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/stretchr/testify"
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "google.golang.org/grpc"
-  version = "~1.7.3"
+  version = "~1.11.3"
 
 # this got updated and broke, so locked to an old working commit ...
 [[override]]
diff --git a/libs/db/remotedb/remotedb_test.go b/libs/db/remotedb/remotedb_test.go
index bc980a238..0e7319971 100644
--- a/libs/db/remotedb/remotedb_test.go
+++ b/libs/db/remotedb/remotedb_test.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestRemoteDB(t *testing.T) {
-	cert := "::.crt"
-	key := "::.key"
+	cert := "test.crt"
+	key := "test.key"
 	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", "0.0.0.0:0")
 	require.Nil(t, err, "expecting a port to have been assigned on which we can listen")
 	srv, err := grpcdb.NewServer(cert, key)
diff --git a/libs/db/remotedb/test.crt b/libs/db/remotedb/test.crt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdc8a0f29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/db/remotedb/test.crt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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diff --git a/libs/db/remotedb/test.key b/libs/db/remotedb/test.key
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14d285584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/db/remotedb/test.key
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
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