diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 144fa03..369adee 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ module git.daviestechlabs.io/daviestechlabs/chat-handler
 go 1.25.1
 
 require (
-	git.daviestechlabs.io/daviestechlabs/handler-base v0.0.0
+	git.daviestechlabs.io/daviestechlabs/handler-base v0.1.3
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.48.0
+	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1
 )
 
 require (
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.11 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.40.0 // indirect
@@ -39,5 +39,3 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.78.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11 // indirect
 )
-
-replace git.daviestechlabs.io/daviestechlabs/handler-base => ../handler-base
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b9a1b68..525e94c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+git.daviestechlabs.io/daviestechlabs/handler-base v0.1.3 h1:uYog8B839ulqrWoht3qqCvT7CnR3e2skpaLZc2Pg3GI=
+git.daviestechlabs.io/daviestechlabs/handler-base v0.1.3/go.mod h1:M3HgvUDWnRn7cX3BE8l+HvoCUYtmRr5OoumB+hnRHoE=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3 h1:ZN+IMa753KfX5hd8vVaMixjnqRZ3y8CuJKRKj1xcsSM=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3/go.mod h1:rkhZdG3JZukswDf7f0cwqPNk4K0sa+F97BxZthm/crw=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=