diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index aa753bb87ec..09da95f677c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ go 1.19
 
 replace github.com/viamrobotics/gostream => github.com/viamrobotics/gostream v0.0.0-20230829033610-5f340e379696
 
+replace go.viam.com/utils => go.viam.com/utils v0.1.44-0.20230904011840-aa548d3a0bd8
+
 require (
 	github.com/AlekSi/gocov-xml v1.0.0
 	github.com/CPRT/roboclaw v0.0.0-20190825181223-76871438befc
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 559a1d9f57f..a69c49b5416 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1586,8 +1586,8 @@ go.viam.com/api v0.1.186 h1:yilwFO70Xbg2vtpMS7Nni6w/HV/0LrOiBg5fNzWbjpc=
 go.viam.com/api v0.1.186/go.mod h1:CwLz82Ie4+Z2lSH2F0oQGViP4/TV9uxjJs+rqHvFWE8=
 go.viam.com/test v1.1.1-0.20220913152726-5da9916c08a2 h1:oBiK580EnEIzgFLU4lHOXmGAE3MxnVbeR7s1wp/F3Ps=
 go.viam.com/test v1.1.1-0.20220913152726-5da9916c08a2/go.mod h1:XM0tej6riszsiNLT16uoyq1YjuYPWlRBweTPRDanIts=
-go.viam.com/utils v0.1.43 h1:ZNEqvicTBXJ/CGh897vNk6MVzGi98BOzdxTenFF0pv8=
-go.viam.com/utils v0.1.43/go.mod h1:tjPInze4C0UYFRqL/FU96yqhJpHR1zjiNZ7qChTN/b8=
+go.viam.com/utils v0.1.44-0.20230904011840-aa548d3a0bd8 h1:FDg8EZ/0X5kcURWsB6/1zcLFysuoHerBgDA3yGq9EK0=
+go.viam.com/utils v0.1.44-0.20230904011840-aa548d3a0bd8/go.mod h1:tjPInze4C0UYFRqL/FU96yqhJpHR1zjiNZ7qChTN/b8=
 go4.org v0.0.0-20180809161055-417644f6feb5/go.mod h1:MkTOUMDaeVYJUOUsaDXIhWPZYa1yOyC1qaOBpL57BhE=
 go4.org/unsafe/assume-no-moving-gc v0.0.0-20230525183740-e7c30c78aeb2 h1:WJhcL4p+YeDxmZWg141nRm7XC8IDmhz7lk5GpadO1Sg=
 go4.org/unsafe/assume-no-moving-gc v0.0.0-20230525183740-e7c30c78aeb2/go.mod h1:FftLjUGFEDu5k8lt0ddY+HcrH/qU/0qk+H8j9/nTl3E=