diff --git a/cmd/seccat/seccat.go b/cmd/seccat/seccat.go
index 22f7e00f6..7821ecb6c 100644
--- a/cmd/seccat/seccat.go
+++ b/cmd/seccat/seccat.go
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func setupPeer(a args) (peer.ID, pstore.Peerstore, error) {
-	if a.keybits < 1024 {
-		return "", nil, errors.New("bitsize less than 1024 is considered unsafe")
+	if a.keybits < 2048 {
+		return "", nil, errors.New("bitsize less than 2048 is considered unsafe")
 	}
 
 	out("generating key pair...")
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 75c3479fb..6b2015bab 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ require (
 	go4.org v0.0.0-20190313082347-94abd6928b1d // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190626221950-04f50cda93cb
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/appengine v1.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/cheggaaa/pb.v1 v1.0.28
 	gotest.tools/gotestsum v0.3.4
 )
diff --git a/test/3nodetest/bootstrap/Dockerfile b/test/3nodetest/bootstrap/Dockerfile
index 3fd42f567..ed8ac9ffa 100644
--- a/test/3nodetest/bootstrap/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/3nodetest/bootstrap/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM zaqwsx_ipfs-test-img
 
-RUN ipfs init -b=1024
+RUN ipfs init -b=2048
 ADD . /tmp/id
 RUN mv -f /tmp/id/config /root/.ipfs/config
 RUN ipfs id
diff --git a/test/3nodetest/client/Dockerfile b/test/3nodetest/client/Dockerfile
index c2ac8d725..d4e1ffa36 100644
--- a/test/3nodetest/client/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/3nodetest/client/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM zaqwsx_ipfs-test-img
 
-RUN ipfs init -b=1024
+RUN ipfs init -b=2048
 ADD . /tmp/id
 RUN mv -f /tmp/id/config /root/.ipfs/config
 RUN ipfs id
diff --git a/test/3nodetest/server/Dockerfile b/test/3nodetest/server/Dockerfile
index bced68354..935d2e1b0 100644
--- a/test/3nodetest/server/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/3nodetest/server/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM zaqwsx_ipfs-test-img
 
-RUN ipfs init -b=1024
+RUN ipfs init -b=2048
 ADD . /tmp/test
 RUN mv -f /tmp/test/config /root/.ipfs/config
 RUN ipfs id