diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a250799..ab69684 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ A Secret-Stack server running the plugins:
 - `ssb-tribes`
 - `ssb-db2/compat`
 - `ssb-db2/compat/feedstate`
-- `ssb-box2` >= 7.2.0
+- `ssb-box2` >= TODO
 - `ssb-replicate` - (optional) used to auto-replicate people who you're in groups with
 
 The secret stack option `config.box2.legacyMode` also needs to be `true`.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 069df3e..a5a1b03 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
         "is-canonical-base64": "^1.1.1",
         "scuttle-testbot": "^2.1.0",
-        "ssb-box2": "^7.2.0",
+        "ssb-box2": "github:ssbc/ssb-box2#get-own-dm",
         "ssb-db2": "^7.1.1",
         "ssb-replicate": "^1.3.3",
         "standard": "^17.1.0",
@@ -5073,9 +5073,9 @@
     },
     "node_modules/ssb-box2": {
       "version": "7.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ssb-box2/-/ssb-box2-7.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-LOIgzULj8wNPNk89zmLTRcc35Xq35uOuG/4Rq74ae4pPVY50oYEir7mdRNRiAjuIPTxbVmY6YwXVUehBEkxk1w==",
+      "resolved": "git+ssh://git@github.com/ssbc/ssb-box2.git#39e35310591ae24a4ee1b5d8c9c9244170b7979e",
       "dev": true,
+      "license": "LGPL-3.0-only",
       "dependencies": {
         "envelope-js": "^1.3.2",
         "private-group-spec": "^2.1.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2382753..8863126 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "is-canonical-base64": "^1.1.1",
     "scuttle-testbot": "^2.1.0",
-    "ssb-box2": "^7.2.0",
+    "ssb-box2": "github:ssbc/ssb-box2#get-own-dm",
     "ssb-db2": "^7.1.1",
     "ssb-replicate": "^1.3.3",
     "standard": "^17.1.0",