diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 171cecbc..6815ec24 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -686,12 +686,12 @@
   revision = "6b0aa22550d9325eb8f43418185859e13dc0de1d"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:ef8d0a1f90a33a968984ba2159a02304c591bbe964ad13e6408bf361975b3a58"
+  digest = "1:dfa8458da99855b0f0e13f580e6107b46311db15dc7f76cb80c131b937f7f8aa"
   name = "github.com/weaveworks/mesh"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = "UT"
-  revision = "8889a805f7f6fe19a40dd175575d7f5efb7eda79"
-  version = "v0.3"
+  revision = "58dbcc3e8e63eed7dd77f3a6286855ae8c8876c1"
+  version = "v0.4"
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
@@ -1108,7 +1108,6 @@
     "github.com/weaveworks/mesh",
     "golang.org/x/crypto/hkdf",
     "golang.org/x/crypto/nacl/secretbox",
-    "golang.org/x/net/context",
     "golang.org/x/sys/unix",
     "golang.org/x/tools/cover",
     "k8s.io/api/core/v1",
diff --git a/ipam/testutils_test.go b/ipam/testutils_test.go
index ccd6efe1..8761d793 100644
--- a/ipam/testutils_test.go
+++ b/ipam/testutils_test.go
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ func (m *mockGossipComms) GossipBroadcast(update mesh.GossipData) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (m *mockGossipComms) GossipNeighbourSubset(update mesh.GossipData) {
+	m.GossipBroadcast(update)
+}
 func equalByteBuffer(a, b []byte) bool {
 	if len(a) != len(b) {
 		return false
diff --git a/testing/gossip/mocks.go b/testing/gossip/mocks.go
index 8cafd89d..2824e83a 100644
--- a/testing/gossip/mocks.go
+++ b/testing/gossip/mocks.go
@@ -199,3 +199,7 @@ func (client TestRouterClient) GossipUnicast(dstPeerName mesh.PeerName, buf []by
 func (client TestRouterClient) GossipBroadcast(update mesh.GossipData) {
 	client.router.gossipBroadcast(client.sender, update)
 }
+
+func (client TestRouterClient) GossipNeighbourSubset(update mesh.GossipData) {
+	client.router.gossip(client.sender, update)
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/circle.yml b/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/circle.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f4df805..00000000
--- a/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/circle.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-test:
-  pre:
-    - ./lint
-
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/gossip.go b/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/gossip.go
index fe90d133..44bd6ede 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/gossip.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/gossip.go
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ type Gossip interface {
 	//
 	// TODO(pb): rename to Broadcast?
 	GossipBroadcast(update GossipData)
+
+	// GossipNeighbourSubset emits a message to subset of neighbour peers in the mesh.
+	GossipNeighbourSubset(update GossipData)
 }
 
 // Gossiper is the receiving interface.
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/gossip_channel.go b/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/gossip_channel.go
index 2ff512e7..d95688b8 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/gossip_channel.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/gossip_channel.go
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ func (c *gossipChannel) GossipBroadcast(update GossipData) {
 	c.relayBroadcast(c.ourself.Name, update)
 }
 
+// GossipNeighbourSubset implements Gossip, relaying update to subset of members of the
+// channel.
+func (c *gossipChannel) GossipNeighbourSubset(update GossipData) {
+	c.relay(c.ourself.Name, update)
+}
+
 // Send relays data into the channel topology via random neighbours.
 func (c *gossipChannel) Send(data GossipData) {
 	c.relay(c.ourself.Name, data)
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/lint b/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/lint
index ec403c59..5bbb9e84 100755
--- a/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/lint
+++ b/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/lint
@@ -4,19 +4,10 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-if [ ! $(command -v gometalinter) ]
+if [ ! $(command -v golangci-lint) ]
 then
-	go get github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter
-	gometalinter --install --vendor
+    curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh| sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.20.0
+    golangci-lint --version
 fi
 
-gometalinter \
-	--exclude='error return value not checked.*(Close|Log|Print).*\(errcheck\)$' \
-	--exclude='.*_test\.go:.*error return value not checked.*\(errcheck\)$' \
-	--exclude='duplicate of.*_test.go.*\(dupl\)$' \
-	--disable=aligncheck \
-	--disable=gotype \
-	--disable=gas \
-	--cyclo-over=20 \
-	--tests \
-	--deadline=20s
+golangci-lint run
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/peers.go b/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/peers.go
index 6b174e9a..c10b0318 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/peers.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/peers.go
@@ -350,14 +350,11 @@ func (peers *Peers) forEach(fun func(*Peer)) {
 }
 
 func (peers *Peers) actorLoop() {
-	for {
-		select {
-		case <-peers.timer.C:
-			peers.GarbageCollect()
-			peers.Lock()
-			peers.pendingGC = false
-			peers.Unlock()
-		}
+	for range peers.timer.C {
+		peers.GarbageCollect()
+		peers.Lock()
+		peers.pendingGC = false
+		peers.Unlock()
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/router.go b/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/router.go
index 736be318..9af54181 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/router.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/router.go
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ var (
 const (
 	tcpHeartbeat     = 30 * time.Second
 	maxDuration      = time.Duration(math.MaxInt64)
-	acceptMaxTokens  = 100
-	acceptTokenDelay = 100 * time.Millisecond // [2]
+	acceptMaxTokens  = 20
+	acceptTokenDelay = 50 * time.Millisecond
 )
 
 // Config defines dimensions of configuration for the router.
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func (router *Router) sendPendingGossip() bool {
 // topology, and broadcasts the new set of peers to the mesh.
 func (router *Router) broadcastTopologyUpdate(update peerNameSet) {
 	gossipData := &topologyGossipData{peers: router.Peers, update: update}
-	router.topologyGossip.GossipBroadcast(gossipData)
+	router.topologyGossip.GossipNeighbourSubset(gossipData)
 }
 
 // OnGossipUnicast implements Gossiper, but always returns an error, as a
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/routes.go b/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/routes.go
index 858da783..0e72d0f3 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/routes.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/weaveworks/mesh/routes.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package mesh
 
 import (
 	"math"
+	"math/rand"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ func (r *routes) lookupOrCalculate(name PeerName, broadcast *broadcastRoutes, es
 	return <-res
 }
 
-// RandomNeighbours chooses min(log2(n_peers), n_neighbouring_peers)
+// RandomNeighbours chooses min(2 log2(n_peers), n_neighbouring_peers)
 // neighbours, with a random distribution that is topology-sensitive,
 // favouring neighbours at the end of "bottleneck links". We determine the
 // latter based on the unicast routing table. If a neighbour appears as the
@@ -135,29 +136,39 @@ func (r *routes) lookupOrCalculate(name PeerName, broadcast *broadcastRoutes, es
 // proportion of peers via that neighbour than other neighbours - then it is
 // chosen with a higher probability.
 //
-// Note that we choose log2(n_peers) *neighbours*, not peers. Consequently, on
+// Note that we choose 2log2(n_peers) *neighbours*, not peers. Consequently, on
 // sparsely connected peers this function returns a higher proportion of
 // neighbours than elsewhere. In extremis, on peers with fewer than
 // log2(n_peers) neighbours, all neighbours are returned.
 func (r *routes) randomNeighbours(except PeerName) []PeerName {
-	destinations := make(peerNameSet)
 	r.RLock()
 	defer r.RUnlock()
-	count := int(math.Log2(float64(len(r.unicastAll))))
-	// depends on go's random map iteration
+	var total int64 = 0
+	weights := make(map[PeerName]int64)
+	// First iterate the whole set, counting how often each neighbour appears
 	for _, dst := range r.unicastAll {
 		if dst != UnknownPeerName && dst != except {
-			destinations[dst] = struct{}{}
-			if len(destinations) >= count {
-				break
-			}
+			total++
+			weights[dst]++
 		}
 	}
-	res := make([]PeerName, 0, len(destinations))
-	for dst := range destinations {
-		res = append(res, dst)
+	needed := int(math.Min(2*math.Log2(float64(len(r.unicastAll))), float64(len(weights))))
+	destinations := make([]PeerName, 0, needed)
+	for len(destinations) < needed {
+		// Pick a random point on the distribution and linear search for it
+		rnd := rand.Int63n(total)
+		for dst, count := range weights {
+			if rnd < count {
+				destinations = append(destinations, dst)
+				// Remove the one we selected from consideration
+				delete(weights, dst)
+				total -= count
+				break
+			}
+			rnd -= count
+		}
 	}
-	return res
+	return destinations
 }
 
 // Recalculate requests recalculation of the routing table. This is async but