diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c6fab065..44ea12af 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         "sodium-native": "^3.4.1",
         "ssb-bfe": "^3.7.0",
         "ssb-crut": "^4.6.2",
-        "ssb-keyring": "^5.6.0",
+        "ssb-keyring": "^7.0.0",
         "ssb-keys": "^8.5.0",
         "ssb-private-group-keys": "^0.4.1",
         "ssb-ref": "^2.16.0",
@@ -5495,9 +5495,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/ssb-keyring": {
-      "version": "5.6.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ssb-keyring/-/ssb-keyring-5.6.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-6pLwJkcHzJcnmWgiAScYTwUbPYvMxGem4X25Y00rIukbVElhKZ2cx6bmeOpKdlVkCTdM+qc2/q3XLLGKsZoWwA==",
+      "version": "7.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ssb-keyring/-/ssb-keyring-7.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-HBeAFCdjqSLCiors10s+AHfaFm78ac97oqeWgDg9Es4gK2LUs/ZQ1DjoYH+BS4EnTh5yE+Y9E8ska4WWc0p4Dw==",
       "dependencies": {
         "charwise": "^3.0.1",
         "level": "^6.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2269e2d1..d9797bdc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "sodium-native": "^3.4.1",
     "ssb-bfe": "^3.7.0",
     "ssb-crut": "^4.6.2",
-    "ssb-keyring": "^5.6.0",
+    "ssb-keyring": "^7.0.0",
     "ssb-keys": "^8.5.0",
     "ssb-private-group-keys": "^0.4.1",
     "ssb-ref": "^2.16.0",
diff --git a/test/api/add-new-author-listener.test.js b/test/api/add-new-author-listener.test.js
index c1adae32..6ecd6f40 100644
--- a/test/api/add-new-author-listener.test.js
+++ b/test/api/add-new-author-listener.test.js
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ const { promisify: p } = require('util')
 const { Server, replicate } = require('../helpers')
 
 test('addNewAuthorListener', t => {
-  t.plan(6)
-
   const admin = Server({ name: 'admin', debug: false }) // me
   const newPerson = Server({ name: 'newPerson', debug: false }) // some friend
 
@@ -38,8 +36,13 @@ test('addNewAuthorListener', t => {
     t.equal(_groupId, groupId, 'newPerson, returns expected groupId')
 
     setTimeout(() => {
-      admin.close()
-      newPerson.close()
+      Promise.all([
+        p(admin.close)(true),
+        p(newPerson.close)(true)
+      ]).then(()=>{
+        if(numAdded === 2) t.end()
+        else t.fail("didn't get all listener events")
+      })
     }, 1000)
   })
 
diff --git a/test/api/exclude-members.test.js b/test/api/exclude-members.test.js
index a4f599a8..33336963 100644
--- a/test/api/exclude-members.test.js
+++ b/test/api/exclude-members.test.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 const test = require('tape')
 const { promisify: p } = require('util')
+const ssbKeys = require('ssb-keys')
 const { Server, replicate, FeedId } = require('../helpers')
 
 test('tribes.excludeMembers', async t => {
-  const kaitiaki = Server()
-  const newPerson = Server()
+  const newPersonKeys = ssbKeys.generate()
+  const kaitiaki = Server({ name: 'kaitiaki' })
+  const newPerson = Server({ name: 'newPerson', keys: newPersonKeys })
 
   const name = id => {
     if (id === kaitiaki.id) return 'kaitiaki '
@@ -55,18 +57,42 @@ test('tribes.excludeMembers', async t => {
 
     const excludedList = await p(newPerson.tribes.list)()
     t.deepEqual(excludedList, [], "new person can't list any groups anymore")
-  } catch (err) {
-    t.fail(err)
-  }
 
-  await p(setTimeout)(500)
+    // excluding again to make us use the members tangle to calculate membership
+    await p(kaitiaki.tribes.excludeMembers)(groupId, [newPerson.id]).catch(err => t.error(err, err.message))
+
+    await p(kaitiaki.tribes.invite)(
+      groupId, [newPerson.id], {}
+    )
+
+    const reAddedAuthors = await p(kaitiaki.tribes.listAuthors)(groupId)
+    t.deepEqual(reAddedAuthors.sort(), [kaitiaki.id, newPerson.id].sort(), 're-added person is listed as a member')
+
+    await p(replicate)({ from: kaitiaki, to: newPerson, live: false, name })
+
+    const newPersonBackInGroup = await p(newPerson.tribes.get)(groupId)
+    t.equal(newPersonBackInGroup.excluded, undefined, 'new person is not excluded anymore')
+
+    await p(setTimeout)(500)
+
+    await Promise.all([
+      p(kaitiaki.close)(true),
+      p(newPerson.close)(true)
+    ])
+      .then(() => t.pass('clients close'))
+      .catch((err) => t.error(err))
+
+    await p(setTimeout)(500)
+
+    const newPerson2 = Server({ name: 'newPerson',keys: newPersonKeys, startUnclean: true })
 
-  await Promise.all([
-    p(kaitiaki.close)(true),
-    p(newPerson.close)(true)
-  ])
-    .then(() => t.pass('clients close'))
-    .catch((err) => t.error(err))
+    const stillInGroup = await p(newPerson2.tribes.get)(groupId)
+    t.equal(stillInGroup.excluded, undefined, 'new person is still not excluded after client restart')
 
-  t.end()
+    await p(setTimeout)(500)
+
+    await p(newPerson2.close)(true)
+  } catch (err) {
+    t.fail(err)
+  }
 })
diff --git a/test/rebuild.test.js b/test/rebuild.test.js
index 0e1c4bbf..a21f546b 100644
--- a/test/rebuild.test.js
+++ b/test/rebuild.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const test = require('tape')
 const pull = require('pull-stream')
+const { promisify: p } = require('util')
 
 const { Server, replicate, FeedId } = require('./helpers')
 
@@ -166,9 +167,11 @@ test('rebuild (I am added to a group, then someone else is added)', t => {
           (err) => {
             if (seenMine === 20) t.equal(seenMine, 20, 'bob saw 20 messages from me')
             if (err) throw err
-            bob.close()
-            admin.close()
-            t.end()
+
+            Promise.all([
+              p(bob.close)(true),
+              p(admin.close)(true)
+            ]).then(()=>t.end())
           }
         )
       )