diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e06625c87a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Security Policy
+
+## Supported Versions
+
+The last major `btcd` release is to be considered the current support version.
+Given an issue severe enough, a backport will be issued either to the prior
+major release or the set of releases considered utilized enough. 
+
+## Reporting a Vulnerability
+
+To report security issues, send an email to security@lightning.engineering
+(this list isn't to be used for support). 
+
+The following key can be used to communicate sensitive information: `91FE 464C
+D751 01DA 6B6B  AB60 555C 6465 E5BC B3AF`. 
diff --git a/chaincfg/params.go b/chaincfg/params.go
index 3b38878b4a..3a7f7661e1 100644
--- a/chaincfg/params.go
+++ b/chaincfg/params.go
@@ -341,6 +341,9 @@ var MainNetParams = Params{
 		{691719, newHashFromStr("00000000000000000008a89e854d57e5667df88f1cdef6fde2fbca1de5b639ad")},
 		{724466, newHashFromStr("000000000000000000052d314a259755ca65944e68df6b12a067ea8f1f5a7091")},
 		{751565, newHashFromStr("00000000000000000009c97098b5295f7e5f183ac811fb5d1534040adb93cabd")},
+		{781565, newHashFromStr("00000000000000000002b8c04999434c33b8e033f11a977b288f8411766ee61c")},
+		{800000, newHashFromStr("00000000000000000002a7c4c1e48d76c5a37902165a270156b7a8d72728a054")},
+		{810000, newHashFromStr("000000000000000000028028ca82b6aa81ce789e4eb9e0321b74c3cbaf405dd1")},
 	},
 
 	// Consensus rule change deployments.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 36d4aa21bd..425e6d7f2b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module github.com/btcsuite/btcd
 
 require (
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.1.3
-	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil v1.1.4
+	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil v1.1.5
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.1.0
 	github.com/btcsuite/btclog v0.0.0-20170628155309-84c8d2346e9f
 	github.com/btcsuite/go-socks v0.0.0-20170105172521-4720035b7bfd
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6a2ee39cd8..158e868092 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.1.3 h1:xM/n3yIhHAhHy04z4i43C8p4ehixJZMsnrVJ
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.1.3/go.mod h1:ctjw4H1kknNJmRN4iP1R7bTQ+v3GJkZBd6mui8ZsAZE=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Uoxwv0pqYWhD//tfTiipkxNfdhG9UrLwaeswfjfdF0A=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil v1.1.0/go.mod h1:5OapHB7A2hBBWLm48mmw4MOHNJCcUBTwmWH/0Jn8VHE=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil v1.1.4 h1:mWvWRLRIPuoeZsVRpc0xNCkfeNxWy1E4jIZ06ZpGI1A=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil v1.1.4/go.mod h1:PSZZ4UitpLBWzxGd5VGOrLnmOjtPP/a6HaFo12zMs00=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil v1.1.5 h1:+wER79R5670vs/ZusMTF1yTcRYE5GUsFbdjdisflzM8=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil v1.1.5/go.mod h1:PSZZ4UitpLBWzxGd5VGOrLnmOjtPP/a6HaFo12zMs00=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.0.0/go.mod h1:7SFka0XMvUgj3hfZtydOrQY2mwhPclbT2snogU7SQQc=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.0.1/go.mod h1:7SFka0XMvUgj3hfZtydOrQY2mwhPclbT2snogU7SQQc=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.1.0 h1:59Kx4K6lzOW5w6nFlA0v5+lk/6sjybR934QNHSJZPTQ=
diff --git a/rpcclient/infrastructure.go b/rpcclient/infrastructure.go
index cf683db0ca..eddfb77700 100644
--- a/rpcclient/infrastructure.go
+++ b/rpcclient/infrastructure.go
@@ -733,10 +733,10 @@ out:
 
 			// Reset the connection state and signal the reconnect
 			// has happened.
+			c.mtx.Lock()
 			c.wsConn = wsConn
 			c.retryCount = 0
 
-			c.mtx.Lock()
 			c.disconnect = make(chan struct{})
 			c.disconnected = false
 			c.mtx.Unlock()
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 19af5b8bd0..d7835910f8 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ const semanticAlphabet = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqr
 // versioning 2.0.0 spec (http://semver.org/).
 const (
 	appMajor uint = 0
-	appMinor uint = 23
-	appPatch uint = 3
+	appMinor uint = 24
+	appPatch uint = 0
 
 	// appPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet
 	// per the semantic versioning spec.