diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ebd3c1e01d..aa84ee0418 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/decred/decrediton
 go 1.21
 
 require (
-	decred.org/dcrdex v1.0.0-rc3.0.20240823215722-bd2ee25df1d3
+	decred.org/dcrdex v1.0.0-rc3.0.20240826112332-436d31f5929f
 	github.com/decred/slog v1.2.0
 	github.com/jrick/logrotate v1.0.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 31590a251f..11857d6eb6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ decred.org/cspp/v2 v2.2.0 h1:VSOUC1w0Wo+QOGS0r1XO6TLnO16X67KuvpDmRRYyr08=
 decred.org/cspp/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:9nO3bfvCheOPIFZw5f6sRQ42CjBFB5RKSaJ9Iq6G4MA=
 decred.org/dcrdex v1.0.0-rc3.0.20240823215722-bd2ee25df1d3 h1:XRGiShxzIpjm8CGNaGVHz4qJS0hWIiW4ZCTxQ/Lp094=
 decred.org/dcrdex v1.0.0-rc3.0.20240823215722-bd2ee25df1d3/go.mod h1:EDykASO1l5Uh4QVfbbuz16Ed9pw6WZf0NuFGBkSrkIw=
+decred.org/dcrdex v1.0.0-rc3.0.20240826112332-436d31f5929f h1:k9VTP0seHukT3Sxxwcv8VYCED84dYIM95UN84YNfMfo=
+decred.org/dcrdex v1.0.0-rc3.0.20240826112332-436d31f5929f/go.mod h1:EDykASO1l5Uh4QVfbbuz16Ed9pw6WZf0NuFGBkSrkIw=
 decred.org/dcrwallet/v4 v4.1.1 h1:imwPBboytp1PH6V8q7/JLTHiKgj/Scq9a3I1WmnJv0Y=
 decred.org/dcrwallet/v4 v4.1.1/go.mod h1:WxerkRcUGVreJsAI0ptCBPUujPUmWncbdYbme8Kl5r0=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=
diff --git a/modules/dex/libdexc/adapter.go b/modules/dex/libdexc/adapter.go
index e5e31ada1e..948ea8bf64 100644
--- a/modules/dex/libdexc/adapter.go
+++ b/modules/dex/libdexc/adapter.go
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func (c *CoreAdapter) startCore(raw json.RawMessage) error {
 
 	mmCM := dex.NewConnectionMaster(c.mm)
 	if err := mmCM.ConnectOnce(c.ctx); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error connecting market maker")
+		return fmt.Errorf("error connecting market maker: %w", err)
 	}
 	c.wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {