diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1f240d7..6f83b2c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 module github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet
 
 require (
-	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.0.0-20190213025234-306aecffea32
+	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.0.0-20190523000118-16327141da8c
 	github.com/btcsuite/btclog v0.0.0-20170628155309-84c8d2346e9f
-	github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v0.0.0-20190207003914-4c204d697803
+	github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v0.0.0-20190425235716-9e5f4b9a998d
 	github.com/btcsuite/golangcrypto v0.0.0-20150304025918-53f62d9b43e8
 	github.com/btcsuite/websocket v0.0.0-20150119174127-31079b680792
 	github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7a9c5c7..664ee2e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,14 +4,17 @@ github.com/aead/siphash v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Nywa3cDsYNNK3gaciGTWPwHt0wlpNV15vwmswBA
 github.com/boltdb/bolt v1.3.1 h1:JQmyP4ZBrce+ZQu0dY660FMfatumYDLun9hBCUVIkF4=
 github.com/boltdb/bolt v1.3.1/go.mod h1:clJnj/oiGkjum5o1McbSZDSLxVThjynRyGBgiAx27Ps=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.0.0-20180823030728-d81d8877b8f3/go.mod h1:Dmm/EzmjnCiweXmzRIAiUWCInVmPgjkzgv5k4tVyXiQ=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.0.0-20190213025234-306aecffea32 h1:qkOC5Gd33k54tobS36cXdAzJbeHaduLtnLQQwNoIi78=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.0.0-20190213025234-306aecffea32/go.mod h1:DrZx5ec/dmnfpw9KyYoQyYo7d0KEvTkk/5M/vbZjAr8=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.0.0-20190523000118-16327141da8c h1:aEbSeNALREWXk0G7UdNhR3ayBV7tZ4M2PNmnrCAph6Q=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.0.0-20190523000118-16327141da8c/go.mod h1:3J08xEfcugPacsc34/LKRU2yO7YmuT8yt28J8k2+rrI=
 github.com/btcsuite/btclog v0.0.0-20170628155309-84c8d2346e9f h1:bAs4lUbRJpnnkd9VhRV3jjAVU7DJVjMaK+IsvSeZvFo=
 github.com/btcsuite/btclog v0.0.0-20170628155309-84c8d2346e9f/go.mod h1:TdznJufoqS23FtqVCzL0ZqgP5MqXbb4fg/WgDys70nA=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v0.0.0-20180706230648-ab6388e0c60a h1:RQMUrEILyYJEoAT34XS/kLu40vC0+po/UfxrBBA4qZE=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v0.0.0-20180706230648-ab6388e0c60a/go.mod h1:+5NJ2+qvTyV9exUAL/rxXi3DcLg2Ts+ymUAY5y4NvMg=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v0.0.0-20190207003914-4c204d697803 h1:j3AgPKKZtZStM2nyhrDSLSYgT7YHrZKdSkq1OYeLjvM=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v0.0.0-20190207003914-4c204d697803/go.mod h1:+5NJ2+qvTyV9exUAL/rxXi3DcLg2Ts+ymUAY5y4NvMg=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v0.0.0-20190425235716-9e5f4b9a998d h1:yJzD/yFppdVCf6ApMkVy8cUxV0XrxdP9rVf6D87/Mng=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v0.0.0-20190425235716-9e5f4b9a998d/go.mod h1:+5NJ2+qvTyV9exUAL/rxXi3DcLg2Ts+ymUAY5y4NvMg=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet v0.0.0-20180904010540-284e2e0e696e33d5be388f7f3d9a26db703e0c06/go.mod h1:/d7QHZsfUAruXuBhyPITqoYOmJ+nq35qPsJjz/aSpCg=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet v0.0.0-20190313032608-acf3b04b0273/go.mod h1:mkOYY8/psBiL5E+Wb0V7M0o+N7NXi2SZJz6+RKkncIc=
 github.com/btcsuite/go-socks v0.0.0-20170105172521-4720035b7bfd h1:R/opQEbFEy9JGkIguV40SvRY1uliPX8ifOvi6ICsFCw=
diff --git a/wallet/wallet.go b/wallet/wallet.go
index f9cce35..1c5755f 100644
--- a/wallet/wallet.go
+++ b/wallet/wallet.go
@@ -3414,6 +3414,14 @@ func (w *Wallet) publishTransaction(tx *wire.MsgTx) (*chainhash.Hash, error) {
 	}
 
 	txid, err := chainClient.SendRawTransaction(tx, false)
+
+	// Determine if this was an RPC error thrown due to the transaction
+	// already confirming.
+	var rpcTxConfirmed bool
+	if rpcErr, ok := err.(*btcjson.RPCError); ok {
+		rpcTxConfirmed = rpcErr.Code == btcjson.ErrRPCTxAlreadyInChain
+	}
+
 	switch {
 	case err == nil:
 		return txid, nil
@@ -3425,12 +3433,16 @@ func (w *Wallet) publishTransaction(tx *wire.MsgTx) (*chainhash.Hash, error) {
 	//
 	// This error is returned when broadcasting/sending a transaction to a
 	// btcd node that already has it in their mempool.
-	case strings.Contains(err.Error(), "already have transaction"):
+	case strings.Contains(
+		strings.ToLower(err.Error()), "already have transaction",
+	):
 		fallthrough
 
 	// This error is returned when broadcasting a transaction to a bitcoind
 	// node that already has it in their mempool.
-	case strings.Contains(err.Error(), "txn-already-in-mempool"):
+	case strings.Contains(
+		strings.ToLower(err.Error()), "txn-already-in-mempool",
+	):
 		return txid, nil
 
 	// If the transaction has already confirmed, we can safely remove it
@@ -3438,19 +3450,21 @@ func (w *Wallet) publishTransaction(tx *wire.MsgTx) (*chainhash.Hash, error) {
 	// confirmed store. We'll avoid returning an error as the broadcast was
 	// in a sense successful.
 	//
-	// This error is returned when broadcasting/sending a transaction that
-	// has already confirmed to a btcd node.
-	case strings.Contains(err.Error(), "transaction already exists"):
+	// This error is returned when sending a transaction that has already
+	// confirmed to a btcd/bitcoind node over RPC.
+	case rpcTxConfirmed:
 		fallthrough
 
 	// This error is returned when broadcasting a transaction that has
-	// already confirmed to a bitcoind node.
-	case strings.Contains(err.Error(), "txn-already-known"):
+	// already confirmed to a btcd node over the P2P network.
+	case strings.Contains(
+		strings.ToLower(err.Error()), "transaction already exists",
+	):
 		fallthrough
 
-	// This error is returned when sending a transaction that has already
-	// confirmed to a bitcoind node over RPC.
-	case strings.Contains(err.Error(), "transaction already in block chain"):
+	// This error is returned when broadcasting a transaction that has
+	// already confirmed to a bitcoind node over the P2P network.
+	case strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(err.Error()), "txn-already-known"):
 		dbErr := walletdb.Update(w.db, func(dbTx walletdb.ReadWriteTx) error {
 			txmgrNs := dbTx.ReadWriteBucket(wtxmgrNamespaceKey)
 			txRec, err := wtxmgr.NewTxRecordFromMsgTx(tx, time.Now())