diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py
index 9f366d63..d24355e8 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ version = (
         0,
         12,
         4,
-        'alpha.8',
+        'alpha.9',
         )
 
 version_object = semver.VersionInfo(
diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/requirements.txt b/apps/cic-eth/requirements.txt
index 542580c9..9eba70d4 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 celery==4.4.7
-chainlib-eth>=0.0.9rc2,<0.1.0
+chainlib-eth>=0.0.9rc4,<0.1.0
 semver==2.13.0
 crypto-dev-signer>=0.4.15rc2,<0.5.0