diff --git a/apps/cic-notify/cic_notify/version.py b/apps/cic-notify/cic_notify/version.py
index 6c1fe32d..97975986 100644
--- a/apps/cic-notify/cic_notify/version.py
+++ b/apps/cic-notify/cic_notify/version.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from cic_notify.error import PleaseCommitFirstError
 
 logg = logging.getLogger()
 
-version = (0, 4, 0, 'alpha.2')
+version = (0, 4, 0, 'alpha.3')
 
 version_object = semver.VersionInfo(
         major=version[0],
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ version_string = str(version_object)
 
 def git_hash():
     import subprocess
-    git_diff = subprocess.run(['git', 'diff'], capture_output=True)
-    if len(git_diff.stdout) > 0:
-        raise PleaseCommitFirstError()
 
     git_hash = subprocess.run(['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD'], capture_output=True)
     git_hash_brief = git_hash.stdout.decode('utf-8')[:8]
@@ -35,7 +32,7 @@ def git_hash():
 
 try:
     version_git = git_hash()
-    version_string += '.build.{}'.format(version_git)
+    version_string += '+build.{}'.format(version_git)
 except FileNotFoundError:
     time_string_pair = str(time.time()).split('.')
     version_string += '+build.{}{:<09d}'.format(
diff --git a/apps/cic-notify/requirements.txt b/apps/cic-notify/requirements.txt
index 0ab7977c..0b6f3615 100644
--- a/apps/cic-notify/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/cic-notify/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-celery~=4.4.7
-confini~=0.3.6a1
 alembic~=1.4.2
+celery~=4.4.7
+confini~=0.3.6rc3
 redis~=3.5.3
 semver==2.13.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt b/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt
index f2887130..2336fe3a 100644
--- a/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ billiard==3.6.3.0
 celery==4.4.7
 cffi==1.14.3
 cic-eth~=0.10.0a22
-cic-notify==0.3.1
+cic-notify~=0.4.0a3
 click==7.1.2
-confini~=0.3.6a1
+confini~=0.3.6rc3
 cryptography==3.2.1
 faker==4.17.1
 iniconfig==1.1.1