diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/tools_requirements.txt b/apps/cic-eth/tools_requirements.txt
index 252bf4d0..0e0c7631 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/tools_requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/tools_requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 crypto-dev-signer>=0.4.15a1,<=0.4.15
 chainqueue>=0.0.3a1,<0.1.0
-confini>=0.3.6rc4,<0.5.0
 cic-eth-registry>=0.6.1a1,<0.7.0
 redis==3.5.3
 hexathon~=0.0.1a8
diff --git a/apps/cic-ussd/cic_ussd/version.py b/apps/cic-ussd/cic_ussd/version.py
index e9f6dd2d..f346618f 100644
--- a/apps/cic-ussd/cic_ussd/version.py
+++ b/apps/cic-ussd/cic_ussd/version.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # standard imports
 import semver
 
-version = (0, 3, 0, 'alpha.10')
+version = (0, 3, 1, 'alpha.1')
 
 version_object = semver.VersionInfo(
         major=version[0],
diff --git a/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt b/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt
index 9d71a990..57af4f31 100644
--- a/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 alembic==1.4.2
 bcrypt==3.2.0
 celery==4.4.7
-cic-eth[services]==0.12.2a3
+cic-eth[services]~=0.12.4a3
 cic-notify~=0.4.0a10
 cic-types~=0.1.0a14
-confini~=0.4.1a1
+confini>=0.4.1a1,<0.5.0
 phonenumbers==8.12.12
 psycopg2==2.8.6
 python-i18n[YAML]==0.3.9