diff --git a/apps/cic-cache/docker/Dockerfile b/apps/cic-cache/docker/Dockerfile
index 685e1c18..725d571a 100644
--- a/apps/cic-cache/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/cic-cache/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ARG DOCKER_REGISTRY=registry.gitlab.com/grassrootseconomics
 
-FROM $DOCKER_REGISTRY/cic-base-images:python-3.8.6-dev-55da5f4e
+FROM $DOCKER_REGISTRY/cic-base-images:python-3.8.6-dev-e8eb2ee2
 
 COPY requirements.txt .
 
diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/docker/Dockerfile b/apps/cic-eth/docker/Dockerfile
index 14a475f7..e04d0541 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ARG DOCKER_REGISTRY="registry.gitlab.com/grassrootseconomics"
 
-FROM $DOCKER_REGISTRY/cic-base-images:python-3.8.6-dev-55da5f4e
+FROM $DOCKER_REGISTRY/cic-base-images:python-3.8.6-dev-e8eb2ee2
 
 # Copy just the requirements and install....this _might_ give docker a hint on caching but we 
 # do load these all into setup.py later
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ ARG EXTRA_PIP_INDEX_URL=https://pip.grassrootseconomics.net:8433
 ARG EXTRA_PIP_ARGS=""
 ARG PIP_INDEX_URL=https://pypi.org/simple
 
-RUN apt-get install libffi-dev
-
 RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
     pip install --index-url $PIP_INDEX_URL \
     --pre \
diff --git a/apps/cic-notify/cic_notify/version.py b/apps/cic-notify/cic_notify/version.py
index 3a99ed07..02dcb38f 100644
--- a/apps/cic-notify/cic_notify/version.py
+++ b/apps/cic-notify/cic_notify/version.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import semver
 
 logg = logging.getLogger()
 
-version = (0, 4, 0, 'alpha.10')
+version = (0, 4, 0, 'alpha.11')
 
 version_object = semver.VersionInfo(
         major=version[0],
diff --git a/apps/cic-notify/docker/Dockerfile b/apps/cic-notify/docker/Dockerfile
index 1744d27f..ef7167fa 100644
--- a/apps/cic-notify/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/cic-notify/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-# syntax = docker/dockerfile:1.2
-FROM registry.gitlab.com/grassrootseconomics/cic-base-images:python-3.8.6-dev-55da5f4e as dev
+ARG DOCKER_REGISTRY="registry.gitlab.com/grassrootseconomics"
+
+FROM $DOCKER_REGISTRY/cic-base-images:python-3.8.6-dev-e8eb2ee2
 
 #RUN pip install $pip_extra_index_url_flag cic-base[full_graph]==0.1.2a62
 
diff --git a/apps/cic-notify/requirements.txt b/apps/cic-notify/requirements.txt
index 953027d2..662c6e15 100644
--- a/apps/cic-notify/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/cic-notify/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-confini~=0.4.1a1
+confini>=0.3.6rc4,<0.5.0
 africastalking==1.2.3
 SQLAlchemy==1.3.20
 alembic==1.4.2
 psycopg2==2.8.6
 celery==4.4.7
 redis==3.5.3
+semver==2.13.0
diff --git a/apps/cic-signer/Dockerfile b/apps/cic-signer/Dockerfile
index a9f79a00..bbe9d694 100644
--- a/apps/cic-signer/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/cic-signer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ARG DOCKER_REGISTRY=registry.gitlab.com/grassrootseconomics
 
-FROM $DOCKER_REGISTRY/cic-base-images:python-3.8.6-dev-55da5f4e as dev
+FROM $DOCKER_REGISTRY/cic-base-images:python-3.8.6-dev-e8eb2ee2 as dev
 
 WORKDIR /root
 
diff --git a/apps/cic-ussd/docker/Dockerfile b/apps/cic-ussd/docker/Dockerfile
index 7b67873a..2359510a 100644
--- a/apps/cic-ussd/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/cic-ussd/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ARG DOCKER_REGISTRY="registry.gitlab.com/grassrootseconomics"
 
-FROM $DOCKER_REGISTRY/cic-base-images:python-3.8.6-dev-55da5f4e
+FROM $DOCKER_REGISTRY/cic-base-images:python-3.8.6-dev-e8eb2ee2
 
 RUN apt-get install -y redis-server
 # create secrets directory
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ COPY cic_ussd/db/ussd_menu.json data/
 COPY docker/*.sh ./
 RUN chmod +x /root/*.sh
 
-# copy config and migration files to definitive file so they can be referenced in path definitions for running scripts
+## copy config and migration files to definitive file so they can be referenced in path definitions for running scripts
 COPY config/ /usr/local/etc/cic-ussd/
 COPY cic_ussd/db/migrations/ /usr/local/share/cic-ussd/alembic
 
diff --git a/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt b/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt
index 3141fb92..ce5bd65d 100644
--- a/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ billiard==3.6.4.0
 bcrypt==3.2.0
 celery==4.4.7
 cffi==1.14.6
-cic-eth~=0.12.4a13
-cic-notify~=0.4.0a10
+cic-eth~=0.12.5a1
+cic-notify~=0.4.0a11
 cic-types~=0.2.0a5
 confini>=0.3.6rc4,<0.5.0
 phonenumbers==8.12.12
diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/docker/Dockerfile b/apps/contract-migration/docker/Dockerfile
index e6537a75..d3dcc0f1 100644
--- a/apps/contract-migration/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/contract-migration/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-ARG DEV_DOCKER_REGISTRY="registry.gitlab.com/grassrootseconomics"
+ARG DOCKER_REGISTRY="registry.gitlab.com/grassrootseconomics"
+
+FROM $DOCKER_REGISTRY/cic-base-images:python-3.8.6-dev-e8eb2ee2
 
-FROM $DEV_DOCKER_REGISTRY/cic-base-images:python-3.8.6-dev-55da5f4e
 
 WORKDIR /root