diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py
index d2140054..92eb42c7 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ version = (
         0,
         12,
         3,
-        'alpha.1',
+        'alpha.2',
         )
 
 version_object = semver.VersionInfo(
diff --git a/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt b/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt
index 59ff5dbe..990e80e8 100644
--- a/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 alembic==1.4.2
 bcrypt==3.2.0
 celery==4.4.7
-cic-eth[services]==0.12.3a1
+cic-eth[services]~=0.12.3a2
 cic-notify~=0.4.0a10
 cic-types~=0.1.0a14
 confini>=0.4.1a1,<0.5.0