diff --git a/agave/version.py b/agave/version.py
index 8898c5f3..66a87bb6 100644
--- a/agave/version.py
+++ b/agave/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.1.5.dev2'
+__version__ = '0.1.5'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0d15c4d7..093007ab 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 blinker==1.4
 chalice==1.22.1
 mongoengine==0.22.1
-cuenca-validations==0.9.0.dev0
+cuenca-validations==0.9.0
 dnspython==2.1.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3588abb4..3c84bda3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     python_requires='>=3.8',
     install_requires=[
         'chalice>=1.16.0,<1.22.2',
-        'cuenca-validations>=0.8.0,<0.10.0',
+        'cuenca-validations>=0.9.0,<0.10.0',
         'blinker>=1.4,<1.5',
         'mongoengine>=0.20.0,<0.23.0',
         'dnspython>=2.0.0,<2.2.0',