diff --git a/dandischema/consts.py b/dandischema/consts.py
index 595e578..5d1146e 100644
--- a/dandischema/consts.py
+++ b/dandischema/consts.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DANDI_SCHEMA_VERSION = "0.6.9"
+DANDI_SCHEMA_VERSION = "0.6.10"
 ALLOWED_INPUT_SCHEMAS = [
     "0.4.4",
     "0.5.1",
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "0.6.6",
     "0.6.7",
     "0.6.8",
+    "0.6.9",
     DANDI_SCHEMA_VERSION,
 ]
 
diff --git a/dandischema/models.py b/dandischema/models.py
index bef8cf2..2d1580d 100644
--- a/dandischema/models.py
+++ b/dandischema/models.py
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ class Person(Contributor):
 class Software(DandiBaseModel):
     identifier: Optional[RRID] = Field(
         None,
-        pattern=r"^RRID\:.*",
+        pattern=r"^RRID:.*",
         title="Research resource identifier",
         description="RRID of the software from scicrunch.org.",
         json_schema_extra={"nskey": "schema"},
@@ -1612,7 +1612,7 @@ def contributor_musthave_contact(
     identifier: DANDI = Field(
         title="Dandiset identifier",
         description="A Dandiset identifier that can be resolved by identifiers.org.",
-        pattern=r"^DANDI\:\d{6}$",
+        pattern=r"^DANDI:\d{6}$",
         json_schema_extra={"readOnly": True, "nskey": "schema"},
     )
     name: str = Field(
diff --git a/dandischema/tests/test_metadata.py b/dandischema/tests/test_metadata.py
index b85b3ef..ce10b10 100644
--- a/dandischema/tests/test_metadata.py
+++ b/dandischema/tests/test_metadata.py
@@ -429,7 +429,14 @@ def test_migrate_044(schema_dir: Path) -> None:
     ]
 
     # if already the target version - we do not change it, and do not crash
-    newmeta_2 = migrate(newmeta, to_version=DANDI_SCHEMA_VERSION)
+    newmeta_2 = migrate(
+        newmeta,
+        to_version=DANDI_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+        # to avoid possible crash due to attempt to download not yet
+        # released schema if we are still working within yet to be
+        # released version of the schema
+        skip_validation=True,
+    )
     assert newmeta_2 == newmeta
     assert newmeta_2 is not newmeta  # but we do create a copy