diff --git a/python/fedml/__init__.py b/python/fedml/__init__.py
index c13a64566..21da84c9a 100644
--- a/python/fedml/__init__.py
+++ b/python/fedml/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 _global_training_type = None
 _global_comm_backend = None
 
-__version__ = "0.8.31"
+__version__ = "0.9.0"
 
 
 # This is the deployment environment used for different roles (RD/PM/BD/Public Developers). Potential VALUE: local, dev, test, release
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index e88788d1f..9651465d3 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ def finalize_options(self):
     # Need to pin this version due to breaking change released in python docker sdk
     'requests<2.32',
     'python-dotenv',
+    'protobuf>=3.20.2,<4.0dev',
+    'typer<0.10.0,>=0.3.0',
+    'fastapi-cli==0.0.1'
 ]
 
 requirements_extra_mpi = [
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ def finalize_options(self):
 
 setup(
     name="fedml",
-    version="0.8.31",
+    version="0.9.0",
     author="FedML Team",
     author_email="ch@fedml.ai",
     description="A research and production integrated edge-cloud library for "