diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 63fa130b1..7fc7dc313 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4 v4.15.2
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0
-	github.com/hyperledger/firefly-common v0.1.14
+	github.com/hyperledger/firefly-common v0.1.15
 	github.com/hyperledger/firefly-signer v0.9.12
 	github.com/jarcoal/httpmock v1.1.0
 	github.com/karlseguin/ccache v2.0.3+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7f876936a..1cacd7213 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -727,8 +727,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/serf v0.9.6/go.mod h1:TXZNMjZQijwlDvp+r0b63xZ45H7JmCmgg4gpT
 github.com/hashicorp/serf v0.9.7/go.mod h1:TXZNMjZQijwlDvp+r0b63xZ45H7JmCmgg4gpTwn9UV4=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
 github.com/hyperledger/firefly-common v0.1.13/go.mod h1:2NqPi5Ud9H6rSlZXkLbotxW7z4EAD89p3/8oNOpm9Gs=
-github.com/hyperledger/firefly-common v0.1.14 h1:BFobO96kGPCC4UUvzdwdH8X5oXo1NbtqPrASrd9N0kY=
-github.com/hyperledger/firefly-common v0.1.14/go.mod h1:MNbaI2spBsdZYOub6Duj9xueE7Qyu9itOmJ4vE8tjYw=
+github.com/hyperledger/firefly-common v0.1.15 h1:hOAMSz+YuGP1ulLstVFoWxrCAB+0OrbnfUO3v4etvEw=
+github.com/hyperledger/firefly-common v0.1.15/go.mod h1:MNbaI2spBsdZYOub6Duj9xueE7Qyu9itOmJ4vE8tjYw=
 github.com/hyperledger/firefly-signer v0.9.12 h1:pCPiGHx1+MbTsIQuRkoQmfWxvpcvtGHVavls0NnH0po=
 github.com/hyperledger/firefly-signer v0.9.12/go.mod h1:GPQRUZOFOAjkLmg8GDjZUjEdUD0gcar+CSVhwltIwyw=
 github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.2.0/go.mod h1:iwCmte+B7n89clKwxIoIXy/HfoL7AsD47ZCWhYzw7ho=
diff --git a/internal/definitions/sender_contracts.go b/internal/definitions/sender_contracts.go
index d72f04b82..0471030c3 100644
--- a/internal/definitions/sender_contracts.go
+++ b/internal/definitions/sender_contracts.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ func (bm *definitionSender) DefineFFI(ctx context.Context, ffi *fftypes.FFI, wai
 	}
 
 	if bm.multiparty {
-		ffi.Namespace = bm.namespace // TODO: change validation to not check namespace
 		if err := bm.contracts.ResolveFFI(ctx, ffi); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ func (bm *definitionSender) DefineContractAPI(ctx context.Context, httpServerURL
 	api.ID = fftypes.NewUUID()
 
 	if bm.multiparty {
-		api.Namespace = bm.namespace // TODO: change validation to not check namespace
 		if err := bm.contracts.ResolveContractAPI(ctx, httpServerURL, api); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}