diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 36cb230a..d48692a1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
-protobuf==4.21.6
-grpcio-tools==1.59.0
-wheel==0.41.2
-jsonrpcclient==4.0.3
-eth-hash==0.5.2
-rlp==3.0.0
-eth-rlp==0.3.0
-web3==6.11.1
-mnemonic==0.20
-pycoin==0.92.20230326
-pyyaml==6.0.1
+protobuf~=6.30
+grpcio~=1.59
+grpcio-tools~=1.59
+wheel~=0.45
+# jsonrpcclient~=4.0
+# eth-hash~=0.5
+rlp~=4.0
+# eth-rlp~=2.0
+web3~=7.0
+mnemonic==0.21
+# pycoin==0.92.20241201
+pyyaml~=6.0.1
 ipfshttpclient==0.4.13.2
 pymultihash==0.8.2
 base58==2.1.1
-argcomplete==3.1.2
-grpcio-health-checking==1.59.0
-jsonschema==4.0.0
-eth-account==0.9.0
-trezor==0.13.8
-ledgerblue==0.1.48
-snet-contracts==1.0.0
-lighthouseweb3==0.1.4
-cryptography==44.0.1
+argcomplete~=3.1
+grpcio-health-checking~=1.59
+jsonschema~=4.1
+eth-account~=0.9
+trezor~=0.13.8
+ledgerblue~=0.1.48
+snet-contracts==1.0.1
+lighthouseweb3~=0.1.4
+cryptography~=46.0
diff --git a/snet/cli/utils/utils.py b/snet/cli/utils/utils.py
index 0efc8d20..71c5aa7a 100644
--- a/snet/cli/utils/utils.py
+++ b/snet/cli/utils/utils.py
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ def check_training_in_proto(protodir) -> bool:
     for file in files:
         if ".proto" not in file:
             continue
-        with open(protodir.joinpath(file), "r") as f:
+        with open(os.path.join(protodir, file), "r") as f:
             proto_text = f.read()
         if 'import "training.proto";' in proto_text:
             return True
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index 528787cf..05527687 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "3.0.0"
+__version__ = "3.0.1"