diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 88bd8c5..bb0aa13 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 name = "aind-metadata-mapper"
 description = "Package to manage mapping of source data into aind-data-schema metadata files."
 license = {text = "MIT"}
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 authors = [
     {name = "Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics"}
 ]
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ all = [
 ]
 
 schema = [
-    "aind-data-schema>=1.1.1,<2.0",
-    "pydantic<2.9"
+    "aind-data-schema>=1.2.0,<2.0",
 ]
 
 bergamo = [
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ bruker = [
 mesoscope = [
     "aind-metadata-mapper[bergamo]",
     "pillow >= 10.4.0",
-    "tifffile==2024.2.12 ; python_version >= '3.9'",
+    "tifffile==2024.2.12",
     "numpy >= 1.26.4",
     "h5py >= 3.11.0",
     "scipy >= 1.11.0",
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ mesoscope = [
 openephys = [
     "aind-metadata-mapper[schema]",
     "h5py >= 3.11.0",
-    "npc_ephys >= 0.1.18 ; python_version >= '3.9'",
+    "npc_ephys >= 0.1.18",
     "scipy >= 1.11.0",
     "pandas >= 2.2.2",
     "numpy >= 1.26.4",
diff --git a/src/aind_metadata_mapper/__init__.py b/src/aind_metadata_mapper/__init__.py
index c77939d..01c481c 100644
--- a/src/aind_metadata_mapper/__init__.py
+++ b/src/aind_metadata_mapper/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Init package"""
 
-__version__ = "0.20.0"
+__version__ = "0.21.0"