diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 91fdd9c..fb2c7ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
-        python-version: '3.7'
+        python-version: '3.9'
         architecture: 'x64'
     - name: Install the library
       run: |
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9ca0988..671bfc7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -139,3 +139,4 @@ checklink/cookies.txt
 # .gitconfig is now autogenerated
 .gitconfig
 
+conda/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rs3/__init__.py b/rs3/__init__.py
index d62d967..1f658a4 100644
--- a/rs3/__init__.py
+++ b/rs3/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.16"
+__version__ = "0.0.17"
diff --git a/settings.ini b/settings.ini
index 9ba5b96..f3c9158 100644
--- a/settings.ini
+++ b/settings.ini
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ author = Peter Deweirdt
 author_email = petedeweirdt@gmail.com
 copyright = Genetic Perturbation Platform, Broad Institute
 branch = master
-version = 0.0.16
+version = 0.0.17
 min_python = 3.7
 audience = Developers
 language = English
 custom_sidebar = False
 license = apache2
 status = 2
-requirements = joblib>=1.0.1 pandas>=1.0.0 lightgbm>=3.0.0,<=3.3.5 sglearn>=1.2.5 tqdm>=4.61.2 pyarrow>=4.0.1 biopython>=1.78 scikit-learn>=0.24.2 requests>=2.25.1
+requirements = joblib>=1.0.1 pandas>=1.0.0,<2.0.0 lightgbm>=3.0.0,<=3.3.5 sglearn>=1.2.5 tqdm>=4.61.2 pyarrow>=4.0.1 biopython>=1.78 scikit-learn==0.24.2 requests>=2.25.1 numpy<2.0.0
 dev_requirements = gpplot>=0.5.0 seaborn>=0.11.0 scipy>=1.0.1 jupyterlab>=3.0.0 nbdev>=1.1.14,<2.0.0 matplotlib>=3.3.4 tabulate>=0.8.9 jupyter-client<=6.1.12
 nbs_path = .
 doc_path = docs
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 408fd84..336d3e8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 }
 statuses = [ '1 - Planning', '2 - Pre-Alpha', '3 - Alpha',
              '4 - Beta', '5 - Production/Stable', '6 - Mature', '7 - Inactive' ]
-py_versions = '2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8'.split()
+py_versions = '2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9'.split()
 
 lic = licenses.get(cfg['license'].lower(), (cfg['license'], None))
 min_python = cfg['min_python']