diff --git a/requirements/core_modules.txt b/requirements/core_modules.txt
index c509b84d3..3766cb0e9 100644
--- a/requirements/core_modules.txt
+++ b/requirements/core_modules.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ neon-messagebus~=2.1
 neon-enclosure~=1.8
 neon-speech~=4.5
 neon-gui~=1.4
-neon-audio~=1.6
+neon-audio~=1.6,>=1.6.1a4
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index b6e2910d0..17b831004 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ovos-core[lgpl]~=0.2
 
 
-neon-utils[network]~=1.13,>=1.13.1a4
+neon-utils[network]~=1.13,>=1.13.1a8
 ovos-utils~=0.0,>=0.0.38
 ovos-bus-client~=0.0,>=0.0.10
 neon-transformers~=1.0