diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 69ba86f..991dad4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Base OS
 FROM python:3.9-slim-buster
 
-ARG VERSION="0.0.7"
-ARG SIMULATOR_VERSION="0.1.5"
+ARG VERSION="0.0.8"
+ARG SIMULATOR_VERSION="0.1.6"
 
 # metadata
 LABEL \
diff --git a/biosimulators.json b/biosimulators.json
index 0d8e8b4..cf4f71a 100644
--- a/biosimulators.json
+++ b/biosimulators.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "masspy",
   "name": "MASSpy",
-  "version": "0.1.5",
+  "version": "0.1.6",
   "description": "Tool for kinetic simulation of metabolic reaction networks.",
   "urls": [
     {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "image": {
-    "url": "ghcr.io/biosimulators/biosimulators_masspy/masspy:0.1.5",
+    "url": "ghcr.io/biosimulators/biosimulators_masspy/masspy:0.1.6",
     "format": {
       "namespace": "EDAM",
       "id": "format_3973",
diff --git a/biosimulators_masspy/_version.py b/biosimulators_masspy/_version.py
index 2792152..9123cf0 100644
--- a/biosimulators_masspy/_version.py
+++ b/biosimulators_masspy/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.0.7'
+__version__ = '0.0.8'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 803969b..702016e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 biosimulators_utils[logging] >= 0.1.151
+cobra < 0.24.0
 kisao >= 2.28
 lxml
 masspy >= 0.1.5