diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 69c168e..a9938d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [0.2.6a1](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-PHAL/tree/0.2.6a1) (2024-10-31)
+## [0.2.7a1](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-PHAL/tree/0.2.7a1) (2024-11-05)
 
-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-PHAL/compare/0.2.5...0.2.6a1)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-PHAL/compare/0.2.6...0.2.7a1)
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
-- fix:remove unused dependency [\#53](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-PHAL/pull/53) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
+- fix: allow latest bus client version [\#55](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-PHAL/pull/55) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
 
 
 
diff --git a/ovos_PHAL/version.py b/ovos_PHAL/version.py
index 27d175a..0ad78bd 100644
--- a/ovos_PHAL/version.py
+++ b/ovos_PHAL/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # START_VERSION_BLOCK
 VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 VERSION_MINOR = 2
-VERSION_BUILD = 6
-VERSION_ALPHA = 0
+VERSION_BUILD = 7
+VERSION_ALPHA = 1
 # END_VERSION_BLOCK
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 7874aba..7dcfcb3 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ovos-utils>=0.0.38,<1.0.0
-ovos_bus_client>=0.0.8,<1.0.0
+ovos_bus_client>=0.0.8,<2.0.0
 ovos-config>=0.0.12,<1.0.0
 ovos-plugin-manager>=0.0.25,<1.0.0