diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9c16145..88a6fbd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "flask_assets",
     "flask-login",
     "jinja2",
-    "zinolib>=1.3.0",
+    "zinolib>=1.3.3",
     "werkzeug<3",  # needed by flask-login
     "pydantic",
 ]
diff --git a/src/howitz/__init__.py b/src/howitz/__init__.py
index f194f0b..ffbde28 100644
--- a/src/howitz/__init__.py
+++ b/src/howitz/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '0.1-a3'
+__version__ = '0.1-b1'
 
 
 from logging.config import dictConfig