diff --git a/pypiper/_version.py b/pypiper/_version.py
index 9e78220..679c8ec 100644
--- a/pypiper/_version.py
+++ b/pypiper/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.14.0"
+__version__ = "0.14.0a1"
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-pypiper.txt b/requirements/requirements-pypiper.txt
index dd3bca5..17bf456 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-pypiper.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-pypiper.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ psutil
 pandas
 ubiquerg>=0.4.5
 yacman
-pipestat>=0.6.0a5
+pipestat>=0.6.0a7