diff --git a/pypiper/_version.py b/pypiper/_version.py
index 679c8ec..04ffdb1 100644
--- a/pypiper/_version.py
+++ b/pypiper/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.14.0a1"
+__version__ = "0.14.0a2"
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-docs.txt b/requirements/requirements-docs.txt
index 4471914..45b990b 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ mkdocs>=1.0
 markdown-include
 pydoc-markdown
 piper
-pipestat>=0.4.0
+pipestat>=0.6.0a9
 https://github.com/databio/mkdocs-databio/archive/master.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-pypiper.txt b/requirements/requirements-pypiper.txt
index 17bf456..2b9fe4b 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-pypiper.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-pypiper.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ psutil
 pandas
 ubiquerg>=0.4.5
 yacman
-pipestat>=0.6.0a7
+pipestat>=0.6.0a9