diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 03cc830..59b67c7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ before_install:
 install:
   - source ci/pip-install/install_requirements.sh
   - pip install -e .
-  - pip install -r ci/pip-install/testing_requirements.txt
+  - pip install -U -r ci/pip-install/testing_requirements.txt
   - if [ "$MDTRAJ" = "dev" ]; then pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall -r ci/pip-install/mdtraj_dev.txt; fi
   - if [ "$MDTRAJ" = "dev" ]; then pip install -r optional_installs.txt; fi
   - pip list
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ install:
 script:
   - export MPLBACKEND=PS
   - python -c "import contact_map"
-  - python autorelease_check.py --branch ${TRAVIS_BRANCH} --event ${TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE}
+  - python autorelease_check.py --branch ${TRAVIS_BRANCH} --event ${TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE} --allow-patch-skip  #TODO remove allow-patch-skip
   - py.test -vv --cov=contact_map --cov-report xml:cov.xml
 
 after_success:
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
       python: '3.6'
       install:
         - source ci/pip-install/install_requirements.sh
-        - pip install -r ci/pip-install/testing_requirements.txt
+        - pip install -U -r ci/pip-install/testing_requirements.txt
         - pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple contact_map
       script:
         - cd ~
diff --git a/ci/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/ci/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 4d7323e..d41dd42 100644
--- a/ci/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/ci/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package:
   name: contact_map
   # add ".dev0" for unreleased versions
-  version: "0.3.1"
+  version: "0.3.3"
 
 source:
   path: ../../
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cafee03..e76d3ec 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ####################### USER SETUP AREA #################################
 # * VERSION: base version (do not include .dev0, etc -- that's automatic)
 # * IS_RELEASE: whether this is a release
-VERSION = "0.3.1"
+VERSION = "0.3.3"
 IS_RELEASE = True
 
 DEV_NUM = 0  # always 0: we don't do public (pypi) .dev releases