diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 47bf6f3..45934bb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "geoapis"
-version = "0.2.8"
+version = "0.2.9"
 description = "A package for downloading geospatial data from web APIs."
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name = "Rose pearson", email = "rose.pearson@niwa.co.nz" }]
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ dependencies = [
     "geopandas>=0.10",
     "requests",
     "boto3",
+    "python-dotenv",
     'tomli; python_version < "3.11"',
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.6"
 
 [tool.setuptools]
 packages = ["geoapis"]
diff --git a/src/geoapis/__init__.py b/src/geoapis/__init__.py
index 914c519..689ad13 100644
--- a/src/geoapis/__init__.py
+++ b/src/geoapis/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 @author: pearsonra
 """
-__version__ = "0.2.8"
+__version__ = "0.2.9"