diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 94d61d9..724dffa 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 ### OVERVIEW
 This module wraps the RAST annotation pipeline for KBase.
 
+### Version 0.1.10
+__Changes__
+- Forcing usage of taxonomy_re_api widget in spec.json to use the "release" version instead of "dev".
+
 ### Version 0.1.9
 __Changes__
 Made code improvements according to review comments on PR #81 by AJ.  Also added error handling for bulk rasting to catch exception from gfu.save_one_genome call. Included the two apps annotate_genome_assembly and bulk_annotate_genomes_assemblies.
diff --git a/kbase.yml b/kbase.yml
index f211e67..efb90dd 100644
--- a/kbase.yml
+++ b/kbase.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ service-language:
     perl
 
 module-version:
-    0.1.9
+    0.1.10
 
 owners:
     [chenry, scanon, olson, jjeffryes, umaganapathyswork, landml, gaprice, qzhang, ialarmedalien]
diff --git a/ui/narrative/methods/annotate_contigset/spec.json b/ui/narrative/methods/annotate_contigset/spec.json
index 1279d53..e042a89 100644
--- a/ui/narrative/methods/annotate_contigset/spec.json
+++ b/ui/narrative/methods/annotate_contigset/spec.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "dynamic_dropdown_options": {
         "data_source": "custom",
         "service_function": "taxonomy_re_api.search_species",
-        "service_version": "dev",
+        "service_version": "release",
         "service_params": [
             {
                 "search_text": "prefix:{{dynamic_dropdown_input}}",
diff --git a/ui/narrative/methods/annotate_contigsets/spec.json b/ui/narrative/methods/annotate_contigsets/spec.json
index d524f5e..ef09407 100644
--- a/ui/narrative/methods/annotate_contigsets/spec.json
+++ b/ui/narrative/methods/annotate_contigsets/spec.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "dynamic_dropdown_options": {
         "data_source": "custom",
         "service_function": "taxonomy_re_api.search_species",
-        "service_version": "dev",
+        "service_version": "release",
         "service_params": [
             {
                 "search_text": "prefix:{{dynamic_dropdown_input}}",
diff --git a/ui/narrative/methods/annotate_genome_assembly/spec.json b/ui/narrative/methods/annotate_genome_assembly/spec.json
index 9afabd5..cb9b74c 100644
--- a/ui/narrative/methods/annotate_genome_assembly/spec.json
+++ b/ui/narrative/methods/annotate_genome_assembly/spec.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         "dynamic_dropdown_options": {
             "data_source": "custom",
             "service_function": "taxonomy_re_api.search_species",
-            "service_version": "dev",
+            "service_version": "release",
             "service_params": [
                 {
                     "search_text": "prefix:{{dynamic_dropdown_input}}",