diff --git a/dev.yml b/dev.yml
index 9c314d1ac034c24b7caeded803f19452b4eb7880..60f3caef81231880db1de33a5f7aedcfba0113d1 100644
--- a/dev.yml
+++ b/dev.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ dependencies:
   - beat-devel=2019.08.28
 
   # beat dependencies matching release.cfg
-  - beat.core=1.8
-  - beat.backend.python=1.6.2
-  - beat.cmdline=1.4.1
+  - beat.core=1.9.0
+  - beat.backend.python=1.7.2
+  - beat.cmdline=1.5.0
 
   # requirements.txt, they are indirectly pinned through the above
   - docopt
diff --git a/release.cfg b/release.cfg
index ba5072bb5a1ad91c3a1e2e1e4b23d35f0913b89c..598df974cd524e025363f8aae51484b8f291ad5d 100644
--- a/release.cfg
+++ b/release.cfg
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ eggs = ${buildout:eggs}
 interpreter = python
 
 [sources]
-beat.core = git https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.core.git rev=v1.8.0
-beat.cmdline = git https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.cmdline.git rev=v1.4.1
-beat.backend.python = git https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.backend.python.git rev=v1.6.2
+beat.core = git https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.core.git rev=v1.9.0
+beat.cmdline = git https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.cmdline.git rev=v1.5.0
+beat.backend.python = git https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.backend.python.git rev=v1.7.2
 
 [uwsgi]
 recipe = buildout.recipe.uwsgi