diff --git a/chipcompiler/__init__.py b/chipcompiler/__init__.py
index c5c5f841..3a3af174 100644
--- a/chipcompiler/__init__.py
+++ b/chipcompiler/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # chipcompiler package
-__version__ = "0.1.0-alpha.3"
+__version__ = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
diff --git a/chipcompiler/thirdparty/ecc-tools b/chipcompiler/thirdparty/ecc-tools
index 6785e0b9..294e3d78 160000
--- a/chipcompiler/thirdparty/ecc-tools
+++ b/chipcompiler/thirdparty/ecc-tools
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6785e0b91725e12a76809bee33f876d8dd449708
+Subproject commit 294e3d781766593d191a5007cdc29527146b6da2
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7c11feeb..95ea8d8d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ requires = [ "uv-build>=0.8.5" ]
 
 [project]
 name = "ecc"
-version = "0.1.0-alpha.3"
+version = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
   { name = "Emin", email = "me@emin.chat" },
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
   "ecc-dreamplace==0.1.0a5",
-  "ecc-tools-bin==0.1.0a6",
+  "ecc-tools-bin==0.1.0a7",
   "fastapi>=0.109",
   "klayout>=0.30.2",
   "matplotlib>=3.4",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index b1336360..0798c817 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ecc"
-version = "0.1.0a3"
+version = "0.1.0a4"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "ecc-dreamplace" },
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ecc-tools-bin"
-version = "0.1.0a6"
+version = "0.1.0a7"
 source = { editable = "chipcompiler/thirdparty/ecc-tools" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "numpy" },