diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e718231..ff76210 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 setup(
     name='automatchnames',
-    version='1.2.6',
+    version='1.2.7',
     packages=find_packages(),
     package_data={"wcvp_download": ["inputs/*", "inputs/wgsrpd-master/level3/*"]},
     install_requires=[
-        'pandas>=2.0.1',
-        'numpy>=1.24.2',
-        'requests>=2.31.0',
-        'tqdm>=4.64.1',
+        'pandas>=2.1.4',
+        'numpy>=1.26',
+        'requests>=2.31',
+        'tqdm>=4.66',
         'typing',
         'zstandard'
     ],
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
     url='https://github.com/alrichardbollans/automatchnames',
     license='GNU v.3',
     author='Adam Richard-Bollans',
-    description='A package for downloading WCVP and matching names to it',
+    description='A package for downloading the WCVP and matching names to it',
     long_description=open('readme.md', encoding="utf8").read()
 )
diff --git a/wcvp_download/get_distributions_from_wcvp.py b/wcvp_download/get_distributions_from_wcvp.py
index e5c4ee2..4960ae3 100644
--- a/wcvp_download/get_distributions_from_wcvp.py
+++ b/wcvp_download/get_distributions_from_wcvp.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def get_distributions_for_accepted_taxa(df: pd.DataFrame, acc_name_col: str, inc
         [wcvp_accepted_columns['name'], native_code_column, introduced_code_column]]
     # relevant_data = wcvp_with_dists[wcvp_with_dists[wcvp_columns['wcvp_id'].isin(df[wcvp_id_col].values)]]
     for name in df[acc_name_col].unique():
-        if name not in wcvp_with_dists[wcvp_accepted_columns['name']].unique().values:
+        if name not in wcvp_with_dists[wcvp_accepted_columns['name']].unique():
             raise ValueError(
                 f'{name} not an accepted name in your WCVP version when checking for distribution data. This could be an issue with incorrectly specified version.\n Or could be a result of inclusion of Artifical Hyrbids. Also check spelling')