diff --git a/python/fedml/__init__.py b/python/fedml/__init__.py
index a97e9d3b7c..01b3c7ded3 100644
--- a/python/fedml/__init__.py
+++ b/python/fedml/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 _global_training_type = None
 _global_comm_backend = None
 
-__version__ = "0.8.8a11"
+__version__ = "0.8.8a12"
 
 
 def init(args=None):
diff --git a/python/fedml/cli/scheduler/hello_world/requirements.txt b/python/fedml/cli/scheduler/hello_world/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd98372a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/fedml/cli/scheduler/hello_world/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+numpy==1.24.2
+torch==2.0.0
+torchvision==0.15.1
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 284101eed4..2721f57bc8 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def finalize_options(self):
 
 setup(
     name="fedml",
-    version="0.8.8a11",
+    version="0.8.8a12",
     author="FedML Team",
     author_email="ch@fedml.ai",
     description="A research and production integrated edge-cloud library for "