diff --git a/qiskit/aqua/VERSION.txt b/qiskit/aqua/VERSION.txt
index 965065db5b..a602fc9e28 100644
--- a/qiskit/aqua/VERSION.txt
+++ b/qiskit/aqua/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.3
+0.9.4
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e76b7a2ea7..64c750b187 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ numpy>=1.17
 psutil>=5
 scikit-learn>=0.20.0
 dlx<=1.0.4
-docplex<=2.20.204; sys_platform != 'darwin'
-docplex==2.15.194; sys_platform == 'darwin'
+docplex>=2.21.207
 fastdtw<=0.3.4
 setuptools>=40.1.0
 h5py<3.3.0