diff --git a/.ebextensions/.config b/.ebextensions/.config
index 39094888..dd0d8de1 100644
--- a/.ebextensions/.config
+++ b/.ebextensions/.config
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 option_settings:
   - option_name: WB_DB_URI
-    value: datomic:ddb://us-east-1/WS293/wormbase
+    value: datomic:ddb://us-east-1/WS294/wormbase
   - option_name: _JAVA_OPTIONS
     value: "-Xmx13g"
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index ca9a9f56..b44e7638 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [1.5.8] - 2024-10-14
+- initial release for WS294
+
 ## [1.5.7b] - 2024-03-22
 - fix release for WS293
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 11ff5b88..09821b51 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 NAME := wormbase/rest
-WORMBASE_REST_VERSION ?= "1.5.7b"
+WORMBASE_REST_VERSION ?= "1.5.8"
 EBX_CONFIG := .ebextensions/.config
 WB_DB_URI ?= $(shell sed -rn 's|value:(.*)|\1|p' \
                   ${EBX_CONFIG} | tr -d " " | head -n 1)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e013d7a..a0f0a02f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 Run following commands and test each step happens correctly.
 
 ```bash
-export WB_DB_URI="datomic:ddb://us-east-1/WS293/wormbase"
+export WB_DB_URI="datomic:ddb://us-east-1/WS294/wormbase"
 lein ring server-headless 8130
 lein do eastwood, test
 make docker-build
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ eb deploy
 ## Setting environment variables
 
 ```bash
-export WB_DB_URI="datomic:ddb://us-east-1/WS293/wormbase"
+export WB_DB_URI="datomic:ddb://us-east-1/WS294/wormbase"
 ```
 
 ## Starting server in development
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a3650c0f..2bed4d68 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: "3.7"
 services:
   wormbase_api:
-    image: 357210185381.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/wormbase/rest:1.5.7b
+    image: 357210185381.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/wormbase/rest:1.5.8
     ports:
       - "80:3000"
     environment:
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 825a2f93..e5375135 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject wormbase/rest-api "1.5.7b"
+(defproject wormbase/rest-api "1.5.8"
   :description
   "REST API for retrieving data from datomic on a per widget basis"
   :url "https://github.com/WormBase/wormbase-rest"