diff --git a/api/utils/bar_utils.py b/api/utils/bar_utils.py
index 9cff5fd..71228f2 100644
--- a/api/utils/bar_utils.py
+++ b/api/utils/bar_utils.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def is_soybean_gene_valid(gene):
         :param gene:
         :return: True if valid
         """
-        if gene and re.search(r"^((Glyma\d{1,3}g\d{1,6}\.?\d?)|(Glyma\.\d{1,3}g\d{1,8}))$", gene, re.I):
+        if gene and re.search(r"^(Glyma\d{1,3}g\d{1,6}\.?\d?)$|^(Glyma\.\d{1,3}g\d{1,8})$", gene, re.I):
             return True
         else:
             return False
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def is_maize_gene_valid(gene):
         :return: True if valid
         """
         if gene and re.search(
-            r"^(AC[0-9]{6}\.[0-9]{1}_FG[0-9]{3})|(AC[0-9]{6}\.[0-9]{1}_FGT[0-9]{3})|(GRMZM(2|5)G[0-9]{6})|(GRMZM(2|5)G[0-9]{6}_T[0-9]{2})|(Zm\d+d\d+)$",
+            r"^(AC[0-9]{6}\.[0-9]{1}_FG[0-9]{3})$|^(AC[0-9]{6}\.[0-9]{1}_FGT[0-9]{3})$|^(GRMZM(2|5)G[0-9]{6})$|^(GRMZM(2|5)G[0-9]{6}_T[0-9]{2})$|^(Zm\d+d\d+)$|^(Zm\d{1,8}\D{1,3}\d{1,8})$",
             gene,
             re.I,
         ):
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def is_sorghum_gene_valid(gene):
         :param gene:
         :return:
         """
-        if re.search(r"^(Sobic.\d{0,5}G\d{0,10}|Sobic.K\d{0,10})$", gene, re.I):
+        if re.search(r"^(Sobic.\d{0,5}G\d{0,10})$|^(Sobic.K\d{0,10})$", gene, re.I):
             return True
         else:
             return False
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d5fa61f..1048f48 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,61 +1,61 @@
 aniso8601==10.0.1
 async-timeout==5.0.1
 attrs==26.1.0
-black==26.3.1
+black==26.5.1
 blinker==1.9.0
-cachelib==0.13.0
-certifi==2026.2.25
+cachelib==0.14.0
+certifi==2026.5.20
 charset-normalizer==3.4.7
-click==8.3.1
-coverage==7.13.5
+click==8.4.1
+coverage==7.14.1
 Deprecated==1.3.1
 flake8==7.3.0
 Flask==3.1.3
-Flask-Caching==2.3.1
+Flask-Caching==2.4.0
 flask-cors==6.0.2
 Flask-Limiter==4.1.1
-flask-marshmallow==1.4.0
+flask-marshmallow==1.5.0
 flask-restx==1.3.2
 Flask-SQLAlchemy==3.1.1
-greenlet==3.3.2
-idna==3.11
-importlib_resources==6.5.2
+greenlet==3.5.1
+idna==3.18
+importlib_resources==7.1.0
 iniconfig==2.3.0
 itsdangerous==2.2.0
 Jinja2==3.1.6
 jsonschema==4.26.0
 jsonschema-specifications==2025.9.1
 limits==5.8.0
-markdown-it-py==4.0.0
+markdown-it-py==4.2.0
 MarkupSafe==3.0.3
-marshmallow==4.2.4
+marshmallow==4.3.0
 mccabe==0.7.0
 mdurl==0.1.2
 mypy_extensions==1.1.0
 mysqlclient==2.2.8
 ordered-set==4.1.0
-packaging==26.0
-pathspec==1.0.4
-platformdirs==4.9.4
+packaging==26.2
+pathspec==1.1.1
+platformdirs==4.10.0
 pluggy==1.6.0
 pycodestyle==2.14.0
 pyflakes==3.4.0
 Pygments==2.20.0
 pyrsistent==0.20.0
-pytest==9.0.2
+pytest==9.0.3
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
 pytokens==0.4.1
-pytz==2026.1.post1
-redis==7.4.0
+pytz==2026.2
+redis==8.0.0
 referencing==0.37.0
-requests==2.33.1
-rich==14.3.3
-rpds-py==0.30.0
+requests==2.34.2
+rich==15.0.0
+rpds-py==2026.5.1
 setuptools==82.0.1
 six==1.17.0
-SQLAlchemy==2.0.48
+SQLAlchemy==2.0.50
 typing_extensions==4.15.0
-urllib3==2.6.3
+urllib3==2.7.0
 Werkzeug==3.1.8
-wheel==0.46.3
-wrapt==2.1.2
+wheel==0.47.0
+wrapt==2.2.1