diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 37370cd6a..08cbfe6ae 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.0.2
+current_version = 3.0.3
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/ocean_lib/__init__.py b/ocean_lib/__init__.py
index db21ae46c..d27f038a4 100644
--- a/ocean_lib/__init__.py
+++ b/ocean_lib/__init__.py
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 
 __author__ = """OceanProtocol"""
 # fmt: off
-__version__ = '3.0.2'
+__version__ = '3.0.3'
 # fmt: on
diff --git a/ocean_lib/ocean/ocean_assets.py b/ocean_lib/ocean/ocean_assets.py
index 1bbbd8380..7ed3829d1 100644
--- a/ocean_lib/ocean/ocean_assets.py
+++ b/ocean_lib/ocean/ocean_assets.py
@@ -196,9 +196,6 @@ def create_algo_asset(
     ) -> tuple:
         """Create asset of type "algorithm", having UrlFiles, with good defaults"""
 
-        if image == "oceanprotocol/algo_dockers" or tag == "python-branin":
-            assert image == "oceanprotocol/algo_dockers" and tag == "python-branin"
-
         asset_args = get_args_object(args, kwargs, AssetArguments)
 
         if not asset_args.metadata:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fd930be4f..7bbb330a8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     url="https://github.com/oceanprotocol/ocean.py",
     # fmt: off
     # bumpversion.sh needs single-quotes
-    version='3.0.2',
+    version='3.0.3',
     # fmt: on
     zip_safe=False,
 )