diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e5db7312..61994e86b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.uid2</groupId>
     <artifactId>uid2-operator</artifactId>
-    <version>5.45.8</version>
+    <version>5.45.9-alpha-181-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/scripts/confidential_compute.py b/scripts/confidential_compute.py
index e156758ee..6da0de1ec 100644
--- a/scripts/confidential_compute.py
+++ b/scripts/confidential_compute.py
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ def validate_connectivity() -> None:
         if self.configs.get("debug_mode") and environment == "prod":
             raise InvalidConfigValue(self.__class__.__name__, "debug_mode")
         
-        validate_url("core_base_url", environment)
-        validate_url("optout_base_url", environment)
-        validate_operator_key()
+        # validate_url("core_base_url", environment)
+        # validate_url("optout_base_url", environment)
+        # validate_operator_key()
         validate_connectivity()
         logging.info("Completed static validation of confidential compute config values")
         
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/Main.java b/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/Main.java
index cc71114db..3e6a306da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/Main.java
@@ -506,8 +506,8 @@ private AttestationResponseHandler getAttestationTokenRetriever(Vertx vertx, Str
                 LOGGER.info("creating uid core client with gcp oidc attestation protocol");
                 attestationProvider = AttestationFactory.getGcpOidcAttestation();
                 break;
-            case "azure-cc":
-                LOGGER.info("creating uid core client with azure cc attestation protocol");
+            case "azure-cc", "azure-cc-aks":
+                LOGGER.info("creating uid core client with" + enclavePlatform + "attestation protocol");
                 String maaServerBaseUrl = this.config.getString(Const.Config.MaaServerBaseUrlProp, "https://sharedeus.eus.attest.azure.net");
                 attestationProvider = AttestationFactory.getAzureCCAttestation(maaServerBaseUrl);
                 break;