--- a/aws_sra.xml	Mon Mar 23 18:32:46 2026 +0000
+++ b/aws_sra.xml	Mon Mar 23 18:42:57 2026 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<tool id="aws_sra" name="NCBI SRA AWS Fetch" version="0.3.0+gt_0.7" profile="23.0">
+<tool id="aws_sra" name="NCBI SRA AWS Fetch" version="0.3.0+gt_0.8" profile="23.0">
     <description>Fetch SRA data files from NCBI's public AWS S3 buckets</description>
 
     <requirements>
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@
                 <param name="accession" type="text" label="SRA Accession"
                        help="SRA run accession to fetch and convert, e.g. SRR000001. Must be present in sra-pub-run-odp.">
                     <validator type="empty_field" message="An SRA accession is required."/>     
-                    <validator type="regex" message="Must be a valid SRA run accession (SRR, ERR, or DRR followed by digits).">^[SED]RR[0-9]+$</validator>
                 </param>
                 <param name="layout" type="select" label="Read layout"
                        help="Paired-end produces two datasets labelled accession_1 and accession_2. Single-end produces one dataset. Check the SRA record to confirm layout before running.">