diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
index a297b4d..c9a6e98 100644
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@covid-modeling/api",
-  "version": "0.9.1",
+  "version": "0.10.0",
   "main": "dist/src/index",
   "types": "dist/src/index.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/packages/api/schema/runner.json b/packages/api/schema/runner.json
index 36046d9..ca713bb 100644
--- a/packages/api/schema/runner.json
+++ b/packages/api/schema/runner.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
           "type": "string"
         },
         "slug": {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/ModelSlug"
+          "type": "string"
         }
       },
       "required": [
@@ -122,15 +122,6 @@
       ],
       "type": "object"
     },
-    "ModelSlug": {
-      "enum": [
-        "mrc-ide-covid-sim",
-        "basel",
-        "mc19",
-        "idm-covasim"
-      ],
-      "type": "string"
-    },
     "RequestInput": {
       "additionalProperties": false,
       "properties": {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/index.ts b/packages/api/src/index.ts
index 72c3321..d0308ad 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/index.ts
@@ -18,21 +18,14 @@ export enum RunStatus {
 }
 
 export interface RunOutput {
-  modelSlug: ModelSlug
+  modelSlug: string
   status: RunStatus
   resultsLocation: string
   exportLocation: string
   workflowRunID?: string
 }
 
-export enum ModelSlug {
-  MRCIDECovidSim = 'mrc-ide-covid-sim',
-  Basel = 'basel',
-  MC19 = 'mc19',
-  IDMCovasim = 'idm-covasim',
-}
-
 export interface Model {
-  slug: ModelSlug
+  slug: string
   imageURL: string
 }
diff --git a/packages/model-runner/package.json b/packages/model-runner/package.json
index 260a480..cf50e51 100644
--- a/packages/model-runner/package.json
+++ b/packages/model-runner/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@covid-modeling/model-runner",
-  "version": "1.1.2",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "PATH=$PATH:../../node_modules/.bin && mocha --debug-brk --ui tdd -r ts-node/register test/unit/*-test.ts",
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@azure/identity": "^1.1.0-preview1",
     "@azure/storage-blob": "^12.1.1",
-    "@covid-modeling/api": "0.9.1",
+    "@covid-modeling/api": "^0.10.0",
     "archiver": "^4.0.1",
     "d3": "^5.15.0",
     "dockerode": "^3.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/model-runner/src/main.ts b/packages/model-runner/src/main.ts
index 3acb9e8..f886e71 100644
--- a/packages/model-runner/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/model-runner/src/main.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as pino from 'pino'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import * as mkdirp from 'mkdirp'
-import { ModelSlug, RunStatus, RequestInput } from '@covid-modeling/api'
+import { RunStatus, RequestInput } from '@covid-modeling/api'
 import { BlobStorage } from './blobstore'
 import { notifyUI } from './notify-ui'
 import { logger } from './logger'
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { enforceRunnerInputSchema, enforceOutputSchema } from './schema'
 
 let inputID: string | number | null = null
 let callbackURL: string | null = null
-let modelSlug: ModelSlug | null = null
+let modelSlug: string | null = null
 
 const handleRejection: NodeJS.UnhandledRejectionListener = err => {
   const finalLogger = pino.final(logger)
diff --git a/packages/mrc-ide-covidsim/package.json b/packages/mrc-ide-covidsim/package.json
index c3b38fa..ea35d4f 100644
--- a/packages/mrc-ide-covidsim/package.json
+++ b/packages/mrc-ide-covidsim/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   },
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@covid-modeling/api": "0.9.*",
+    "@covid-modeling/api": "^0.10.0",
     "d3": "^5.15.0",
     "jsen": "^0.6.6",
     "luxon": "^1.23.0",
diff --git a/packages/mrc-ide-covidsim/test/integration/imperial-integration-test.ts b/packages/mrc-ide-covidsim/test/integration/imperial-integration-test.ts
index ca83cc5..be1a868 100644
--- a/packages/mrc-ide-covidsim/test/integration/imperial-integration-test.ts
+++ b/packages/mrc-ide-covidsim/test/integration/imperial-integration-test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs'
 import { assert } from 'chai'
 import { ImperialModel } from '../../src/imperial'
 import { BIN_DIR, MODEL_DATA_DIR } from '../../src/config'
-import { input, ModelSlug } from '@covid-modeling/api'
+import { input } from '@covid-modeling/api'
 
 suite('imperial integration', () => {
   test('run imperial model for Wyoming', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/mrc-ide-covidsim/test/unit/convert-output-test.ts b/packages/mrc-ide-covidsim/test/unit/convert-output-test.ts
index 47b5a1b..bcc3268 100644
--- a/packages/mrc-ide-covidsim/test/unit/convert-output-test.ts
+++ b/packages/mrc-ide-covidsim/test/unit/convert-output-test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { assert } from 'chai'
-import { ModelSlug, input } from '@covid-modeling/api'
+import { input } from '@covid-modeling/api'
 import { convertOutput } from '../../src/convert-output'
 
 const parameters: input.ModelParameters = {
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ const parameters: input.ModelParameters = {
 suite('converting imperial model output to JSON', () => {
   test('returns a time series for each metric', () => {
     const input = {
-      model: {
-        slug: ModelSlug.MRCIDECovidSim,
-        imageURL: '',
-      },
       region: 'US',
       subregion: 'US-WY',
       parameters,
diff --git a/packages/neherlab-covid-19-scenarios/package.json b/packages/neherlab-covid-19-scenarios/package.json
index 32512b6..e8fb4b6 100644
--- a/packages/neherlab-covid-19-scenarios/package.json
+++ b/packages/neherlab-covid-19-scenarios/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   },
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@covid-modeling/api": "0.9.*",
+    "@covid-modeling/api": "^0.10.0",
     "d3": "^5.15.0",
     "jsen": "^0.6.6",
     "luxon": "^1.23.0",
diff --git a/packages/neherlab-covid-19-scenarios/test/integration/basel-integration-test.ts b/packages/neherlab-covid-19-scenarios/test/integration/basel-integration-test.ts
index 9ff29a0..2ca3f55 100644
--- a/packages/neherlab-covid-19-scenarios/test/integration/basel-integration-test.ts
+++ b/packages/neherlab-covid-19-scenarios/test/integration/basel-integration-test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as path from 'path'
 import * as temp from 'temp'
 import * as fs from 'fs'
 import { assert } from 'chai'
-import { input, ModelSlug } from '@covid-modeling/api'
+import { input } from '@covid-modeling/api'
 import { BaselModel } from '../../src/basel'
 import { BIN_DIR, MODEL_DATA_DIR } from '../../src/config'
 
diff --git a/packages/neherlab-covid-19-scenarios/test/unit/basel-connector-test.ts b/packages/neherlab-covid-19-scenarios/test/unit/basel-connector-test.ts
index 6938b5f..82050e6 100644
--- a/packages/neherlab-covid-19-scenarios/test/unit/basel-connector-test.ts
+++ b/packages/neherlab-covid-19-scenarios/test/unit/basel-connector-test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { assert } from 'chai'
-import { input, ModelSlug, output } from '@covid-modeling/api'
+import { input, output } from '@covid-modeling/api'
 
 import { AlgorithmResult, Scenario, AllParams } from '../../src/basel-api'
 import { BaselConnector, BaselRunnerModelInput } from '../../src/basel'