diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c342487..fb7df6c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 
 dependencies = [
     'boto3',
-    'pydantic>=2.0',
+    'pydantic>=2.0,<2.9',
     'pydantic-settings>=2.0',
-    'aind-data-transfer-models==0.6.2'
+    'aind-data-transfer-models==0.7.0'
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/aind_data_transfer_service/configs/job_configs.py b/src/aind_data_transfer_service/configs/job_configs.py
index a1f8ef1..9f8cf15 100644
--- a/src/aind_data_transfer_service/configs/job_configs.py
+++ b/src/aind_data_transfer_service/configs/job_configs.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class ModalityConfigs(BaseSettings):
     # added to the Modality class
     _MODALITY_MAP: ClassVar = {
         m().abbreviation.upper().replace("-", "_"): m().abbreviation
-        for m in Modality._ALL
+        for m in Modality.ALL
     }
 
     # Optional number id to assign to modality config
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ class BasicUploadJobConfigs(BaseSettings):
         extra="allow",
     )
 
-    # Need some way to extract abbreviations. Maybe a public method can be
-    # added to the Platform class
+    # Legacy way required users to input platform in screaming snake case
     _PLATFORM_MAP: ClassVar = {
-        p().abbreviation.upper(): p().abbreviation for p in Platform._ALL
+        a.upper().replace("-", "_"): a
+        for a in Platform.abbreviation_map.keys()
     }
     _MODALITY_ENTRY_PATTERN: ClassVar = re.compile(r"^modality(\d*)$")
     _DATETIME_PATTERN1: ClassVar = re.compile(
diff --git a/src/aind_data_transfer_service/configs/job_upload_template.py b/src/aind_data_transfer_service/configs/job_upload_template.py
index 057132d..557be9a 100644
--- a/src/aind_data_transfer_service/configs/job_upload_template.py
+++ b/src/aind_data_transfer_service/configs/job_upload_template.py
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ def validators(self) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
             {
                 "name": "platform",
                 "type": "list",
-                "options": [p().abbreviation for p in Platform._ALL],
+                "options": list(Platform.abbreviation_map.keys()),
                 "column_indexes": [self.HEADERS.index("platform")],
             },
             {
                 "name": "modality",
                 "type": "list",
-                "options": [m().abbreviation for m in Modality._ALL],
+                "options": list(Modality.abbreviation_map.keys()),
                 "column_indexes": [
                     self.HEADERS.index("modality0"),
                     self.HEADERS.index("modality1"),