diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b8013f3..a84db0f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### 0.1.6
+
+Remove unnescessary `isolate_id` field check in assembly QC
+
 ### 0.1.5
 
 Relaxed regex for sample naming, subsample number now accepts tow to many digits (eg. 2023-0001254-01 or 2023-0001254-5236)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index def9a01..a192233 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.5
\ No newline at end of file
+0.1.6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/workflow/schema/assembly_qc.schema.json b/workflow/schema/assembly_qc.schema.json
index 03424be..722d802 100644
--- a/workflow/schema/assembly_qc.schema.json
+++ b/workflow/schema/assembly_qc.schema.json
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
     ],
     "properties": {
         "isolate_id": {
-            "type": "string",
-            "pattern": "^(19[9-9][0-9]|2[0-1][0-4][0-9]|2150)-[0-9]{7}(-[0-9]{2})?$"
+            "type": "string"
         },
         "expect_species":{
             "type": "string",