diff --git a/flatland/__init__.py b/flatland/__init__.py
index 3a36fdee3e3c2dbc78ada96aed0464d2032db889..a51361920643b32d156c257baf6d3469b916d0b9 100644
--- a/flatland/__init__.py
+++ b/flatland/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 __author__ = """S.P. Mohanty"""
 __email__ = 'mohanty@aicrowd.com'
-__version__ = '0.3.5'
+__version__ = '0.3.6'
diff --git a/flatland/evaluators/aicrowd_helpers.py b/flatland/evaluators/aicrowd_helpers.py
index 662ab17930d5ef7c88ea86dfb6e1d8f889c6ed0f..1f79eac9f1b88645a107d4fba25fd7cb38c6db20 100644
--- a/flatland/evaluators/aicrowd_helpers.py
+++ b/flatland/evaluators/aicrowd_helpers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import os
-import boto3
 import uuid
 import subprocess
 import glob
@@ -27,6 +26,14 @@ S3_UPLOAD_PATH_TEMPLATE = os.getenv("S3_UPLOAD_PATH_TEMPLATE", "misc/flatland-rl
 def get_boto_client():
     if not AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or not AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY:
         raise Exception("AWS Credentials not provided..")
+    try:
+        import boto3
+    except ImportError as e:
+        raise Exception(
+                        "boto3 is not installed. Please manually install by : ",
+                        " pip install -U boto3"
+                        )
+
     return boto3.client(
             's3',
             aws_access_key_id=AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index d8e23acef9bea1486cfd2b6055ad8c7416414eb4..2c3fce762e2cc9f66890ad6def2f7e8c005305c9 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ pytest>=3.8.2
 pytest-runner>=4.2
 Click>=7.0
 crowdai-api>=0.1.21
-boto3
 numpy>=1.16.2
 recordtype>=1.3
 xarray>=0.11.3
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a50cc62ffe2a857937342a8fca0ff600f06ed660..457dcd2bea6007d073912a7199da885f90e34d7c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.3.5
+current_version = 0.3.6
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ae45f16e04eb260d8385826c4f45c297a74406db..5299efb0744280a1c0b10d125db7af03e1d7e8e6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -79,6 +79,6 @@ setup(
     test_suite='tests',
     tests_require=test_requirements,
     url='https://gitlab.aicrowd.com/flatland/flatland',
-    version='0.3.5',
+    version='0.3.6',
     zip_safe=False,
 )