diff --git a/nwb_linkml/pyproject.toml b/nwb_linkml/pyproject.toml
index 47515c4..5451559 100644
--- a/nwb_linkml/pyproject.toml
+++ b/nwb_linkml/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ packages = [
 python = ">=3.11,<3.13"
 pyyaml = "^6.0"
 linkml-runtime = "^1.5.6"
-nwb_schema_language = "^0.1.1"
+nwb_schema_language = "^0.1.3"
 rich = "^13.5.2"
 linkml = "^1.5.7"
 nptyping = "^2.5.0"
diff --git a/nwb_schema_language/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/nwb_schema_language/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 06796a7..90894d7 100644
--- a/nwb_schema_language/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/nwb_schema_language/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,4 +3,14 @@
 Revised models to make `name` an optional slot regardless of presence/absence
 of `neurodata_type_def`, the naming of individual classes within the schema will be
 handled by `nwb_linkml` - see:
-https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/nwb-schema/issues/552
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+https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/nwb-schema/issues/552
+
+# 0.1.2
+
+Regenerating models to refresh... not many changes
+
+# 0.1.3
+
+Except that I broke the ability for the `Namespace` model to parse singleton authors.
+
+Reinstated with a patch that runs on `gen-pydantic`
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diff --git a/nwb_schema_language/pyproject.toml b/nwb_schema_language/pyproject.toml
index ae207a2..a7849ad 100644
--- a/nwb_schema_language/pyproject.toml
+++ b/nwb_schema_language/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "nwb_schema_language"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 description = "Translation of the nwb-schema-language to LinkML"
 authors = ["Jonny Saunders <j@nny.fyi>"]
 license = "GNU GPL v3.0"
diff --git a/nwb_schema_language/src/nwb_schema_language/datamodel/nwb_schema_pydantic.py b/nwb_schema_language/src/nwb_schema_language/datamodel/nwb_schema_pydantic.py
index f041572..9762fab 100644
--- a/nwb_schema_language/src/nwb_schema_language/datamodel/nwb_schema_pydantic.py
+++ b/nwb_schema_language/src/nwb_schema_language/datamodel/nwb_schema_pydantic.py
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ class Namespace(ConfiguredBaseModel):
     full_name: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="""Optional string with extended full name for the namespace.""")
     version: str = Field(...)
     date: Optional[datetime ] = Field(None, description="""Date that a namespace was last modified or released""")
-    author: List[str] = Field(default_factory=list, description="""List of strings with the names of the authors of the namespace.""")
-    contact: List[str] = Field(default_factory=list, description="""List of strings with the contact information for the authors. Ordering of the contacts should match the ordering of the authors.""")
+    author: List[str] | str = Field(default_factory=list, description="""List of strings with the names of the authors of the namespace.""")
+    contact: List[str] | str = Field(default_factory=list, description="""List of strings with the contact information for the authors. Ordering of the contacts should match the ordering of the authors.""")
     schema_: Optional[List[Schema]] = Field(alias="schema", default_factory=list, description="""List of the schema to be included in this namespace.""")
     
 
diff --git a/nwb_schema_language/src/nwb_schema_language/patches.py b/nwb_schema_language/src/nwb_schema_language/patches.py
index 3fd58df..692bde7 100644
--- a/nwb_schema_language/src/nwb_schema_language/patches.py
+++ b/nwb_schema_language/src/nwb_schema_language/patches.py
@@ -66,6 +66,20 @@ patch_dtype_single_multiple = Patch(
     replacement=r'\1Union[List[CompoundDtype], \2',
 )
 
+patch_author_single_multiple = Patch(
+    phase=Phases.post_generation_pydantic,
+    path=Path('src/nwb_schema_language/datamodel/nwb_schema_pydantic.py'),
+    match=r"author: List\[str\]",
+    replacement="author: List[str] | str"
+)
+
+patch_contact_single_multiple = Patch(
+    phase=Phases.post_generation_pydantic,
+    path=Path('src/nwb_schema_language/datamodel/nwb_schema_pydantic.py'),
+    match=r"contact: List\[str\]",
+    replacement="contact: List[str] | str"
+)
+
 def run_patches(phase:Phases, verbose:bool=False):
     patches = [p for p in Patch.instances if p.phase == phase]
     for patch in patches: