diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 88dc51a..eb00b61 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "ITensorBase"
 uuid = "4795dd04-0d67-49bb-8f44-b89c448a1dc7"
 authors = ["ITensor developers <support@itensor.org> and contributors"]
-version = "0.2.7"
+version = "0.2.8"
 
 [deps]
 Accessors = "7d9f7c33-5ae7-4f3b-8dc6-eff91059b697"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ITensorBaseSparseArraysBaseExt = ["NamedDimsArrays", "SparseArraysBase"]
 
 [compat]
 Accessors = "0.1.39"
-DerivableInterfaces = "0.4"
+DerivableInterfaces = "0.5"
 DiagonalArrays = "0.3"
 FillArrays = "1.13"
 GradedArrays = "0.4"
diff --git a/src/abstractitensor.jl b/src/abstractitensor.jl
index e24e346..ccc4d70 100644
--- a/src/abstractitensor.jl
+++ b/src/abstractitensor.jl
@@ -46,8 +46,11 @@ end
 
 using DerivableInterfaces: @derive, @interface, AbstractArrayInterface
 
-abstract type AbstractAllocatableArrayInterface <: AbstractArrayInterface end
-struct AllocatableArrayInterface <: AbstractAllocatableArrayInterface end
+abstract type AbstractAllocatableArrayInterface{N} <: AbstractArrayInterface{N} end
+struct AllocatableArrayInterface{N} <: AbstractAllocatableArrayInterface{N} end
+AllocatableArrayInterface{M}(::Val{N}) where {M,N} = AllocatableArrayInterface{N}()
+AllocatableArrayInterface(::Val{N}) where {N} = AllocatableArrayInterface{N}()
+AllocatableArrayInterface() = AllocatableArrayInterface{Any}()
 
 unallocatable(a::AbstractITensor) = NamedDimsArray(a)