diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 61510c1..972abbf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ publish = false                                                         # cargo
 
 [dependencies]
 # backend-dispatcher = { path = "../backend-dispatcher" } # Only for development purposes
-backend-dispatcher = "0.1.7"
+backend-dispatcher = "0.1.8"
 # mesa = { path = "../mesa" } # Only for development purposes
-mesa = "0.42.3-beta.7"
+mesa = "0.42.3-beta.8"
 # ochami-rs = { path = "../ochami-rs" } # Only for development purposes
-ochami-rs = "0.1.5"
+ochami-rs = "0.1.6"
 hostlist-parser = "0.1.6"
 strum = "0.25.0"
 strum_macros = "0.25"
diff --git a/src/cli/build.rs b/src/cli/build.rs
index a318d14..dba9074 100644
--- a/src/cli/build.rs
+++ b/src/cli/build.rs
@@ -609,12 +609,19 @@ pub fn subcommand_add() -> Command {
     Command::new("add")
             .arg_required_else_help(true)
             .about("Add hw components to cluster")
+            .subcommand(
+                Command::new("node")
+                .visible_alias("n")
+                .about("Add/Create new group")
+                .arg_required_else_help(true)
+                .arg(arg!(-i --id <VALUE> "xname").required(true))
+            )
             .subcommand(
                 Command::new("group")
                 .visible_alias("g")
                 .about("Add/Create new group")
                 .arg_required_else_help(true)
-                .arg(arg!(-l --"label" <VALUE> "Group name").required(true))
+                .arg(arg!(-l --label <VALUE> "Group name").required(true))
                 .arg(arg!(-x --xnames <XNAMES> "Comma separated list of nodes to set in new group.\neg 'x1003c1s7b0n0,1003c1s7b0n1,x1003c1s7b1n0'"))
             )
             .subcommand(Command::new("hw-component")
diff --git a/src/cli/process.rs b/src/cli/process.rs
index c66b83e..855e785 100644
--- a/src/cli/process.rs
+++ b/src/cli/process.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use backend_dispatcher::contracts::BackendTrait;
+use backend_dispatcher::{
+    contracts::BackendTrait,
+    types::{ComponentArrayPostArray, ComponentCreate},
+};
 use std::{io::IsTerminal, path::PathBuf};
 
 use clap::ArgMatches;
@@ -422,7 +425,35 @@ pub async fn process_cli(
                 }
             }
         } else if let Some(cli_add) = cli_root.subcommand_matches("add") {
-            if let Some(cli_add_group) = cli_add.subcommand_matches("group") {
+            if let Some(cli_add_node) = cli_add.subcommand_matches("node") {
+                let shasta_token = backend.get_api_token(&site_name).await?;
+
+                let id = cli_add_node
+                    .get_one::<String>("id")
+                    .expect("ERROR - 'id' argument is mandatory");
+
+                let component: ComponentCreate = ComponentCreate {
+                    id: id.to_string(),
+                    state: "Unknown".to_string(),
+                    flag: None,
+                    enabled: None,
+                    software_status: None,
+                    role: None,
+                    sub_role: None,
+                    nid: None,
+                    subtype: None,
+                    net_type: None,
+                    arch: None,
+                    class: None,
+                };
+
+                let components = ComponentArrayPostArray {
+                    components: vec![component],
+                    force: Some(true),
+                };
+
+                backend.post_nodes(shasta_token.as_str(), components).await;
+            } else if let Some(cli_add_group) = cli_add.subcommand_matches("group") {
                 let shasta_token = backend.get_api_token(&site_name).await?;
 
                 let label = cli_add_group