diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6695f5e6..5efb9bd3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ like Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) Data.</description>
 		<imglib2-roi.version>0.15.0</imglib2-roi.version>
 		<bigdataviewer-core.version>10.6.0</bigdataviewer-core.version>
 		<bigdataviewer-vistools.version>1.0.0-beta-36</bigdataviewer-vistools.version>
+
+		<!-- from n5-universe -->
+		<n5-google-cloud.version>4.1.0</n5-google-cloud.version>
+		<n5-zarr.version>1.3.1</n5-zarr.version>
+		<n5-aws-s3.version>4.1.1</n5-aws-s3.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<repositories>
@@ -252,6 +257,11 @@ like Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) Data.</description>
 			<groupId>org.janelia.saalfeldlab</groupId>
 			<artifactId>n5-zarr</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.janelia.saalfeldlab</groupId>
+			<artifactId>n5-universe</artifactId>
+			<version>1.4.1</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>gov.nist.isg</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pyramidio</artifactId>