diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3f49398c7..ed29169af 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ sparse
 seaborn>=0.9.0
 tqdm>=4.32.1
 # ibl libraries
-ibl-neuropixel>=0.8.0
+ibl-neuropixel>=0.8.1
 iblutil>=1.7.0
 labcams  # widefield extractor
 ONE-api>=2.2