diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d92d504..2260e44 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "numpy >=1.20.0, <2",
   "xarray >=2022.03.0",
   "backoff >=1.10.0, <2",
-  "xarray-ome-ngff >=2.2.2",
+  "xarray-ome-ngff >= 3.1.1, <4",
   "xarray-multiscale >= 2.1.0, <3",
   "tifffile >=2023.2.28",
   "click >= 8.1.3, <9",