diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f5fc251..cab86dd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "chevron",
     "deepmreye",
     "kaleido",
-    "pooch",
+    "pooch>=1.6.0",
     "pybids",
     "rich",
     "tqdm",