diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5c4b9603..eb8b849c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "autolog>=0.2.0",
   "colorbrewer>=0.2.0",
   "drmaa>=0.4a3",
-  "genomedata>=1.7",
+  "genomedata>=1.7.2",
   "numpy",
   "optbuild>=0.2.0",
   "optplus>=0.2.0",