diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 81227615c..63e12e648 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     - update `version.py` to use `importlib` & fix tagless installation #2255 (#2269)
   - Dependencies:
     - olefile and dxchange are optional dependencies, instead of required (#2209)
+    - dxchange minimum version set to 0.2.1 to fix #2256 (#2268)
     - improve `tqdm` notebook support (#2241)
   - Documentation:
     - Render the user showcase notebooks in the documentation (#2189)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a9149b86..37b375021 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ While building the CIL package we test with specific versions of dependencies. T
 |[zenodo_get](https://github.com/dvolgyes/zenodo_get)|>= 1.6|`zenodo_get>=1.6`| Downloads datasets from Zenodo, is used by `dataexample` to get data used in CIL-Demos |[AGPL-3.0](https://github.com/dvolgyes/zenodo_get?tab=AGPL-3.0-1-ov-file)|
 |--|--| **CT data readers** |--|--|
 |[olefile](https://github.com/decalage2/olefile)|>= 0.46|`olefile>=0.46`|Package to process Microsoft OLE2 files, used to read ZEISS data files.|[BSD-style (custom)](https://github.com/decalage2/olefile?tab=License-1-ov-file)|
-|[dxchange](https://github.com/data-exchange/dxchange)||`dxchange`|Provides an interface with TomoPy for loading tomography data.|[BSD-style (custom)](https://github.com/data-exchange/dxchange?tab=License-1-ov-file)|
+|[dxchange](https://github.com/data-exchange/dxchange)|>= 0.2.1|`dxchange>=0.2.1`|Provides an interface with TomoPy for loading tomography data.|[BSD-style (custom)](https://github.com/data-exchange/dxchange?tab=License-1-ov-file)|
 
 
 ### Docker
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4ebdcd101..6a811758f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["tomography", "optimisation"]
 dependencies = [
     #"cil-data>=22", # missing from PyPI
-    "dxchange",
+    "dxchange>=0.2.1",  # Minimal release for OLE dtype fix: https://github.com/data-exchange/dxchange/pull/124#issue-3828961474
     "h5py",
     #"ipp==2021.12.*", # PyPI conflicts with conda package
     "numba",
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index ebecb34f7..24d414883 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ test:
     - astra-toolbox 2.1 {{ 'cuda*' if environ.get('TESTS_FORCE_GPU', '') else 'py*' }}
     - matplotlib-base >=3.3
     - zenodo_get >=1.6
-    - dxchange
+    - dxchange >= 0.2.1
     - olefile >=0.46
 
   source_files:
diff --git a/scripts/create_local_env_for_cil_development.sh b/scripts/create_local_env_for_cil_development.sh
index 36c473b38..32515ff74 100755
--- a/scripts/create_local_env_for_cil_development.sh
+++ b/scripts/create_local_env_for_cil_development.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ conda_args=(create --name="$name"
   python="$python"
   numpy="$numpy"
   cmake'>=3.16'
-  dxchange
+  dxchange'>=0.2.1'
   h5py
   llvm-openmp
   ipp'>=2021.10'
diff --git a/scripts/requirements-test-windows.yml b/scripts/requirements-test-windows.yml
index 616db62ee..2bfa84824 100644
--- a/scripts/requirements-test-windows.yml
+++ b/scripts/requirements-test-windows.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ dependencies:
   - matplotlib-base >=3.3
   - h5py
   - pillow
-  - dxchange
+  - dxchange >=0.2.1
   - olefile >=0.46
   - pywavelets
   - numba
diff --git a/scripts/requirements-test.yml b/scripts/requirements-test.yml
index 496c19b3a..a68116b2c 100644
--- a/scripts/requirements-test.yml
+++ b/scripts/requirements-test.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dependencies:
   - matplotlib-base >=3.3
   - h5py
   - pillow
-  - dxchange
+  - dxchange >=0.2.1
   - olefile >=0.46
   - pywavelets
   - numba
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d12d1df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import cil
+
+print("CIL version:", cil.__version__)
\ No newline at end of file