diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index cfc967f..7898055 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ install_requires =
     bioio ~= 3.0.0
     bioio-ome-zarr ~= 2.3.0
     bioio-ome-tiff ~= 1.4.0
-    tifffile <= 2025.9.9
+    tifffile >= 2025.5.21
     tiffslide >= 2.4.0
     dask-image >= 0.6.0
     py4j ~= 0.10.9.7