diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3e1b9802..658ed01f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "spatialdata~=0.3.0",
     "spatialdata_io~=0.1.0",
     "squidpy~=1.6.0",
-    "tifffile~=2024.4.0",
+    "tifffile>=2024.4,<2024.9",
     "watchfiles",
     "zarr~=2.17.0; python_version<'3.11'",
     "zarr~=2.18.3; python_version>='3.11'",