diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 384ecc6..735f27f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "click >= 8.1.3, <9",
   "dask >=2023.3.2",
   "xarray-datatree >= 0.0.12",
-  "cellmap-schemas == 0.7.1",
+  "cellmap-schemas >= 0.8.0, <1",
   "imagecodecs >= 2024.1.1"]
 
 [project.urls]