diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f8daac73..72954218 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def do_setup():
             "geojson>=2.5.0",
             "geopandas>=0.13.2",
             "imagecodecs>=2024.1.1;python_version>='3.9'",
-            "imagecodecs==2023.3.16;python_version=='3.8'",
+            "imagecodecs>=2021.5.20,<=2023.3.16;python_version=='3.8'",
             "lazy_object_proxy>=1.7.1",
             "mercantile>=1.1.3",
             "numpy>=1.22.0;python_version>='3.8' and python_version<'3.11'",