diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 9e3943c..8bf0df7 100755
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ RUN cd /opt/code && \
 
 # matplotlib is used by rgb.py and provides various visualization tools including colormaps
 # pydicom is used by dicom2mrd.py to parse DICOM data
-RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir matplotlib==3.8.2 pydicom==2.4.3
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir matplotlib==3.8.2 pydicom==3.0.1
 
 # Cleanup files not required after installation
 RUN apt-get clean && \
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 3a3ce95..628cecb 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies:
   - libxml2=2.9.12       # For ismrmrd
   - h5py=3.7.0           # For ismrmrd
   - matplotlib=3.8.2     # used by rgb.py and provides various visualization tools including colormaps
-  - pydicom=2.4.3        # used by dicom2mrd.py to parse DICOM data
+  - pydicom=3.0.1        # used by dicom2mrd.py to parse DICOM data
   - numpy=1.26.0
   - git=2.30.2
   - dos2unix=7.4.2       # For fixing line ending issues from Windows
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/environment_windows.yml b/environment_windows.yml
index 0790b24..83cebd1 100644
--- a/environment_windows.yml
+++ b/environment_windows.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies:
   - libxml2=2.9.12       # For ismrmrd
   - h5py=3.7.0           # For ismrmrd
   - matplotlib=3.8.2     # used by rgb.py and provides various visualization tools including colormaps
-  - pydicom=2.4.3        # used by dicom2mrd.py to parse DICOM data
+  - pydicom=3.0.1        # used by dicom2mrd.py to parse DICOM data
   - numpy=1.26.0
   - git=2.30.2
   - dos2unix=7.4.2       # For fixing line ending issues from Windows
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mrd2dicom.py b/mrd2dicom.py
index 4d80a7d..07d0a44 100644
--- a/mrd2dicom.py
+++ b/mrd2dicom.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ def main(args):
         xml_header = xml_header.decode("utf-8")
         mrdHead = ismrmrd.xsd.CreateFromDocument(xml_header)
 
+    filesWritten = 0
     for group in groups:
         if ( (group == 'config') or (group == 'config_file') or (group == 'xml') ):
             continue
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ def main(args):
                     dicomDset = pydicom.dataset.Dataset.from_json(base64.b64decode(meta['DicomJson']))
                 else:
                     dicomDset = pydicom.dataset.Dataset()
+                dicomDset = pydicom.dataset.Dataset()
 
                 # Enforce explicit little endian for written DICOM files
                 dicomDset.file_meta                            = pydicom.dataset.FileMetaDataset()
@@ -276,7 +278,10 @@ def main(args):
                 # Write DICOM files
                 fileName = "%02.0f_%s_%03.0f.dcm" % (dicomDset.SeriesNumber, dicomDset.SeriesDescription, dicomDset.InstanceNumber)
                 print("  Writing file %s" % fileName)
-                dicomDset.save_as(os.path.join(args.out_folder, fileName))
+                dicomDset.save_as(os.path.join(args.out_folder, fileName), enforce_file_format=True)
+                filesWritten += 1
+
+    print("Wrote %d DICOM files to %s" % (filesWritten, args.out_folder))
     return
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':