diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 83520897..de6a39e2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ click
 dask
 distributed
 rechunker
-xarray >= 0.16.2
+xarray >= 0.17.1
 zarr >= 2.6.0
 fsspec[http]