diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 17e20165..4d755c5f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "fsspec[http]",
     "h5netcdf",
     "h5py",
-    "kerchunk==0.2.4",
+    "kerchunk!=0.2.6",
     "netcdf4",
     "numcodecs",
     "xarray",