diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 36a149e809f11f162119acfdec7b5461dad14e28..2f00e2635723d6ae647a6549ca7859b99e9d5d7e 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 docopt==0.6.2
 km3db==0.7.4
-km3io==0.25.2
+km3io==0.29.0
 km3pipe==9.13.4
 matplotlib==3.5.2
 numba==0.55.1