diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 480b664..ac409bb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ome</groupId>
       <artifactId>formats-api</artifactId>
-      <version>8.0.1</version>
+      <version>7.3.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>dev.zarr</groupId>