diff --git a/requirements_dev_minimal.txt b/requirements_dev_minimal.txt
index e2be6eb825..afea816d87 100644
--- a/requirements_dev_minimal.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev_minimal.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # library requirements
 asciitree==0.3.3
 fasteners==0.19
-numcodecs==0.11.0
+numcodecs==0.12.1
 msgpack-python==0.5.6
 setuptools-scm==8.0.4
 # test requirements