diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4110f2b6..72cc9652 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "bec_widgets",
     "zmq",
     "opencv-python",
-    "dectris-compression",       # for JFJ preview stream decompression
+    "dectris-compression~=0.3.1",       # for JFJ preview stream decompression
     "cbor2~=5.9.0",
 ]