diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d16aa73..1a2bc88 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.janelia.saalfeldlab</groupId>
             <artifactId>n5-zarr</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.1</version>
+            <version>1.3.5</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.janelia.saalfeldlab</groupId>