diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1fe4558caf..09797ae3d4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     'asciitree',
     'numpy>=1.25',
-    'numcodecs>=0.13',
+    'numcodecs>=0.14',
     'fsspec>=2022.10.0',
     'crc32c>=2.3',
     'typing_extensions>=4.6',
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ See Spec 0000 for details and drop schedule: https://scientific-python.org/specs
 python = "3.11"
 dependencies = [
     'numpy==1.25.*',
-    'numcodecs==0.13.*',  # 0.13 needed for? (should be 0.11)
+    'numcodecs==0.14.*',  # 0.14 needed for zarr3 codecs
     'fsspec==2022.10.0',
     's3fs==2022.10.0',
     'universal_pathlib==0.0.22',