diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6fb337363ed7e3500c4f9b7c7fa64ed35135f9fb..913afdc1d41a96ceb61182add99425faac321c94 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def setup_package():
         author='Henrik tom Wörden',
         author_email='h.tomwoerden@indiscale.com',
         python_requires='>=3.7',
-        install_requires=["caosdb>=0.11.0",
+        install_requires=["linkahead>=0.13.1",
                           "jsonref",
                           "jsonschema>=4.4.0",
                           "numpy>=1.17.3",