diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9c652aa9ad32757075bd37f0bd5efeadcaa34582..0351d56dec59ee0b33c10be1f825e5d1d04f8504 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ install_requires =
 	importlib-resources
 	caosdb
 	caosadvancedtools
-    yaml-header-tools
+    yaml-header-tools>=0.2.1
     pyyaml
     odfpy #make optional
     pandas