diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index fbbdc1031b4e023b351bd8c331a2aa579e0cf5b9..69061ab357e72d62e9db34e8ae0664c83bdc783a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ packages = find:
 python_requires = >=3.7
 install_requires =
 	importlib-resources
-	caosdb > 0.11.2
 	caosadvancedtools >= 0.7.0
+    linkahead
     yaml-header-tools >= 0.2.1
     pyyaml
     odfpy #make optional
diff --git a/src/caoscrawler/config.py b/src/caoscrawler/config.py
index 18993b539a09aa58fa280759333b3e7fd315c5e0..8a5a2c48e714f721855d05d6ae6df2412c27836e 100644
--- a/src/caoscrawler/config.py
+++ b/src/caoscrawler/config.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
-import caosdb as db
+import linkahead as db
 
 DEFAULTS = {
     "send_crawler_notifications": False,