diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 80d942af..64d3948d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 metrics = [
-    "cellpose==2.1.0",
+    "cellpose>=3.0.1",
     "scikit-learn>=1.1.3",
     "torchmetrics[detection]>=1.3.1",
     "ptflops>=0.7",