diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ceb6877063..fe09353d77 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ wheel = [
   "filelock==3.18.0",
   "grako==3.16.5",
   "html2text==2024.2.26",
-  "ihm==2.2",
+  "ihm==2.5",
   "imagecodecs==2024.6.1",
   # if ipython updated, make sure autocompletion still works (e.g. "mi<tab>" becomes min) and if not then
   # try a newer version of jedi