diff --git a/ci/min-deps.yml b/ci/min-deps.yml
index 5b1e97c1..1f8bd521 100644
--- a/ci/min-deps.yml
+++ b/ci/min-deps.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ dependencies:
   - netcdf4
   - xarray>=2024.6.0
   - numpy>=2.0.0
+  - numcodecs
   - packaging
   - universal_pathlib
   # Testing