diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 9ba05fb769..b0fe66b73c 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ Sphinx==3.5.3
 recommonmark==0.6.0
 sphinx-autodoc-typehints==1.11.1
 sphinx-rtd-theme==0.5.2
-cucim==0.18.2
+cucim~=0.19.0
 openslide-python==1.1.2
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 702c8638c1..00e0eb8472 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ all =
     torchvision
     itk>=5.0, <=5.1.2
     tqdm>=4.47.0
-    cucim==0.18.2
+    cucim~=0.19.0
     openslide-python==1.1.2
 nibabel =
     nibabel
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ lmdb =
 psutil =
     psutil
 cucim =
-    cucim==0.18.2
+    cucim~=0.19.0
 openslide =
     openslide-python==1.1.2