diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d7b10cf..0c43a5e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ install_requires =
     scipy
     shapely
     scikit-learn
-    spatialdata>=0.2.1
+    spatialdata>=0.2.6
     superqt
     typing_extensions>=4.8.0
     vispy
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ doc =
 readthedocs =
 	pydantic<2
 
+# this is just to trigger pip to check for pre-releases as well
 pre =
     spatialdata>=0.1.0-pre0