diff --git a/prereqs/pips/app_requirements.txt b/prereqs/pips/app_requirements.txt
index c70e7a01f5..f2c0ead52f 100644
--- a/prereqs/pips/app_requirements.txt
+++ b/prereqs/pips/app_requirements.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ lxml==5.3.1
 lz4==4.4.3
 matplotlib==3.9.2
 msgpack==1.1.0
-nibabel == 5.2.0
+nibabel == 5.3.2
 netCDF4==1.6.5
 networkx==3.3
 numpy==1.26.4