diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8fc4c449f7..cb71bb499b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ dependencies = [
     "numpy",
     "threadpoolctl>=3.0.0",
     "tqdm",
-    "zarr>=0.2.16",
+    "zarr>=2.16,<2.18",
     "neo>=0.13.0",
     "probeinterface>=0.2.21",
+    "packaging",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/neoextractors/spikegadgets.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/neoextractors/spikegadgets.py
index e835edf961..7d6b492325 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/neoextractors/spikegadgets.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/neoextractors/spikegadgets.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
-
 from pathlib import Path
 
-import probeinterface
+import packaging
 
+import packaging.version
+import probeinterface
 from spikeinterface.core.core_tools import define_function_from_class
 
 from .neobaseextractor import NeoBaseRecordingExtractor
@@ -38,7 +39,9 @@ def __init__(self, file_path, stream_id=None, stream_name=None, block_index=None
         )
         self._kwargs.update(dict(file_path=str(Path(file_path).absolute()), stream_id=stream_id))
 
-        probegroup = probeinterface.read_spikegadgets(file_path, raise_error=False)
+        probegroup = None  # TODO remove once probeinterface is updated to 0.2.22 in the pyproject.toml
+        if packaging.version.parse(probeinterface.__version__) > packaging.version.parse("0.2.21"):
+            probegroup = probeinterface.read_spikegadgets(file_path, raise_error=False)
 
         if probegroup is not None:
             self.set_probes(probegroup, in_place=True)