diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ac106231..8d6762bc 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ install_requires =
 	napari-ome-zarr>=0.3.2 # drag and drop convenience
 	qtpy # napari best practice (PyQt5 and PySide2 wrapper)
 	napari[all] # uses pip-installed PyQt5 by default
+	imageio!=2.11.0,!=2.22.1 # matching napari PR #5168, candidate for removal after the upstream issue is fixed
 	importlib-metadata
 
 [options.extras_require]