diff --git a/.github/workflows/requirements-ci.txt b/.github/workflows/requirements-ci.txt
index 0671b046..9a1239e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/requirements-ci.txt
+++ b/.github/workflows/requirements-ci.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ pytest-cov==7.1.0
 python-docx==1.2.0
 python-pptx==1.0.2
 PyYAML==6.0.3
-qoi==0.7.2
+qoi==0.8.0
 requests==2.34.2
 sseclient-py==1.9.0  # llmclient's SSE transport; needed since test_llmclient/test_scaffold started running here
 tqdm==4.70.1