diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b9dbaa331..03bc5d28f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ classifiers =
 python_requires = >=3.5
 install_requires =
     indexed_gzip >=0.8.8
-    nibabel >=2.2.1
+    nibabel ~= 3.0.0rc1
     nipype >=1.3.1
     nitime
     niworkflows ~= 1.1.0