diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a5ab3395..72a58944 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # pinned dependencies to reproduce an entire development environment to use HDMF-ZARR
-hdmf==3.14.3
-zarr==2.16.1
+#hdmf==3.14.3
+#zarr==2.16.1
 # pynwb==2.5.0
-numpy==2.0.0
-numcodecs==0.12.1
-threadpoolctl==3.2.0
+#numpy==2.0.0
+#numcodecs==0.12.1
+#threadpoolctl==3.2.0