diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4ecdbaa8b..31a133db1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ This appears to be related to time spent initializing JavaFX.
 
 ### Dependency updates
 * Bio-Formats 7.0.1
-* DeepJavaLibrary 0.25.0
+* DeepJavaLibrary 0.24.0
 * Groovy 4.0.15
 * Guava 32.1.3-jre
 * ImageJ 1.54f
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/qupath.djl-conventions.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/qupath.djl-conventions.gradle
index 0ceb89c3f..12ae649d8 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/qupath.djl-conventions.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/qupath.djl-conventions.gradle
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ if ('tensorflow' in djlEngines && properties['platform.shortName'] == 'mac' && S
 }
 	
 def djlApi = !djlEngines.isEmpty() || project.findProperty('djl.api')
+def djlZero = djlApi && project.findProperty('djl.zero')
 
 def djlZoosProp = project.findProperty('djl.zoos') ?: "all"
 djlZoosProp = djlZoosProp.strip().toLowerCase()
@@ -40,9 +41,13 @@ else
 def djlVersion = libs.versions.deepJavaLibrary.get()
 
 dependencies {
-	if (djlApi)
+	if (djlApi) {
 		implementation libs.deepJavaLibrary
-		
+	}
+	if (djlZero) {
+		implementation "ai.djl:djl-zero:$djlVersion"
+	}
+
     if ('pytorch' in djlEngines) {
 	    implementation "ai.djl.pytorch:pytorch-engine:$djlVersion"
 	    if ('pytorch' in djlZoos)
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 6b6ae8154..70bff1e55 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ commonsMath3    = "3.6.1"
 commonsText     = "1.10.0"
 controlsFX      = "11.1.2"
 
-deepJavaLibrary = "0.25.0"
+deepJavaLibrary = "0.24.0"
 
 groovy          = "4.0.15"
 gson            = "2.10.1"