diff --git a/webknossos/Changelog.md b/webknossos/Changelog.md
index ea647a335..d80dd7a30 100644
--- a/webknossos/Changelog.md
+++ b/webknossos/Changelog.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ For upgrade instructions, please check the respective _Breaking Changes_ section
 ### Changed
 - Removed the proxay request recording/replaying functionality. All requests in the tests are now sent directly to the local WEBKNOSSOS instance. [#1441](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos-libs/pull/1441)
 - Set more comfortable retries for s3 connections in the CLI commands. Call `webknossos.utils.set_s3fs_retry_settings()` for library use. [#1443](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos-libs/pull/1443)
+- Swapped out `pims` for our fork `scm-pims`, which fixes issues with skimage. A non-user facing change. [#1445](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos-libs/pull/1445)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/webknossos/pyproject.toml b/webknossos/pyproject.toml
index ad7a1ac4d..1ed709ba4 100644
--- a/webknossos/pyproject.toml
+++ b/webknossos/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "networkx ~=3.2.1",
     "numba ~=0.61",
     "numpy >=2.0.0,<3.0.0",
-    "pims ~=0.7.0",
+    "scm-pims ~=0.7.1",
     "protobuf<7,>=3.12.0",
     "google-api-python-client >= 2.0.0",
     "psutil ~=6.0.0",
diff --git a/webknossos/uv.lock b/webknossos/uv.lock
index 1d598ff39..49d831ae2 100644
--- a/webknossos/uv.lock
+++ b/webknossos/uv.lock
@@ -1716,20 +1716,6 @@ wheels = [
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-[[package]]
-name = "pims"
-version = "0.7"
-source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-dependencies = [
-    { name = "imageio" },
-    { name = "numpy", version = "2.2.6", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
-    { name = "numpy", version = "2.3.4", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
-    { name = "packaging" },
-    { name = "slicerator" },
-    { name = "tifffile" },
-]
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-
 [[package]]
 name = "pluggy"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -2443,6 +2429,23 @@ wheels = [
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+[[package]]
+name = "scm-pims"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "imageio" },
+    { name = "numpy", version = "2.2.6", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
+    { name = "numpy", version = "2.3.4", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
+    { name = "packaging" },
+    { name = "slicerator" },
+    { name = "tifffile" },
+]
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f0/58/621282b94f6c04a28f042921f71cfe15dedcc431b63f16294a3c2d61af3f/scm_pims-0.7.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8bd26c9ec78aba770569314b2480077a74ef79267a4c04505b69615314c3f684", size = 89827, upload-time = "2026-03-30T16:27:53.426Z" }
+wheels = [
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+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shellingham"
 version = "1.5.4"
@@ -2747,7 +2750,6 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "numba" },
     { name = "numpy", version = "2.2.6", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
     { name = "numpy", version = "2.3.4", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
-    { name = "pims" },
     { name = "protobuf" },
     { name = "psutil" },
     { name = "python-dateutil" },
@@ -2755,6 +2757,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "rich" },
     { name = "scipy", version = "1.15.3", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
     { name = "scipy", version = "1.16.3", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
+    { name = "scm-pims" },
     { name = "tensorstore", version = "0.1.76", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
     { name = "tensorstore", version = "0.1.78", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.11' and sys_platform != 'win32'" },
     { name = "tensorstore", version = "0.1.79", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11' and sys_platform != 'win32'" },
@@ -2846,7 +2849,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "numba", specifier = "~=0.61" },
     { name = "numpy", specifier = ">=2.0.0,<3.0.0" },
     { name = "pandas", marker = "extra == 'examples'", specifier = "~=2.2.0" },
-    { name = "pims", specifier = "~=0.7.0" },
     { name = "pooch", marker = "extra == 'examples'", specifier = "~=1.5.2" },
     { name = "protobuf", specifier = ">=3.12.0,<7" },
     { name = "psutil", specifier = "~=6.0.0" },
@@ -2858,6 +2860,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "scikit-image", marker = "extra == 'examples'", specifier = "~=0.25.0" },
     { name = "scikit-learn", marker = "extra == 'examples'", specifier = "~=1.5.1" },
     { name = "scipy", specifier = ">=1.13" },
+    { name = "scm-pims", specifier = "~=0.7.1" },
     { name = "tabulate", marker = "extra == 'examples'", specifier = ">=0.9.0" },
     { name = "tensorstore", marker = "sys_platform != 'win32'", specifier = "~=0.1.78" },
     { name = "tensorstore", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'", specifier = "==0.1.76" },