diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3ee2127..464f194 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-corems>=1.5.0
+corems>=2.1.0
 Click>=7.1.1
 requests
 nmdc-schema>=7.0.0