diff --git a/src/robofish/io/file.py b/src/robofish/io/file.py
index e4798c809fc28fe367e7b8198065622dcdbc341a..3b2f1fc7a3fefb825fb46fd79e94f3fc7dd44bb4 100644
--- a/src/robofish/io/file.py
+++ b/src/robofish/io/file.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class File(h5py.File):
                 mode="x",
                 driver="core",
                 backing_store=True,
-                libver=("earliest", "v112"),
+                libver=("earliest", "v110"),
             )
             initialize = True
         else:
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class File(h5py.File):
             # a        Read/write if exists, create otherwise
             logging.info(f"Opening File {path}")
             initialize = not Path(path).exists()
-            super().__init__(path, mode, libver=("earliest", "v112"))
+            super().__init__(path, mode, libver=("earliest", "v110"))
 
         if initialize:
             assert world_size_cm is not None and format_version is not None