diff --git a/heudiconv/info.py b/heudiconv/info.py
index eb094ccf..8c6b67cd 100644
--- a/heudiconv/info.py
+++ b/heudiconv/info.py
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 REQUIRES = [
     'nibabel',
     'pydicom',
-    'nipype>=1.0.0',
+    'nipype >=1.0.0; python_version > "3.0"',
+    'nipype >=1.0.0,!=1.2.1,!=1.2.2; python_version == "2.7"',
     'pathlib',
     'dcmstack>=0.7',
 ]