diff --git a/ci/environment.yml b/ci/environment.yml
index c2a0be4dd..20344500e 100644
--- a/ci/environment.yml
+++ b/ci/environment.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies:
   - universal_pathlib
   - hdf5plugin
   - numcodecs
-  - icechunk>=0.2.0
+  - icechunk>=0.2.4
   # Testing
   - codecov[toml]
   - pre-commit
diff --git a/ci/upstream.yml b/ci/upstream.yml
index 31fbb2da1..75973a81e 100644
--- a/ci/upstream.yml
+++ b/ci/upstream.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pooch
   - fsspec
   - pip
-  - icechunk>=0.2.0
+  - icechunk>=0.2.4
   - pip:
       - git+https://github.com/fsspec/kerchunk.git@main
       - imagecodecs-numcodecs==2024.6.1
diff --git a/docs/releases.rst b/docs/releases.rst
index 4c82080d8..be7a41eda 100644
--- a/docs/releases.rst
+++ b/docs/releases.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Release notes
 =============
+
 .. _v1.3.2:
 
 v1.3.2 (unreleased)
@@ -11,6 +12,9 @@ New Features
 Breaking changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+- Minimum supported version of Icechunk is now `v0.2.4` (:pull:`462`)
+  By `Tom Nicholas <https://github.com/TomNicholas>`_.
+
 Deprecations
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -32,6 +36,7 @@ v1.3.1 (18th Feb 2025)
 
 New Features
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 - Examples use new Icechunk syntax
 
 Breaking changes
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 808385613..dc254f4b9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ all_readers = [
 
 # writers
 icechunk = [
-    "icechunk>=0.2.0",
+    "icechunk>=0.2.4",
 ]
 kerchunk = ["fastparquet"]
 all_writers = [