diff --git a/requirements/tests.txt b/requirements/tests.txt
index c5198370..42ef0167 100644
--- a/requirements/tests.txt
+++ b/requirements/tests.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ xarray
 pillow
 django
 h5py
-pydicom>=3.0
+pydicom
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 78908930..79689b46 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def get_version(module='spyder_kernels'):
     'pillow',
     'django',
     'h5py',
-    'pydicom>=3.0'
+    'pydicom'
 ]
 
 setup(
diff --git a/spyder_kernels/utils/iofuncs.py b/spyder_kernels/utils/iofuncs.py
index 37fccc7f..7da2828f 100644
--- a/spyder_kernels/utils/iofuncs.py
+++ b/spyder_kernels/utils/iofuncs.py
@@ -506,9 +506,9 @@ def load_dicom(filename):
 
         name = osp.splitext(osp.basename(filename))[0]
         try:
-            data = dicomio.dcmread(filename, force=True)
+            data = dicomio.read_file(filename, force=True)
         except TypeError:
-            data = dicomio.dcmread(filename)
+            data = dicomio.read_file(filename)
         arr = data.pixel_array
         return {name: arr}, None
     except Exception as error: