diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 725e8002..a4a3cc58 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ pre-commit install  # install pre-commit hooks
 pytest -v  # discover and run all tests
 ```
 
+Manually updating ASE via https://gitlab.com/ase/ase is strongly recommended, as tags are no longer regularly published.
+
 ## License
 
 [BSD 3-Clause License](LICENSE)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 651d138e..55c92a49 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ documentation = "https://stfc.github.io/janus-core/"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.9"
-ase = { git = "https://gitlab.com/ase/ase.git", rev = "d255dbe1" }
+ase = "^3.22.1"
 mace-torch = "^0.3.4"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]