diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 117263cb..8f651a0f 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -6,16 +6,14 @@ dependencies:
   - maven
   - make
   - cmake
-  - xtensor-zarr=0.0.4
+  - xtensor-zarr >=0.0.8|=0.0.7=*_1
   - openimageio
-  - zlib
-  - blosc
   - nodejs
   - z5py >= 2.0.10
   - python == 3.7.9
   - scikit-image
   - pytest
-  - zarr >= 2.8.0
+  - zarr >= 2.8.3
   - pip
   - pandas
   - tabulate
diff --git a/generate_data/js/package-lock.json b/generate_data/js/package-lock.json
index f95b52a6..c03611b7 100644
--- a/generate_data/js/package-lock.json
+++ b/generate_data/js/package-lock.json
@@ -1,85 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "name": "js",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
-  "packages": {
-    "": {
-      "dependencies": {
-        "pngjs": "^6.0.0",
-        "zarr": "^0.4.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/eventemitter3": {
-      "version": "4.0.7",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/eventemitter3/-/eventemitter3-4.0.7.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-8guHBZCwKnFhYdHr2ysuRWErTwhoN2X8XELRlrRwpmfeY2jjuUN4taQMsULKUVo1K4DvZl+0pgfyoysHxvmvEw=="
-    },
-    "node_modules/numcodecs": {
-      "version": "0.1.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/numcodecs/-/numcodecs-0.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-UjKulZ6GIFKLdBIczEbsoXNZQmiHafpoIdo39YcdecHVGyMKh0+azsfHTrybXm5RZwepqLZv24mkjqGdZGm24Q==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "pako": "^1.0.11"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/p-finally": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/p-finally/-/p-finally-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-P7z7FbiZpEEjs0ttzBi3JDNqLK4=",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=4"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/p-queue": {
-      "version": "6.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/p-queue/-/p-queue-6.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-B2LXNONcyn/G6uz2UBFsGjmSa0e/br3jznlzhEyCXg56c7VhEpiT2pZxGOfv32Q3FSyugAdys9KGpsv3kV+Sbg==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "eventemitter3": "^4.0.0",
-        "p-timeout": "^3.1.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=8"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/p-timeout": {
-      "version": "3.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/p-timeout/-/p-timeout-3.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-rhIwUycgwwKcP9yTOOFK/AKsAopjjCakVqLHePO3CC6Mir1Z99xT+R63jZxAT5lFZLa2inS5h+ZS2GvR99/FBg==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "p-finally": "^1.0.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=8"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/pako": {
-      "version": "1.0.11",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pako/-/pako-1.0.11.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-4hLB8Py4zZce5s4yd9XzopqwVv/yGNhV1Bl8NTmCq1763HeK2+EwVTv+leGeL13Dnh2wfbqowVPXCIO0z4taYw=="
-    },
-    "node_modules/pngjs": {
-      "version": "6.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pngjs/-/pngjs-6.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-TRzzuFRRmEoSW/p1KVAmiOgPco2Irlah+bGFCeNfJXxxYGwSw7YwAOAcd7X28K/m5bjBWKsC29KyoMfHbypayg==",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12.13.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/zarr": {
-      "version": "0.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/zarr/-/zarr-0.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-zvxdX3aRWxjy6H3OtA7R05NNZvRKxn/7bkNJhUsVKKbNoJ3DBqYERQfzI4WfAV1OTcclqvlYwkQ7DWsGJA5QEw==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "numcodecs": "^0.1.0",
-        "p-queue": "6.2.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=8.0.0"
-      }
-    }
-  },
+  "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "dependencies": {
     "eventemitter3": {
       "version": "4.0.7",
diff --git a/generate_data/js/src/index.js b/generate_data/js/src/index.js
index 455e0099..02998710 100644
--- a/generate_data/js/src/index.js
+++ b/generate_data/js/src/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import fs from "fs";
 import p from "path";
-import { PNG } from "pngjs";
+import pkg from "pngjs";
+const { PNG } = pkg;
 
 import { openGroup, NestedArray, slice } from "zarr";
 import FSStore from "./fsstore.js";
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ async function generateZarrFormat(codecIds = ["gzip", "blosc", "zlib", null]) {
   const path = p.join("..", "..", "data", "js.zr");
   const img = imread(p.join("..", "..", "data", "reference_image.png"));
 
-  fs.rmSync(path, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  fs.rmdirSync(path, { recursive: true, force: true });
   const grp = await open(path);
   for (const id of codecIds) {
     const config = id ? STR_TO_COMPRESSOR[id] : null;
diff --git a/generate_data/xtensor_zarr/CMakeLists.txt b/generate_data/xtensor_zarr/CMakeLists.txt
index f982d9bd..7ee11e5e 100644
--- a/generate_data/xtensor_zarr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/generate_data/xtensor_zarr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ endif()
 target_link_libraries(run_xtensor_zarr
     PUBLIC
     xtensor-zarr
+    xtensor-zarr-gdal
     ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
     ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
 )
diff --git a/generate_data/xtensor_zarr/generate_data.sh b/generate_data/xtensor_zarr/generate_data.sh
index 9b8b60ee..b6e66582 100755
--- a/generate_data/xtensor_zarr/generate_data.sh
+++ b/generate_data/xtensor_zarr/generate_data.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ cd "${0%/*}"
 rm -rf build
 mkdir build
 cd build
+export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-rpath,$CONDA_PREFIX/lib -Wl,-rpath,$PWD"
+export LINKFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 cmake .. -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$CONDA_PREFIX -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CONDA_PREFIX -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib
 make run