diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e96f644..e8fac47 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/bluesky/databroker:v2.0.0b24 as base
+FROM ghcr.io/bluesky/databroker:v2.0.0b27 as base
 
 # git is used only for the pip install git+https:// below and can be
 # removed once that is no longer used.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 67ee569..551bcc9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ area-detector-handlers
 ldap3
 pillow
 pymongo
-zarr  # databroker.experimental dep