diff --git a/tools/anisotropic_diffusion/anisotropic_diffusion.py b/tools/anisotropic_diffusion/anisotropic_diffusion.py
index a4075965..95e6acdd 100644
--- a/tools/anisotropic_diffusion/anisotropic_diffusion.py
+++ b/tools/anisotropic_diffusion/anisotropic_diffusion.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import sys
 import warnings
 
+import giatools.io
 import skimage.io
 import skimage.util
 from medpy.filter.smoothing import anisotropic_diffusion
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
 with warnings.catch_warnings():
     warnings.simplefilter("ignore")  # to ignore FutureWarning as well
 
-    img_in = skimage.io.imread(args.input_file.name, plugin='tifffile')
+    img_in = giatools.io.imread(args.input_file.name, plugin='tifffile')
     res = anisotropic_diffusion(img_in, niter=args.niter, kappa=args.kappa, gamma=args.gamma, option=args.eqoption)
     res[res < -1] = -1
     res[res > +1] = +1
diff --git a/tools/anisotropic_diffusion/anisotropic_diffusion.xml b/tools/anisotropic_diffusion/anisotropic_diffusion.xml
index 2dab21c5..4077414a 100644
--- a/tools/anisotropic_diffusion/anisotropic_diffusion.xml
+++ b/tools/anisotropic_diffusion/anisotropic_diffusion.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         <import>creators.xml</import>
         <import>tests.xml</import>
         <token name="@TOOL_VERSION@">0.4.0</token>
-        <token name="@VERSION_SUFFIX@">0</token>
+        <token name="@VERSION_SUFFIX@">1</token>
     </macros>
     <creator>
         <expand macro="creators/bmcv" />
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         <requirement type="package" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">medpy</requirement>
         <requirement type="package" version="1.20">numpy</requirement>
         <requirement type="package" version="0.18.1">scikit-image</requirement>
+        <requirement type="package" version="0.1">giatools</requirement>
     </requirements> 
     <command detect_errors="aggressive">
         <![CDATA[