diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fea4717d..569f59e6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         "@basemaps/geo": "^6.44.0",
         "@chunkd/fs": "^10.0.9",
         "@chunkd/source-aws-v3": "^10.1.3",
-        "@cogeotiff/core": "^8.1.1",
+        "@cogeotiff/core": "^9.0.3",
         "@linzjs/geojson": "^6.43.0",
         "@octokit/core": "^5.0.0",
         "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods": "^10.1.1",
@@ -1079,9 +1079,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@cogeotiff/core": {
-      "version": "8.1.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@cogeotiff/core/-/core-8.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-VYC3XTdsonVJq8TEpkBWgq2RCec5mw+b1cgiKOUOm1z3ZiQ/MS4jbD9wlbeqKs7F6QuX5J6otatEGv7SPzFpTw==",
+      "version": "9.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@cogeotiff/core/-/core-9.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/1amOpBg+O916kYpB0FK6F8PFnVBCB3DamfzJDWgO7lDOBh5SNOZP95xvGAE98q4/fPylBL2Q/CxvzAy8c9TCg==",
       "engines": {
         "node": "^12.20.0 || ^14.13.1 || >=16.0.0"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4d6b73a4..c969d09d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "@basemaps/geo": "^6.44.0",
     "@chunkd/fs": "^10.0.9",
     "@chunkd/source-aws-v3": "^10.1.3",
-    "@cogeotiff/core": "^8.1.1",
+    "@cogeotiff/core": "^9.0.3",
     "@linzjs/geojson": "^6.43.0",
     "@octokit/core": "^5.0.0",
     "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods": "^10.1.1",
diff --git a/src/commands/common.ts b/src/commands/common.ts
index 58ebc226..5c01845b 100644
--- a/src/commands/common.ts
+++ b/src/commands/common.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { fsa } from '@chunkd/fs';
-import { CogTiff } from '@cogeotiff/core';
+import { Tiff } from '@cogeotiff/core';
 import { boolean, flag, option, optional, string } from 'cmd-ts';
 import pLimit from 'p-limit';
 import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'url';
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ const TiffQueue = pLimit(25);
  * @param loc location to load the tiff from
  * @returns Initialized tiff
  */
-export function createTiff(loc: string): Promise<CogTiff> {
+export function createTiff(loc: string): Promise<Tiff> {
   const source = fsa.source(loc);
 
-  const tiff = new CogTiff({
+  const tiff = new Tiff({
     url: tryParseUrl(loc),
     fetch: (offset, length): Promise<ArrayBuffer> => {
       /** Limit fetches concurrency see {@link TiffQueue} **/
diff --git a/src/commands/path/path.generate.ts b/src/commands/path/path.generate.ts
index 8d321baa..dfdecbb1 100644
--- a/src/commands/path/path.generate.ts
+++ b/src/commands/path/path.generate.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Epsg } from '@basemaps/geo';
 import { fsa } from '@chunkd/fs';
-import { CogTiff } from '@cogeotiff/core';
+import { Tiff } from '@cogeotiff/core';
 import { command, option, positional, string } from 'cmd-ts';
 import { StacCollection, StacItem } from 'stac-ts';
 
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ export function formatDate(collection: StacCollection): string {
  * @async
  * @param {string} source
  * @param {StacCollection} collection
- * @returns {Promise<CogTiff>}
+ * @returns {Promise<Tiff>}
  */
-export async function loadFirstTiff(source: string, collection: StacCollection): Promise<CogTiff> {
+export async function loadFirstTiff(source: string, collection: StacCollection): Promise<Tiff> {
   const itemLink = collection.links.find((f) => f.rel === 'item')?.href;
   if (itemLink == null) throw new Error(`No items in collection from ${source}.`);
   const itemPath = new URL(itemLink, source).href;
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export async function loadFirstTiff(source: string, collection: StacCollection):
   return tiff;
 }
 
-export function extractGsd(tiff: CogTiff): number {
+export function extractGsd(tiff: Tiff): number {
   const gsd = tiff.images[0]?.resolution[0];
   if (gsd == null) {
     throw new Error(`Missing resolution tiff tag: ${tiff.source.url}`);
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export function extractGsd(tiff: CogTiff): number {
   return gsd;
 }
 
-export function extractEpsg(tiff: CogTiff): number {
+export function extractEpsg(tiff: Tiff): number {
   const epsg = tiff.images[0]?.epsg;
   if (epsg == null) {
     throw new Error(`Missing epsg tiff tag: ${tiff.source.url}`);
diff --git a/src/commands/tileindex-validate/__test__/data/16b.tiff b/src/commands/tileindex-validate/__test__/data/16b.tiff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee27c44a
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diff --git a/src/commands/tileindex-validate/__test__/data/8b.tiff b/src/commands/tileindex-validate/__test__/data/8b.tiff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..247a49b9
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/commands/tileindex-validate/__test__/data/8b.tiff differ
diff --git a/src/commands/tileindex-validate/__test__/tileindex.validate.data.ts b/src/commands/tileindex-validate/__test__/tileindex.validate.data.ts
index c26951b0..07363ae4 100644
--- a/src/commands/tileindex-validate/__test__/tileindex.validate.data.ts
+++ b/src/commands/tileindex-validate/__test__/tileindex.validate.data.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CogTiff, CogTiffImage, Size } from '@cogeotiff/core';
+import { Size, Tiff, TiffImage } from '@cogeotiff/core';
 
 import { MapSheet } from '../../../utils/mapsheet.js';
 
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ const DefaultTiffImage = {
   isGeoLocated: true,
 };
 
-export interface FakeCogTiffImage extends CogTiffImage {
+export interface FakeCogTiffImage extends TiffImage {
   epsg: number;
   origin: [number, number, number];
 }
 
-export class FakeCogTiff extends CogTiff {
+export class FakeCogTiff extends Tiff {
   override images: [FakeCogTiffImage, ...FakeCogTiffImage[]];
 
   constructor(
diff --git a/src/commands/tileindex-validate/__test__/tileindex.validate.test.ts b/src/commands/tileindex-validate/__test__/tileindex.validate.test.ts
index be9a4f36..464198dc 100644
--- a/src/commands/tileindex-validate/__test__/tileindex.validate.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/tileindex-validate/__test__/tileindex.validate.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { FeatureCollection } from 'geojson';
 
 import { MapSheetData } from '../../../utils/__test__/mapsheet.data.js';
 import { GridSize, MapSheet } from '../../../utils/mapsheet.js';
+import { createTiff } from '../../common.js';
 import {
   commandTileIndexValidate,
   extractTiffLocations,
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   GridSizeFromString,
   groupByTileName,
   TiffLoader,
+  validate8BitsTiff,
 } from '../tileindex.validate.js';
 import { FakeCogTiff } from './tileindex.validate.data.js';
 
@@ -276,3 +278,17 @@ describe('GridSizeFromString', () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe('is8BitsTiff', () => {
+  it('should be a 8 bits TIFF', async () => {
+    const testTiff = await createTiff('./src/commands/tileindex-validate/__test__/data/8b.tiff');
+    await assert.doesNotReject(validate8BitsTiff(testTiff));
+  });
+  it('should not be a 8 bits TIFF', async () => {
+    const testTiff = await createTiff('./src/commands/tileindex-validate/__test__/data/16b.tiff');
+    await assert.rejects(validate8BitsTiff(testTiff), {
+      name: 'Error',
+      message: `${testTiff.source.url} is not a 8 bits TIFF`,
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/commands/tileindex-validate/tileindex.validate.ts b/src/commands/tileindex-validate/tileindex.validate.ts
index c7c8b073..574ffaa5 100644
--- a/src/commands/tileindex-validate/tileindex.validate.ts
+++ b/src/commands/tileindex-validate/tileindex.validate.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Bounds, Projection } from '@basemaps/geo';
 import { fsa } from '@chunkd/fs';
-import { CogTiff, Size } from '@cogeotiff/core';
+import { Size, Tiff, TiffTag } from '@cogeotiff/core';
 import { boolean, command, flag, number, option, optional, restPositionals, string, Type } from 'cmd-ts';
 
 import { CliInfo } from '../../cli.info.js';
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export const TiffLoader = {
    * @param args filter the tiffs
    * @returns Initialized tiff
    */
-  async load(locations: string[], args?: FileFilter): Promise<CogTiff[]> {
+  async load(locations: string[], args?: FileFilter): Promise<Tiff[]> {
     const files = await getFiles(locations, args);
     const tiffLocations = files.flat().filter(isTiff);
     if (tiffLocations.length === 0) throw new Error('No Files found');
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ export const TiffLoader = {
     for (const prom of promises) {
       // All the errors are logged above so just throw the first error
       if (prom.status === 'rejected') throw new Error('Tiff loading failed: ' + String(prom.reason));
+      // We are processing only 8 bits Tiff for now
+      await validate8BitsTiff(prom.value);
       output.push(prom.value);
     }
     return output;
@@ -286,7 +288,7 @@ export interface TiffLocation {
  * @returns {TiffLocation[]}
  */
 export async function extractTiffLocations(
-  tiffs: CogTiff[],
+  tiffs: Tiff[],
   gridSize: GridSize,
   forceSourceEpsg?: number,
 ): Promise<TiffLocation[]> {
@@ -416,3 +418,22 @@ export function getTileName(x: number, y: number, gridSize: GridSize): string {
   const tileId = `${`${tileY}`.padStart(nbDigits, '0')}${`${tileX}`.padStart(nbDigits, '0')}`;
   return `${sheetCode}_${gridSize}_${tileId}`;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Validate if a TIFF contains only 8 bits bands.
+ *
+ * @param tiff
+ */
+export async function validate8BitsTiff(tiff: Tiff): Promise<void> {
+  const baseImage = tiff.images[0];
+  if (baseImage === undefined) throw new Error(`Can't get base image for ${tiff.source.url}`);
+
+  const bitsPerSample = await baseImage.fetch(TiffTag.BitsPerSample);
+  if (bitsPerSample == null) {
+    throw new Error(`Failed to extract band information from ${tiff.source.url}`);
+  }
+
+  if (!bitsPerSample.every((currentNumberBits) => currentNumberBits === 8)) {
+    throw new Error(`${tiff.source.url} is not a 8 bits TIFF`);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/__test__/geotiff.test.ts b/src/utils/__test__/geotiff.test.ts
index aff2fbbf..9ffd4525 100644
--- a/src/utils/__test__/geotiff.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/__test__/geotiff.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
 
 import { fsa } from '@chunkd/fs';
 import { FsMemory } from '@chunkd/source-memory';
-import { CogTiff, CogTiffImage, Source } from '@cogeotiff/core';
+import { Source, Tiff, TiffImage } from '@cogeotiff/core';
 
 import { createTiff } from '../../commands/common.js';
 import { findBoundingBox, parseTfw, PixelIsPoint } from '../geotiff.js';
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe('geotiff', () => {
   const fakeSource: Source = { url: url, fetch: async () => new ArrayBuffer(1) };
   it('should not parse a tiff with no information ', async () => {
     // tiff with no location information and no TFW
-    await assert.rejects(() => findBoundingBox({ source: fakeSource, images: [] } as unknown as CogTiff));
+    await assert.rejects(() => findBoundingBox({ source: fakeSource, images: [] } as unknown as Tiff));
   });
 
   it('should parse a tiff with TFW', async () => {
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ describe('geotiff', () => {
     // tiff with no location information and no TFW
     const bbox = await findBoundingBox({
       source: fakeSource,
-      images: [{ size: { width: 3200, height: 4800 } }] as unknown as CogTiffImage,
-    } as unknown as CogTiff);
+      images: [{ size: { width: 3200, height: 4800 } }] as unknown as TiffImage,
+    } as unknown as Tiff);
     assert.deepEqual(bbox, [1460800, 5079120, 1461040, 5079480]);
     await fsa.delete('memory://BX20_500_023098.tfw');
   });
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ describe('geotiff', () => {
           valueGeo(): number {
             return 1; // PixelIsArea
           },
-        } as unknown as CogTiffImage,
+        } as unknown as TiffImage,
       ],
-    } as unknown as CogTiff);
+    } as unknown as Tiff);
     assert.deepEqual(bbox, [1460800, 5079120, 1461040, 5079480]);
   });
   it('should parse with pixel offset', async () => {
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ describe('geotiff', () => {
           valueGeo(): number {
             return PixelIsPoint;
           },
-        } as unknown as CogTiffImage,
+        } as unknown as TiffImage,
       ],
-    } as unknown as CogTiff);
+    } as unknown as Tiff);
     assert.deepEqual(bbox, [1460800, 5079120, 1461040, 5079480]);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/utils/geotiff.ts b/src/utils/geotiff.ts
index cac74f1d..5ade834c 100644
--- a/src/utils/geotiff.ts
+++ b/src/utils/geotiff.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { fsa } from '@chunkd/fs';
-import { CogTiff, TiffTagGeo } from '@cogeotiff/core';
+import { Tiff, TiffTagGeo } from '@cogeotiff/core';
 
 import { urlToString } from '../commands/common.js';
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export const PixelIsPoint = 2;
  *
  * @returns [minX, minY, maxX, maxY] bounding box
  */
-export async function findBoundingBox(tiff: CogTiff): Promise<[number, number, number, number]> {
+export async function findBoundingBox(tiff: Tiff): Promise<[number, number, number, number]> {
   const img = tiff.images[0];
   if (img == null) throw new Error(`Failed to find bounding box/origin - no images found in file: ${tiff.source.url}`);
   const size = img.size;