diff --git a/dev-environment.yml b/dev-environment.yml
index a0f11bb6..1458fca0 100644
--- a/dev-environment.yml
+++ b/dev-environment.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies:
   - matplotlib
   - pyproj>=3.4
   - rasterio>=1.3
-  - scipy=1.11.0
+  - "scipy<=1.11.0"
   - tqdm
   - scikit-image
   - scikit-gstat>=1.0
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 8d1bf0b0..b9d09ab5 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies:
   - matplotlib
   - pyproj>=3.4
   - rasterio>=1.3
-  - scipy=1.11.0
+  - "scipy<=1.11.0"
   - tqdm
   - scikit-image
   - scikit-gstat>=1.0