diff --git a/environment-dev.yml b/environment-dev.yml
index f66b3cd8..176b1da0 100644
--- a/environment-dev.yml
+++ b/environment-dev.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies:
   - shapely >=2.0
   - sparse
   - toolz
-  - xarray
+  - xarray <2023.11.0
   - xclim >=0.46.0
   - xesmf >=0.7
   - zarr
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index ccd95857..10906c80 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies:
   - shapely >=2.0
   - sparse
   - toolz
-  - xarray
+  - xarray <2023.11.0
   - xclim >=0.46.0
   - xesmf >=0.7
   - zarr
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f34e9227..4ec6ba87 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def run(self):
     "shapely>=2.0",
     "sparse",
     "toolz",
-    "xarray",
+    "xarray<2023.11.0",  # TODO: UNPIN BEFORE RELEASING
     "xclim>=0.43",
     "xesmf>=0.7.0",
     "zarr",