diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 9cec788ca600b..7db2767661d62 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ dependencies:
   - zstandard>=0.19.0
 
   # downstream packages
-  - dask-core
+  - dask-core<=2024.2.1
   - seaborn-base
-  - dask-expr
+  - dask-expr<=0.5.3
 
   # local testing dependencies
   - moto
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 2e7d06ea1c12d..68e386edb0c31 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ xarray>=2022.12.0
 xlrd>=2.0.1
 xlsxwriter>=3.0.5
 zstandard>=0.19.0
-dask
+dask<=2024.2.1
 seaborn
-dask-expr
+dask-expr<=0.5.3
 moto
 flask
 asv>=0.6.1