diff --git a/.github/workflows/etc/ilastik-env.yaml b/.github/workflows/etc/ilastik-env.yaml
index 62c3091a..7f565bf3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/etc/ilastik-env.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/etc/ilastik-env.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
   - python 3.9.*
   - ilastik-core
-  - pyqt = 5.15.9
-  - pyqt5-sip = 12.12.2
+  - pyqt5-sip > 12.9.0
   - qimage2ndarray
   - pyqtgraph
   - conda-build