From 0c3c542d3d5eefddae70d5b7f5511d820880fa21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vecko <36369090+VeckoTheGecko@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 13:01:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add polars as core dependency

---
 .github/ci/recipe.yaml | 1 +
 pixi.toml              | 3 ++-
 pyproject.toml         | 1 +
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/ci/recipe.yaml b/.github/ci/recipe.yaml
index 2e43a828c..36212e131 100644
--- a/.github/ci/recipe.yaml
+++ b/.github/ci/recipe.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ requirements:
     - pyogrio # needed for geopandas (uxarray -> geoviews -> geopandas -> pyogrio, but for some reason conda doesn't pick it up automatically)
     - holoviews >= 1.22.0 # https://github.com/prefix-dev/rattler-build/issues/2326
     - pooch >=1.8.0
+    - polars >=1.31.0
 
 tests:
   - python:
diff --git a/pixi.toml b/pixi.toml
index 674823235..948fc51a0 100644
--- a/pixi.toml
+++ b/pixi.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ xgcm = { git = "https://github.com/xgcm/xgcm", rev = "master" } # TODO: Switch t
 cf_xarray = ">=0.8.6"
 cftime = ">=1.6.3"
 pooch = ">=1.8.0"
+polars = ">=1.31.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 parcels = { path = "." }
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ xgcm = { version = "0.9.*", channel = "conda-forge" }
 cf_xarray = "0.10.*"
 cftime = "1.6.*"
 pooch = "1.8.*"
-polars = "*"
+polars = "1.31.*"
 
 [feature.py311.dependencies]
 python = "3.11.*"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f398cdf74..d00ac65f5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "pooch >=1.8.0",
   "xgcm >=0.9.0",
   "cf_xarray >=0.8.6",
+  "polars >=1.31.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]