diff --git a/requirements/CI/requirements.txt b/requirements/CI/requirements.txt
index 3b12d1867..08e9e20f0 100644
--- a/requirements/CI/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/CI/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ appdirs==1.4.4
 humanize==4.15.0
 pyslim==1.1.0
 numpy==2.2.6
-scipy==1.15.3
+scipy==1.17.0
 scikit-allel==1.3.13
 biopython==1.86
 demes==0.2.3