diff --git a/dev.yml b/dev.yml
index f70a75bf44d948ddbab604cd256e9e34e06ea7f3..6fbe583ef06169b93d1a68110d46f1f0acd074c2 100644
--- a/dev.yml
+++ b/dev.yml
@@ -4,13 +4,19 @@ channels:
   - http://www.idiap.ch/software/beat/conda
   - defaults
 dependencies:
+  - pip
+
   # packages you may pin are here
   - python=3.6
   - bob-devel=2019.08.28
   - beat-devel=2019.08.28
 
-  # requirements.txt, they are indirectly pinned through the above
+  # beat dependencies matching release.cfg
   - beat.core=1.8
+  - beat.backend.python=1.6.2
+  - beat.cmdline=1.4.1
+
+  # requirements.txt, they are indirectly pinned through the above
   - docopt
   - docutils
   - jinja2
@@ -21,7 +27,6 @@ dependencies:
   - simplejson
 
   # these are required for local development, they are not runtime
-  - beat.cmdline
   - bob.extension
   - nose
   - coverage