diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 9e2a0ab31485655b76289c0755d83de862cbe195..c069ed8e9e77fe55b3e728af5a65aaed22d7fa05 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ requirements:
     - bob.extension
     - bob.io.base
     # other libraries
-    - numpy >=1.17
+    - numpy {{ numpy }}
     - dask {{ dask }}
     - dask-jobqueue {{ dask_jobqueue }}
     - distributed {{ distributed }}